Ty Walker (snowboarder)

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Ty Walker
Personal information
Birth nameTaylor Riley Walker [1]
Born (1997-03-03) March 3, 1997 (age 26)
Smithtown, New York, U.S.
EducationBachelor of Sciences
Alma mater Brown University
OccupationProfessional Athlete
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Weight115 lb (52 kg)
Website facebook.com/tywalkersnow instagram.com/lifebyty twitter.com/tywalkersnow
Sport
Country United States
Sport Snowboarding
Coached byBill Enos, Dave 'Danger' Boldwin
RetiredRetired

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]

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References

  1. Ty Walker at Sports Reference
  2. "Ty Walker". www.sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. "Ty Walker". US Snowboarding. Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 7 February 2014.