fullname updated event headercolor birth_place weight height sport birth_date article_title name
timothy `` tim '' berrett 27 july 2013 racewalking lightblue royal tunbridge wells , kent , united kingdom 67 kg on 1.80 m on athletics 23 january 1965 tim berrett
 tim berrett
tim berrett

timothy berrett -lrb- born january 23 , 1965 in royal tunbridge wells , kent , united kingdom -rrb- is a male race walker .
he came to canada in 1987 .
a resident of edmonton , alberta , he represented canada in five consecutive summer olympics starting in 1992 -lrb- barcelona , spain -rrb- .
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 , kent , united kingdom .
berrett completed his ph.d. degree at the university of alberta , and did his undergraduate studies at the brasenose college , oxford .
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 and jamaican hurdler danny mcfarlane in the 2009 world championships in athletics -lrb- berlin -rrb- .
berrett is married to former field hockey international tara croxford , who also competed at the barcelona games for her native country .
