Samuel Jake Walker (born 7 May 1995) is a British

table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ...

player. He competed for England in the men's team event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where he won a silver medal. In March 2016, Walker was part of the England team, alongside

Liam Pitchford Liam Benjamin Pitchford (born 12 July 1993) is a British table tennis player. He is sponsored by Victas. Career Pitchford began playing table tennis when he was eight years old. He won the British Home Countries Championship in 2009, and two Co ...

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Paul Drinkhall Paul Andrew Drinkhall (born 16 January 1990) is a British table tennis player. He won the English Championship in 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2016 and 2017. Career Drinkhall was born in Middlesbrough. His career in table tennis started in 1997 whe ...

, 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

, 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

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.

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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 {{UK-tabletennis-bio-stub

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