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{{Short description|American snowboarder (born 1997)}}
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| birth_name = Taylor Riley Walker<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418055731/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/ty-walker-1.html Ty Walker at Sports Reference]</ref>
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|3|3}}
| birth_place = [[Smithtown, New York]], U.S.
| education = Bachelor of Sciences
| alma_mater = [[Brown University]]
| occupation = Professional Athlete
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| coach = Bill Enos, Dave 'Danger' Boldwin
| retired = Retired
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'''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|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 University|Brown]] she studied biology with a focus on pre-medical studies.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-ty-walker| title=Ty Walker| publisher=www.sochi2014.com| accessdate=7 February 2014| archive-date=6 April 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140406223503/http://www.sochi2014.com/en/athlete-ty-walker| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ussnowboarding">{{cite web | url=http://ussnowboarding.com/athletes/ty-walker | title=Ty Walker | publisher=US Snowboarding | access-date=7 February 2014 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140208023631/http://ussnowboarding.com/athletes/ty-walker | archive-date=8 February 2014 }}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.fis-ski.com/snowboard/freestyle-snowboard/athletes/athlete=walker-ty-166217/ Fis-Ski.com]&nbsp;– Biography
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[[Category:1997 births]]
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[[Category:American female snowboarders]]
[[Category:Snowboarders at the 2014 Winter Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic snowboarders for the United States]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Smithtown, New York]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Vermont]]
[[Category:Brown University alumni]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportswomen]]
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