Tim Thackrey
{{short description|American taekwondo practitioner}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's taekwondo}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2003 Garmisch|Flyweight}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold| 2003 Santo Domingo | 58 kg}}
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Tim Thackrey (born October 1, 1979) is a retired taekwondo athlete for the USA & current strength & conditioning coach for Olympians & professional athletes. He was a seven-time US National Team Member in the flyweight class (-58 kg, 127.6 lbs) from 2000 through 2007. Notably, he won a gold medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and a bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships.{{cite news |title=Digest |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=FB&p_theme=fb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FDE060A969E828E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |work=Fresno Bee |date=September 26, 2003 |accessdate=June 14, 2010 }} He was a resident athlete at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO from 2001 to 2003. In 2006, he was named USA Taekwondo's Male Athlete of the Year.
Thackrey is a graduate of UCLA where he attended undergraduate and graduate school,{{cite web|title=Students hear results in many places|url=https://dailybruin.com/2008/11/05/students-hear-results-many-places/|website=Daily Bruin|publisher=Rotem Ben-Shachar|date=5 November 2008}} as 5 year Coach of the UCLA Taekwondo Program.{{cite web|title=Athlete profile - Tim Thackery|url=http://www.teamusa.org/usa-taekwondo/athletes/Tim-Thackrey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906032609/http://www.teamusa.org/usa-taekwondo/athletes/Tim-Thackrey|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 6, 2015|website=USA Taekwondo}}
Coach
Thackrey currently works as a professional strength & conditioning coach that works with Olympians and professional athletes. He had multiple athletes in the 2016 Summer Olympics{{cite web|title=Postcard from Rio: Tim Thackrey makes Clovis connection|url=http://www.fresnobee.com/sports/olympics/article96938372.html|website=The Fresno Bee|date=20 August 2016}} including the USA's Stephen Lambdin and New Zealand's Andrea Kilday. Thackrey has also returned several times to coach Junior and Senior athletes at the United States Olympic Training Center.{{cite web|title=2015 Future Starts Camp August 2-8|url=http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/Features/2015/June/19/2015-Future-Starts-Camp-August-2-8|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630132929/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Taekwondo/Features/2015/June/19/2015-Future-Starts-Camp-August-2-8|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 30, 2015|website=USA Taekwondo|date=19 June 2015}}
Achievements
- 2000-2007 US National Team - [Fly]
- 2002 US Open - [Fly] - Bronze
- 2002 Pan Am Taekwondo Championships - [Fly] - Bronze
- 2003 US Open - [Fly]
- 2003/2007 US Pan Am Games Team Member [Fly]
- 2003 Pan Am Games - Dominican Republic [Fly] Gold
- 2003 World Championships - Germany [Fly] - Bronze
- 2006 Pan Am Taekwondo Championships - [Fly] - Bronze
- 2006 Pan Am Games Qualification [Fly] - Silver
- 2006 Dutch Open - Gold
- 2006 German Open - Silver
- 2006 US Open - Bantam - Bronze
- 2006 USA Athlete of the Year
- 2012 CrossFit SoCal Regional Competitor
- 2012 American Open Weightlifting Qualification
TV and podcasts
Thackrey appeared in TV shows & podcasts as a strength & conditioning expert, including The Talk{{cite web|title=Redo You: CrossFit|url=http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_talk/topics/show/100450/|website=CBS|date=2 March 2012}} where he taught CrossFit to the hosts including Sharon Osbourne and Aisha Tyler, and the WOD Cast Podcast where he spoke about his athletic competitions.{{cite web|title=32 Tim Thackrey, owner of CrossFit High Voltage|url=http://wodcast.libsyn.com/episode-32-and-that-s-the-year-i-beat-the-olympic-gold-medalist-with-tim-thackrey|website=The WODcast Podcast|accessdate=26 September 2012}}
References
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External links
- Tim Thackrey's profile from [http://usa-taekwondo.us/athletes/tim-thackrey the official website of United States Olympic Committee]
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Category:American male taekwondo practitioners
Category:Taekwondo practitioners at the 2007 Pan American Games
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in taekwondo