Matthew Walker (swimmer)

Matt Walker

Personal information
Full name	Matthew Walker
Nationality	British
Born	(1978-04-25) 25 April 1978 (age 38) , England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Club	Marple
Medal record Men's swimming Event 1st 2nd 3rd Paralympic Games 3 5 4 World Championships 4 3 3 European Championships  ?  ?  ? Representing  Great Britain Paralympic Games 2000 Sydney 4×100 m freestyle – 34 pts 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle – 34 pts 2008 Beijing 4×100 m freestyle – 34 pts 2000 Sydney 50 m freestyle – S7 2004 Athens 50 m freestyle – S7 2004 Athens 100 m freestyle – S7 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle – S7 2008 Beijing 50 m butterfly – S7 2000 Sydney 100 m breaststroke – SB7 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle – S7 2008 Beijing 200 m ind. medley – SM7 2012 London 50 m freestyle – SM7 IPC World Championships 1998 Christchurch 50 m freestyle S7 2006 Durban 4x100 m medley relay 34pts 2010 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle S7 2013 Montreal 50 m freestyle S7 2002 Mar del Plata 50 m freestyle S7 2002 Mar del Plata 200 m medley SM7 2010 Eindhoven 50 m butterfly S7 2006 Durban 50 m freestyle S7 2006 Durban 100 m freestyle S7 2010 Eindhoven 4x100 m medley relay 34pts IPC European Championships 2009 Reykjavik 50 m freestyle – S7 2009 Reykjavik 100 m freestyle – S7 2009 Reykjavik 50 m butterfly – S7 2009 Reykjavik 4x100m freestyle relay 34pts 2009 Reykjavik 200 m individual medley SM7 2014 Eindhoven 50m freestyle S7 2014 Eindhoven 100m freestyle S7 2014 Eindhoven 4x100m medley 34pts Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2006 Melbourne 50 m freestyle – MD

Matthew "Matt" Benedict Walker MBE (born 25 April 1978 in , England) is a British swimmer who has participated in four Paralympic Games, winning eleven medals. He competes in the S7 (butterfly and freestyle), SM7 (medley) and SB7 (breaststroke) classifications.

Walker's first international medal came with a bronze in the 100 m breaststroke at the 1997 European Championships in Spain. Since then he has gone on to win four further European Championship medals and eight World Championship medals. He also won a bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle and finished fourth in the 100 m freestyle, at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, where he was the only disabled swimmer representing England.

Walker competed in the Paralympics for the first time during the 2000 games, in Sydney. In all he took home three medals from these games, a bronze in the 100 m breaststroke SB7, silver in the 50 m freestyle S7 and gold in the 4×100 m freestyle 34 pts. As part of the gold medal winning relay team, which also included Jody Cundy, Giles Long and David Roberts, he set a new world record time of 4:06.85.

In the 2004 Summer Paralympics, in Athens, Walker won a further two individual medals, silvers in both the 50 and 100 m S7 freestyle events. He was again part of the gold medal winning 4×100 m freestyle 34 pts relay team, which also included Roberts, Graham Edmunds and Robert Welbourn, that set a new world record of 3:59.62.

Beijing 2008 was Walker's third appearance at a Paralympics, and his most successful to date with five medals won. He medalled in both the 50 and 100 m S7 freestyle events, as he had done in Athens, and picked up medals in butterfly and medley events for the first time, winning silver in the 50 m S7 butterfly, with a European record time of 32.24 seconds, and bronze in the 200 m individual medley SM7. Competing alongside David Roberts, Robert Welbourn and Graham Edmunds, Walker won a gold medal in the 4×100 m freestyle 34 pts for the third time in as many Games. This meant that he has now won eleven Paralympic medals, with all of his silver and bronze medals being won individually and all three of his golds being in relay events.

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