![]() I went from the wheelchair to a walker, then to a crutch, then to a cane." Walker eventually returned to horse riding, but lost a lot of rodeos until she regained trust in herself and Latte. "I was four months in a wheelchair, three months in physical therapy. She underwent surgery the next day, and the doctors used 8 plates and 11 pins to secure her hip. The horse was fine, but Walker suffered a shattered pelvis, multiple breaks in her hip, two broken vertebrae, and two broken toes. Two months later, in a competition in Crosby, Texas, while running around the third barrel, Latte slid and fell on Walker. On April 23, 2011, Reagon and his girlfriend were involved in a car accident, where he died due to his injuries. Reagon became a professional steer wrestler, with a promising future. Walker and her husband had one child, their son, Reagon. She also has a dog, Buster, who goes everywhere with her. Walker's favorite pastimes include deep sea fishing and mowing the lawn. He was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2014. Byron is the 1981 Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) World Steer Wrestling Champion, and qualified for the National Finals Rodeo (NFR) 16 times. They resided in Ennis but now live in Abilene, Texas. In 1983, she married Byron Walker, who became an elite rodeo performer. Deciding against attending college, she got a job and worked the rodeos on the weekends. ![]() According to Walker, she had a positive childhood although her father died when she was 19. She grew up riding horses, and started barrel racing as a youth. Walker was born in Ennis, Texas, on January 26, 1959. Walker was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 2013. It was about a year and a half after these incidents that she won her world title. Two months later, Latte, her horse, fell on her during competition and severely injured her. She lost her only child to a car accident in 2011. She was later surpassed by Mary Burger in 2016 when Burger won at age 68. She also became the oldest woman, at 53, in rodeo to win a world championship in the barrel racing event at the National Finals Rodeo. Despite several traumatic events in the two preceding years, she persevered. She won the World Barrel Racing Championship in 2012. Mary Walker (born January 26, 1959) is a world champion barrel racer. 1959) Mary Walker Occupationġ WPRA 2012 Barrel Racing World ChampionshipĢ013 National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame
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