Ian James Walker (born 25 February 1970 in Worcester, Worcestershire) is one of Britain's most successful sailors, with two Olympic silver medals to his name.

[1] At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah, Walker received the silver medal in the 470 class along with his sailing partner, John Merricks.

Then, in the 2007 America's Cup he joined fellow Olympic medallist Iain Percy as the tactician of the Italian team +39 Challenge.

His America's Cup commitments were combined with the highly successful TP52 campaign as skipper of Patches, owned by Eamon Conneely.

[8] Ian Walker was also appointed as skipper of Abu Dhabi's next entry, Azzam into the 2014–15 Volvo Ocean Race, sailing the new VO65 class.