{{short description|British athlete}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Use British English|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Wallis Walters | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = British (Welsh) | sport = Track and field | event = 110 metres hurdles/long jump | club = Cardiff University AC | birth_date = {{birth date|1878|1|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = Llanllawddog, Carmarthenshire, Wales | death_date = {{death date and age|1952|2|10|1878|1|2|df=yes}} | death_place = Llanybydder, Wales }}
'''David Wallis Walters''' (2 January 1878 – 10 February 1952) was a British and Welsh hurdler and long jumper who competed at the 1908 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/wallis-walters-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042049/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/wallis-walters-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Wallis Walters Olympic Results |access-date=11 September 2017}}</ref>
== Biography == Walters was the 1904 British long jump champion by virtue of finishing third (the highest British athlete) at the 1904 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000051/19040704/260/0011 |title=The Amateur Championships |work=Daily News (London) |date=4 July 1904 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=17 August 2024}}</ref> He also finished runner-up to Bert Stronach at both the 1904 and 1905 AAA Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm|title=WAAA and National Championships Medallists|website=NUTS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref>
Walters represented Great Britain at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001055/19080612/073/0003 |title=The Olympic Games, British Representatives |work=The Sportsman |date=12 June 1908 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref> where he competed in the men's 110 metres hurdles competition.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/69558 |title=Wallis Walters |work=Olympedia |access-date=9 March 2021}}</ref>
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