About Neil Walker (swimmer)
Neil Scott Walker is an American former competition swimmer for the University of Texas, a four-time Olympic medalist in the 4x100 Medley and Freestyle relays, an Olympic champion, and a former world record-holder in multiple events. After setting records in nearly every stroke, including the individual medley, and capturing a total of ten long and short course gold medals at five World Championships, he has been described as one of the most accomplished multi-stroke athletes in the history of American swimming. After retiring as a competitive swimmer, he became a swim coach in Texas, and as of 2025 coached outside Dallas, Texas at the Rockwall Aquatics Center of Excellence (RACE) in Rockwall, Texas. He began swimming competitively around the age of nine, and at the age of ten at the Badger Dolphin January Classic on January 10, 1987, swam the 50 backstroke in a meet record time of 34.91. At Texas, he was the recipient of twenty-five All-American honors and won six Conference Championships in the Big-12.
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