Tim Berrett

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|nationality = British/Canadian

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|01|23}}

|birth_place = Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England

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|height = 1.80 m

|weight = 67 kg

|sport = Athletics

|event = Racewalking

|club = Tonbridge AC
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Timothy Berrett (born January 23, 1965) is an English born former race walker who emigrated to Canada in 1987.{{cite web |title=Timothy Berrett |url=http://olympic.ca/team-canada/timothy-berrett |publisher=Canadian Olympic Committee |accessdate=July 27, 2013}} A resident of Edmonton, Alberta, he represented Canada in five consecutive Summer Olympics starting in 1992 (Barcelona, Spain).{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Tim Berrett |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/tim-berrett-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161202224143/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/tim-berrett-1.html |archive-date=December 2, 2016}} He competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics at the 50 km walk event, finishing in 38th place with a time of 4:08:08.

Biography

He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England and completed his Ph.D. degree at the University of Alberta, having completed master's degrees in economics and public administration at Queen's University and his undergraduate studies at the Brasenose College, Oxford.{{cite web |title=Oxonian Olympians |publisher=University of Oxford |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html |accessdate=August 15, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920083635/http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html |archivedate=September 20, 2012}}

Berrett was a member of Tonbridge AC and finished second behind Phil Vesty in the 3,000 metres walk event at the British 1984 AAA Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=15 June 2025}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=15 June 2025}}

In 2007 at Osaka, he competed in his ninth IAAF Athletics World Championships, a world record for a male track and field athlete,[http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=aeb45a53-9b24-4804-a482-26cb5b016177&k=96863 Race-walker Berrett takes ninth world championships in stride] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121109231704/http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=aeb45a53-9b24-4804-a482-26cb5b016177&k=96863 |date=2012-11-09 }} (canada.com, August 31, 2007) equaled by Spanish race-walker Jesús Ángel García and Jamaican hurdler Danny McFarlane in the 2009 World Championships in Athletics (Berlin).[http://www.lavanguardia.es/deportes/noticias/20090821/53769117697/garcia-bragado-bronce-en-50-km-marcha-y-record-de-participacion-en-mundiales.html 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 international Tara Croxford, who also competed at the Barcelona Games for her native country.

Personal bests

20 km: 1:21:46 hrs – {{flagicon|CAN}} Victoria, British Columbia, 13 August 2000
50 km: 3:50:21 hrs – {{flagicon|MEX}} Tijuana, 21 March 2004

Achievements

{{AchievementTable\|Event=yes}}
colspan="6"\|Representing {{CAN}}
1990 \|Pan American Race Walking Cup \|Xalapa, México \|14th \|20 km \|1:33:19
rowspan=2\|1991 \|rowspan=2\|World Race Walking Cup \|rowspan=2\|San Jose, United States \|22nd \|20 km \|
— \|50 km \|DNF
rowspan=2\|1992 \|rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Barcelona, Spain \|14th \|20 km \|1:28:25
— \|50 km \|DSQ
rowspan=2\|1993 \|World Indoor Championships \|Toronto, Canada \|4th \|5,000 m \|
World Race Walking Cup \|Monterrey, Mexico \|5th \|50 km \|3:55:12
1994 \|Commonwealth Games \|Victoria, Canada \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|30 km \|2:08:22
1995 \|World Race Walking Cup \|Beijing, PR China \|— \|50 km \|DSQ
1997 \|World Race Walking Cup \|Poděbrady, Czech Republic \|— \|20 km \|DSQ
1999 \|World Race Walking Cup \|Mézidon-Canon, France \|47th \|20 km \|
rowspan=2\|2000 \|rowspan=2\|Olympic Games \|rowspan=2\|Sydney, Australia \|26th \|20 km \|
— \|50 km \|DSQ
2002 \|Commonwealth Games \|Manchester, United Kingdom \|bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|50 km \|4:04:25
2003 \|World Championships \|Paris, France \|19th \|50 km \|
rowspan=2\|2004 \|World Race Walking Cup \|Naumburg, Germany \|64th \|20 km \|
Olympic Games \|Athens, Greece \|31st \|50 km \|
2006 \|World Race Walking Cup \|A Coruña, Spain \|39th \|50 km \|
2007 \|World Championships \|Osaka, Japan \|19th \|50 km \|4:06:47

colspan="6"|Representing {{CAN}}

1990

|Pan American Race Walking Cup

|Xalapa, México

|14th

|20 km

|1:33:19

rowspan=2|1991

|rowspan=2|World Race Walking Cup

|rowspan=2|San Jose, United States

|22nd

|20 km

—

|50 km

|DNF

rowspan=2|1992

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Barcelona, Spain

|14th

|20 km

|1:28:25

—

|50 km

|DSQ

rowspan=2|1993

|World Indoor Championships

|Toronto, Canada

|4th

|5,000 m

World Race Walking Cup

|Monterrey, Mexico

|5th

|50 km

|3:55:12

1994

|Commonwealth Games

|Victoria, Canada

|bgcolor=silver|2nd

|30 km

|2:08:22

1995

|World Race Walking Cup

|Beijing, PR China

|—

|50 km

|DSQ

1997

|World Race Walking Cup

|Poděbrady, Czech Republic

|—

|20 km

|DSQ

1999

|World Race Walking Cup

|Mézidon-Canon, France

|47th

|20 km

rowspan=2|2000

|rowspan=2|Olympic Games

|rowspan=2|Sydney, Australia

|26th

|20 km

—

|50 km

|DSQ

2002

|Commonwealth Games

|Manchester, United Kingdom

|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd

|50 km

|4:04:25

2003

|World Championships

|Paris, France

|19th

|50 km

rowspan=2|2004

|World Race Walking Cup

|Naumburg, Germany

|64th

|20 km

Olympic Games

|Athens, Greece

|31st

|50 km

2006

|World Race Walking Cup

|A Coruña, Spain

|39th

|50 km

2007

|World Championships

|Osaka, Japan

|19th

|50 km

|4:06:47

References

External links

{{World Athletics}}
{{Team Canada|name=Timothy Berrett}}
{{Olympics.com}}
{{Olympedia}}
[http://www.tilastopaja.org/db/atm.php?ID=43691&Season=1999&Odd=1 Tilastopaja biography]

{{USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners in men's racewalking}}

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Category:Track and field athletes from Edmonton

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1995 Pan American Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games

Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics