Timothy Alexander "Tim" Munnings (born 22 June 1966 in

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) is a Bahamian athlete who mainly competes in the

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. At the

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he ran in the heats for the Bahamian team who eventually won the bronze medal. His personal best time is 45.81 seconds, achieved in June 2001 in Nassau. Set the day after his 35th birthday, at the time, it stood as the Masters M35 World record for over three years. Later that year, he anchored the World Champion relay team in National Record time, sprinting past Jamaica with a speedy final 100m. While Bahamas lost to the United States in both the 2000 Olympics and 2001 World Championships, the USA was disqualified years later due to the PED doping violation by

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. After numerous appeals, the Bahamian team medals were upgraded. During the 2013 medal ceremony, Munnings was credited by teammate

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with starting the Olympic renaissance that developed into Bahamian medal success through the decade.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Munnings, Timothy Living people 1966 births Bahamian male sprinters Athletes from Nassau, Bahamas Olympic athletes for the Bahamas Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics 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 2003 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships medalists Olympic bronze medalists for the Bahamas Olympic bronze medalists in athletics (track and field) Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for the Bahamas Pan American Games competitors for the Bahamas Goodwill Games medalists in athletics World Athletics Championships winners Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games