Timothy Shieff is an English freerunner. He won the ''Barclaycard World Freerun Championship'' in 2009 and participated on the television programme

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's ''

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''. He has also competed on ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Shieff won the 2009 ''Barclaycard World Freerun Championship'' and participated on the television programme

. In 2013, Shieff filmed himself climbing and running along the

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skyline. After concerns from the police, he clarified that he practised the moves and the route beforehand. Shieff took part in the filming of ''

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'', in the role of a

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Personal life

He had been a

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since 2012 due to ethical and health reasons. In 2018, while trying to heal some gut problems, he had a meal of salmon and raw eggs, but said it wasn't something he'd do again. As a result, vegan clothing company ETHCS dropped him from their label. In April 2019, Tim appeared on

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's This Morning, and explained his decision to discontinue veganism due to health reasons.

Health improvement

Shieff supports various unconventional methods to improve health. On his YouTube channel, Shieff states that he believes water-fasting with distilled water can relieve the body from the task of digesting food, allows it to focus more energy on healing injuries and diseases. He also shows his support for inclined bed therapy and

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, appearing in October 2018 on YouTube channel

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where he consumed his own urine, stating that urine "is from you and it’s for you". Shieff also completed a 35-day water fast in July 2018.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shieff, Timothy 1988 births Living people American emigrants to England American Ninja Warrior contestants Traceurs Sportspeople from Hartford, Connecticut Freerunners Place of birth missing (living people) Ninja Warrior UK contestants