Timothy Berrett (born January 23, 1965 in
Royal Tunbridge Wells
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,
Kent
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,
United Kingdom
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) is a male
race walker
Racewalking, or race walking, is a long-distance discipline within the sport of athletics. Although a foot race, it is different from running in that one foot must appear to be in contact with the ground at all times. Referee, Race judges careful ...
. He came to Canada in 1987.
[
] A resident of
Edmonton
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,
Alberta
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, he represented
Canada
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in five consecutive
Summer Olympics
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starting in
1992
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(
Barcelona, Spain
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). He competed in the 2008
Beijing Olympics at the 50 km walk event, finishing in 38th place with a time of 4:08:08. He was born in
Tunbridge Wells
Royal Tunbridge Wells is a town in Kent, England, southeast of central London. It lies close to the border with East Sussex on the northern edge of the Weald, High Weald, whose sandstone geology is exemplified by the rock formation High Roc ...
,
Kent
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,
United Kingdom
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.
Berrett completed his
Ph.D.
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degree at
the University of Alberta, having completed master's degrees in economics and public administration at
Queen's University Queen's or Queens University may refer to:
*Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario, Canada
*Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
**Queen's University of Belfast (UK Parliament constituency) (1918–1950)
**Queen's University of Belfast ...
and his undergraduate studies at the
Brasenose College, Oxford
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.
In
2007 at Osaka, he competed in his ninth IAAF Athletics World Championships, a world record for a male track and field athlete, equaled by Spanish race-walker
Jesús Ángel García
Jesús Ángel García Bragado (born 17 October 1969 in Madrid) is a Spanish race walker. He has competed at eight Olympic Games
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and Jamaican hurdler
Danny McFarlane
The Jamaica 4x400 team won originally the bronze medal, but the USA 4x400 team, which originally finished first in 4x400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO bet ...
in the
2009 World Championships in Athletics
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(
Berlin
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).
García Bragado, bronce en 50 km marcha y récord de participación en Mundiales
(in Spanish; LA VANGUARDIA, 21/08/2009)
Berrett is married to former field hockey
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international Tara Croxford, who also competed at the Barcelona Games for her native country.
Personal bests
*20 km: 1:21:46 hrs – Victoria, British Columbia
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, 13 August 2000
*50 km: 3:50:21 hrs – Tijuana
Tijuana ( ,["Tijuana"](_blank)
(US) and [< ...]
, 21 March 2004
Achievements
See also
* Canadian records in track and field
The following is a list of national outdoor and indoor athletics records for Canada maintained by Canada's national athletics federation, Athletics Canada.
Outdoor
Key to tables:
+ = En route to a longer distance
A = Affected by altitude
Mx ...
References
External links
*
Timothy Berrett
(Overview in Canadian Olympic Committee's web)
Tilastopaja biography
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berrett, Tim
1965 births
Living people
Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford
Athletes from Edmonton
Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Canadian male racewalkers
English emigrants to Canada
Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
Queen's University at Kingston alumni
Pan American Games track and field athletes for Canada
Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games