Ty Walker (snowboarder) explained

Ty Walker
Birth Name:Taylor Riley Walker[1]
Birth Date:3 March 1997
Birth Place:Smithtown, New York, U.S.
Education:Bachelor of Sciences
Alma Mater:Brown University
Occupation:Professional Athlete
Weight:115lb
Country:United States
Sport:Snowboarding
Coach: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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055731/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/ty-walker-1.html Ty Walker at Sports Reference
  2. Web site: Ty Walker. www.sochi2014.com. 7 February 2014. 6 April 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140406223503/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-ty-walker. dead.
  3. Web site: Ty Walker . US Snowboarding . 7 February 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140208023631/http://ussnowboarding.com/athletes/ty-walker . 8 February 2014 .