Tim Seaman
![]() Seaman at the 2012 US Olympic Trials 50 km racewalk in Santee, California | |
Personal information | |
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Full name | Timothy M. Seaman |
Born | North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States | May 14, 1972
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Race walking |
Club | New York Athletic Club |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic finals | 2000, 2004 |
Timothy "Tim" M. Seaman (born May 14, 1972) is an American race walker who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.[1]
Seaman made a habit of winning the 5000 metres racewalk at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. He won the event 13-times winning consecutive years from 1998 to 2007, and in 2009, 2010 and 2013. His 13 USA Indoor titles rank highest in the sport's history. Seaman is also seven-time USA 20 km champion, winning in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 and 2014. [1] On April 20, 2004, he set the still standing American record in the 10-km walk at 39:22.7 in Storetveitmarsje, Norway.[2] As a collegiate athlete, Seaman was a four-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) race walk champion while competing for the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. [2]
Seaman is currently the cross country, women's track and field and distance running coach for Cuyamaca College. His wife Rachel Seaman is also an Olympic racewalker.[1]
Achievements
[edit]Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1999 | World Championships | Seville, Spain | 24th | 20 km | |
2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney, Australia | 40th | 20 km | |
2001 | World Championships | Edmonton, Canada | — | 20 km | DSQ |
2003 | Pan American Games | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 7th | 20 km | |
2004 | Olympic Games | Athens, Greece | 20th | 20 km | |
2005 | World Championships | Helsinki, Finland | 31st | 20 km | |
2007 | World Championships | Osaka, Japan | 31st | 20 km | |
2010 | US National Championships | Des Moines, United States | 2nd | 20 km |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Tim Seaman. sports-reference
- ^ "Statistics – Records". USATF. January 17, 2012. Retrieved March 2, 2013.
External links
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- Tim Seaman at World Athletics
- Profile from USATF
- 1972 births
- Living people
- American male racewalkers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic track and field athletes for the United States
- Track and field athletes from Rhode Island
- Track and field athletes from California
- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
- Wisconsin–Parkside Rangers men's track and field athletes
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- American racewalker stubs