Brad Walker (athlete)

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Medal record
Walker at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics.
Men’s athletics
World Championships
Gold	2007 Osaka	Pole vault
Silver	2005 Helsinki	Pole vault
World Indoor Championships
Gold	2006 Moscow	Pole vault
Silver	2008 Valencia	Pole vault

Brad Walker (born June 21, 1981 in Aberdeen, South Dakota) is an American pole vaulter.

1 High School Years
2 College and Career
3 Video Interview
4 References

[edit] High School Years

Walker attended University High School in Spokane, Washington and competed in football and track & field. In track, Walker was coached by Reg Hulbert and won All-Greater Spokane League honors following his senior season^{[citation needed]}. Brad Walker graduated from University High School in 1999 with a 3.89 GPA^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] College and Career

While attending University of Washington, Walker became NCAA indoor pole vault champion twice and four-time NCAA All-American under Coach Pat Licari. In 2005 he became both indoor and outdoor National Champion.

Perhaps not among the favorites in the 2005 World Championships, Walker nonetheless won the silver medal with 5.75. Two weeks later in Rieti he set a new personal best of 5.96. In 2006 he won the World Indoor Championships in Moscow with a jump of 5.80meters. In July 2006, at Jockgrim, Germany, Brad Walker, cleared 6 meters, the best performance of the year, in a pole vault competition. He won the gold in the world championships on the 1st of September, 2007.On 8 June 2008 Walker jumped in Eugene to a new personal record with 6.04.^[1]