Date of birth: 29 May 1979

Age on Race day: 26

Born in: San Diego

Home town: Poway, California

Nationality: American

Club: CUBC

College: St Edmund’s College

Course: BA Socail and Political Science (enrolled in 2004 for 2 years)

Previous Uni: University of California, Berkeley

School: Poway High School, USA

Height: 6’3

Weight: 85kg

Coach: Duncan Holland

Personal bio:

Rowed in the 2005 Cambridge Blue Boat. Used to swim competitively but got bored and took up rowing aged 16 at San Diego RC. Competed at the 2004 Olympic Games, finishing 11th in the men’s pair. Competed at the World Championships three times – 2001, 2002 and 2003 – finishing fourth in the eight, fourth in the coxed four and 11th in the pairs respectively. Raced in the IRA (American Collegiate Championships) and went undefeated for four successive years. Former Oxford Blue Scott Frandsen is a rowing acquaintance. At the World U23 Championships was a bronze medallist in 2000 when a German crew took the title featuring some of Walton’s current Cambridge team-mates such as Germany’s Sebastian Schulte.. A year earlier Walton’s US crew had taken the title beating Schulte’s Geramny eight. When not rowing and studying enjoys listening to all kinds of music.