Neil Walker (swimmer)

Neil Scott Walker (born June 25, 1976) is an American former competition swimmer, four-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder in multiple events.

Walker swam for the University of Texas under Head Coach Eddie Reese and Associate Coach Kris Kubik.

Walker represented the United States at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, where he won a silver medal in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where he also won a bronze in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay. He also twice earned gold medals in the 4×100-meter medley relay, after swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats.

At the 2000 Short Course World Championships in Athens, Greece, he set short course world records in the 50-meter backstroke, 100-meter backstroke, and 100-meter individual medley.

Walker retired from competitive swimming after the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials. He started a swim school with Olympian and former Longhorn teammate Ian Crocker and U.S. National Champion and former Longhorn teammate James Fike, with locations in Austin and Dallas. He is currently the head coach of Rockwall Aquatics Center of Excellence (RACE) in Rockwall, Texas.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of University of Texas at Austin alumni
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
• World record progression 50 metres backstroke
• World record progression 100 metres backstroke
• World record progression 100 metres individual medley
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
• World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

References

External links

• Neil Walker on X
• Neil Walker at the U.S. Olympic Team at the Wayback Machine (archived 2008-05-15)
• Neil Walker at Olympics.com