James Walsh (swimmer)

{{short description|American-born competition swimmer (born 1986)}}

{{BLP sources|date=October 2023}}

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = James Walsh

| honorific_suffix = OLY

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| fullname = James Bernard Remandaban Walsh

| nicknames = "J.B."

| national_team = {{PHI}}

| strokes = Butterfly

| club = Tidewater Aquatic Club

| collegeteam = University of Florida (U.S.)

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|12|23|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States

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| height = {{convert|5|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|154|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|Southeast Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold| 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima | 200m butterfly }}

{{MedalGold| 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima | 4x100m medley relay}}

{{MedalSilver| 2005 Manila | 200m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver| 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima | 100m butterfly}}

{{MedalSilver| 2007 Nakhon Ratchasima | 4x100m freestyle relay}}

{{MedalBronze| 2005 Manila | 4x100m medley relay}}

{{MedalBronze| 2009 Vientiane | 4x100m medley relay}}

}}

James Bernard "J.B." Remandaban Walsh (born December 23, 1986) is an American-born competition swimmer who represented the Philippines in the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/james-walsh-2.html |title=James Walsh |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110519162357/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/james-walsh-2.html |archive-date=2011-05-19 |access-date=July 15, 2010}}

Walsh accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for coach Gregg Troy's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 2004 to 2008. Walsh graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science in 2008.

Walsh is the Filipino national record holder in the 200-meter butterfly.