Career
He is currently based at the University of Bath, where he trains at one of British Swimming"s Intensive Training Centres. As a teenager he spent two years at the British Offshore Centre in Australia at The Southport School, from 2006 to 2008. In March 2009, he qualified for his first senior World Championships after beating event favourite James Goddard in the 200 m backstroke at the British Championships, held in Sheffield.
Walker-Hebborn"s preliminary heat performance in Rome secured him a place in the semifinals where, as one of the few swimmers not wearing the controversial full body suit.
This is when he set a new British record to become a finalist. The record was to stand only briefly, as he broke it again in the finals (1:5605), placing 9th.
He was offered a scholarship at Florida State University in January 2009 but returned to his Bury Saint Edmunds home after just a few weeks due to lack of long course training.
