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American swimmer
Laura Walker
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Full name | Laura Anne Walker |
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National team | United States |
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Born | (1970-07-01) July 1, 1970 (age 53) |
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Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) |
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Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) |
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Sport |
Swimming |
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Strokes |
Freestyle |
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Club | Concordia-Pleasant Hill |
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College team |
University of Florida |
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Laura Anne Walker (born July 1, 1970) is an American former competition
swimmer and
Olympic medalist.
Walker was a member of the third-place United States women's relay team that won the bronze medal in the
women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the
1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
[1] Her winning teammates included
Mary Wayte,
Dara Torres and
Mitzi Kremer.
[2]
Walker accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the
University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she swam for the
Florida Gators swimming and diving team in
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition under coach
Randy Reese and coach Skip Foster from 1988 to 1992.
[3] Walker was a member of the Gators' 1989 NCAA championship 4x200-yard freestyle relay team, and four
Southeastern Conference (SEC) championship relay teams in 1989 and 1992.
[3] In four years as a Gator swimmer, she received seven
All-American honors.
[3]
Walker graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in health science education in 1994.
See also
References
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^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports,
Laura Walker. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
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^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports,
United States Swimming at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
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a
b
c
Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement
Archived 2013-05-21 at the
Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 61, 62, 67, 75–76, 79 (2011). Retrieved April 10, 2012.
External links
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Men's Team | | |
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Women's Team | |
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Coaches | |
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- 1985:
USA (
Steinseifer,
Johnson,
Griglione,
Mitchell)
- 1987:
USA (
Johnson,
Cornelius,
Walker,
Torres)
- 1989:
USA (
Thompson,
Cooper,
Steinseifer,
Haislett)
- 1991:
USA (
Martino,
Hedgepeth,
Thompson,
Haislett)
- 1993:
USA (
Valerio,
Haislett,
Martino,
Thompson)
- 1995:
USA (
Van Dyken,
Martino,
Valerio,
Thompson)
- 1997:
USA (
Fox,
Valerio,
DeMan,
Thompson)
- 1999:
USA (
Kolbisen,
Fox,
Benko,
Thompson)
- 2002:
Australia (
Henry,
Mills,
Thomas,
Ryan)
- 2006:
USA (
Weir,
Coughlin,
Joyce,
Nymeyer)
- 2010:
USA (
Coughlin,
Hardy,
Weir,
Vollmer)
- 2014:
Australia (
C. Campbell,
Elmslie,
Schlanger,
B. Campbell)
- 2018:
Australia (
Seebohm,
Jack,
McKeon,
Campbell)
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- 1985: USA (
Wayte,
Radke,
Walker,
Steinseifer)
- 1987: USA (
Kremer,
Radke,
Marley,
O'Leary)
- 1989: USA (
Kremer,
Cassiday,
Evans,
Kole)
- 1991: USA (
Haislett,
Hedgepeth,
Evans,
Anderson)
- 1993: USA (
Haislett,
Evans,
Anderson,
Thompson)
- 1995: USA (
Teuscher,
Valerio,
Jackson,
Thompson)
- 1997: USA (
Benko,
Whitney,
Cail,
Thompson)
- 1999: USA (
Benko,
Stonebraker,
Thompson,
Teuscher)
- 2002: USA (
Coughlin,
Hill,
Munz,
Benko)
- 2006: USA (
Coughlin,
Nymeyer,
Vollmer,
Hoff)
- 2010: USA (
Vollmer,
Scroggy,
Hoff,
Schmitt)
- 2014: USA (
Vreeland,
Franklin,
Smith,
Ledecky)
- 2018: Australia (
Titmus,
McKeon,
Sheridan,
Groves)
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