Sam Walker (table tennis)
| Sam Walker | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Residence | Worksop, England |
| Born |
7 May 1995 Sutton in Ashfield, England |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
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Sam Walker (born 7 May 1995) is a British table tennis player. He competed for England in the men's team event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[1] where he won a silver medal.[2][3]
In March 2016, Walker was part of the England team, alongside Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall, which won bronze medals at the World Team Championships in Malaysia, England's first medal at that level since 1983 and the first time a newly promoted team had earned a podium place at the event.[4]
In June 2016, Walker was called up to the Team GB table tennis squad for the Rio Olympic Games.[5] He featured in the team competition, sealing a 3-2 victory over France in the first round [6] before GB were knocked out by China in the quarter-finals.[7]
References
- ↑ "Worksop's Sam Walker named in Team England table tennis squad for Glasgow". www.nottinghampost.com.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 10 October 2014.
- ↑ "Walker is happy with the silver medal but wants gold in 2018". worksopguardian.co.uk.
- ↑ http://ittf.com/_front_page/ittf_full_story1.asp?ID=43396&Competition_ID=2587&
- ↑ https://www.teamgb.com/news/sam-walker-added-to-table-tennis-squad-for-rio-2016
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37066799
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/37077852
External links
- Sam Walker on Facebook
- Sam Walker on Twitter
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