USABA Para Goalball

Daryl Walker

Athlete Bio 

Sport: Goalball

Discipline(s): Goalball

Classification: B3

Height: 5-11

DOB: 12/29/1981

Birthplace: Hoboken, N.J.

Hometown: Jacksonville, Fla.

High School: Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind (St. Augustine, Fla.) ’01

College: Florida Community College ‘07, Brigham Young University-Idaho

Paralympic Experience

  • Three-time Paralympian (2008, 2016, 2020); One-time Paralympic medalist (1 silver)
  • Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020, 4th
  • Paralympic Games Rio 2016, silver
  • Paralympic Games Beijing 2008, 4th

World Championship Experience

  • Most recent: 2018 – 5th
  • Years of participation: 2006, 2014, 2018
  • Medals: 2 (2 bronzes)
  • Bronze – 2014; 2006

Personal: Son of Carmela and Byrd…Has three siblings, Elaine, Aleisha and Damon…Married to Melissa…Has albinism, which causes a lack of pigmentation in the eyes…First tried goalball at the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind in a physical education class…Hobbies include yoga, meditation, traveling, reading scripture, and journaling.

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