Samuel Jake Walker (born 7 May 1995) is a British
table tennis player.
He competed for England in the
men's team event at the
2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
where he won a silver medal.
In March 2016, Walker was part of the England team, alongside
Liam Pitchford and
Paul Drinkhall, which won bronze medals at the World Team Championships in Malaysia, England's first medal at that level since 1983 and the first time a newly promoted team had earned a podium place at the event.
In June 2016, Walker was called up to the Team GB table tennis squad for the Rio Olympic Games. He featured in the team competition, sealing a 3–2 victory over France in the first round before GB were knocked out by China in the quarter-finals.
In February 2018, Walker was part of the England squad alongside
Paul Drinkhall,
Liam Pitchford, David McBeath and Tom Jarvis which won bronze medals by reaching the semi-finals of the ITTF Team World Cup in front of a home crowd at the Copper Box Arena in London.
At the Commonwealth Games in Australia in 2018, Walker was part of the England squad which won men's team bronze, alongside
Paul Drinkhall,
Liam Pitchford and David McBeath. and was fourth in the men's singles, having been defeated in the bronze medal match.
In 2021, Walker became the first English player to win a doubles title on the international circuit since the advent of the ITTF World Tour in 1996, when he and Sweden's Truls Moregard won the men's doubles at the Czech Open.
At the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, Walker won team bronze alongside Liam Pitchford, Paul Drinkhall and Tom Jarvis.
See also
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List of England players at the World Team Table Tennis Championships
References
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1995 births
Living people
English male table tennis players
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Table tennis players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Table tennis players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Olympic table tennis players for Great Britain
Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Commonwealth Games medallists in table tennis
Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games
European Games competitors for Great Britain
Medallists at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
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