Matt Walker

Quick Facts

Full Name	Matt Walker
Occupation	Swimmer
Date Of Birth	Apr 25, 1978(1978-04-25)
Age	46
Birthplace	Stockport
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Stockport
Horoscope	Taurus

Matt Walker Biography

Matt Walker is one of the most popular and richest Swimmer who was born on April 25, 1978 in Stockport, Stockport, United Kingdom. Matthew “Matt” Benedict Walker MBE (born 25 April 1978 in Stockport, 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.

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.

In the 2012 Paralympics, within the S7 category, Walker is participating in the 50m freestyle, 100m freestyle, 50m butterfly.

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.

Matt Walker Net Worth

Matt Walker is one of the richest Swimmer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Matt Walker 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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.

Walker was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Matt Walker Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Matt Ranked on the list of most popular Swimmer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Matt Walker celebrates birthday on April 25 of every year.

How much does Matt Walker sleep?

Walker discusses the importance of sleep — and offers strategies for getting the recommended eight hours — in his new book, Why We Sleep. You should not actually stay in bed for very long awake, because your brain is this remarkably associative device and it quickly learns that the bed is about being awake.

Is Matthew Walker married?

Elizabeth Pultorak , Matthew Walker – Weddings – The New York Times.

Does Matthew Walker have a PhD?

Matthew Walker
Alma mater| University of Nottingham (BSc) Newcastle University (PhD)
Known for| Why We Sleep
Scientific career
Fields| Neuroscience Psychology

What does Matt Walker do for a living?

He is currently a professor of neuroscience and psychology at UC Berkeley in California.

Does oversleeping make you age faster?

Oversleeping can cause the brain to age faster and make it difficult to perform the simplest daily tasks, according to research reported in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.