Ty Walker (snowboarder)
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Personal information | |
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Birth name | Taylor Riley Walker[1] |
Born | Smithtown, New York, U.S. | March 3, 1997
Education | Bachelor of Sciences |
Alma mater | Brown University |
Occupation | Professional Athlete |
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
Weight | 115 lb (52 kg) |
Website | facebook |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Sport | Snowboarding |
Coached by | Bill Enos, Dave 'Danger' Boldwin |
Retired | Retired |
Taylor Riley Walker (born March 3, 1997) is an American snowboarder, better known by her childhood nickname Ty Walker.
Born in Smithtown, New York, and living in Stowe, Vermont, United States, she competed for United States at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. Later that year, Walker also won the first-ever World Cup for Women's Big Air snowboarding, an event that made its debut in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Taylor still holds the record as being the youngest Red Bull sponsored athlete in history. Walker entered Brown University in the fall of 2015 and graduated as a member of the class of 2020. During her time at Brown she studied biology with a focus on pre-medical studies. [2][3]
References
- ^ Ty Walker at Sports Reference
- ^ "Ty Walker". www.sochi2014.com. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
- ^ "Ty Walker". US Snowboarding. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
External links
- Fis-Ski.com – Biography