Colt Walker (gymnast)
Colt Walker (born June 25, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast. He is a member of the United States national gymnastics team and is currently competing in collegiate gymnastics for Stanford. He is the 2019 junior Winter Cup and National Champion. Personal life. Walker was born in Austin, Texas to Pam and Keith Walker. He has one sibling. He attended Chaparral Star Academy, graduating in 2020. Gymnastics career. 2017–18. Walker competed at the RD761 International Junior Team Cup where he finished fourth on vault and contributed to the USA's third place finish. He competed at the  2017 National Championships in the 15-16 age division; he placed fifth in the all-around and fourth on floor exercise. In August of 2018, Walker competed at the U.S. National Championships in the junior 15-16 division. He placed ninth in the all-around and won silver on floor exercise and vault and bronze on rings. 2019. Walker competed at the RD761 International Junior Team Cup where he helped the USA win silver. Individually he won silver in the all-around behind Takeru Kitazono and won medals on five of the six apparatuses. Walker next competed at the 2019  Winter Cup where he placed first in the all-around and on vault and third on floor exercise and rings. In August, Walker competed at the U.S. National Championships in the 17-18 age division. He finished first in the all-around, on vault, and on parallel bars and second on rings and horizontal bar. 2020–21. Walker became age-eligible for senior level competition and competed at the 2020 Winter Cup. He finished 19th in the all-around. Walker did not compete for the rest of the year due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Walker began competing for the Stanford  Cardinal men's gymnastics team during the 2020–21 season. He competed at the 2021 NCAA Championships where he helped Stanford defend their team title. At the 2021 U.S. National Championships Walker placed 12th in the all-around but won bronze on the parallel bars behind Yul Moldauer and Shane Wiskus. 2022. Walker placed fifth in the all-around and third on vault at the 2022 Winter Cup. He was selected to compete at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup in Stuttgart where he competed on floor exercise and vault during the preliminary round, helping the USA qualify into the championship round . The USA clinched first place in this round with his contribution on the parallel bars. At the NCAA Championship Walker helped Stanford defend their national title. Additionally he placed second on parallel bars behind teammate Curran Phillips.