Tim Kroeker

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Tim Kroeker
Personal information
Full nameTimothy Kroeker
Born (1971-05-25) 25 May 1971 (age 52)
Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight87 kg (192 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event110 m hurdles
Club Coquitlam Cheetahs

Timothy Kroeker (born 25 May 1971 in Chilliwack) is a retired Canadian who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. [2] He represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well two outdoor and three indoor World Championships.

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His personal bests are 13.57 seconds in the 110 meters hurdles (+1.2 m/s, Flagstaff 1994) and 7.81 seconds in the 60 metres hurdles (Toronto 1993). Tim Kroeker has three children, Ella Kroeker is the youngest, Karianne Kroeker is the middle child, and Justine Kroeker is the oldest.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1990 World Junior Championships Plovdiv, Bulgaria 13th (sf)110 m hurdles 14.42
1991 World Indoor Championships Seville, Spain 22nd (h)60 m hurdles 7.93
Pan American Games Havana, Cuba 6th110 m hurdles 14.00
1993 World Indoor Championships Toronto, Ontario, Canada15th (sf)60 m hurdles 7.89
Universiade Buffalo, United States 4th110 m hurdles 13.73
World Championships Stuttgart, Germany 18th (qf)110 m hurdles 13.74
1994 Jeux de la Francophonie Bondoufle, France 3rd110 m hurdles 13.68
Commonwealth Games Victoria, British Columbia, Canada7th110 m hurdles 13.93
1995 World Indoor Championships Barcelona, Spain 26th (h)60 m hurdles 7.89
World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden 24th (qf)110 m hurdles 13.88
1996 Olympic Games Atlanta, United States 30th (qf)110 m hurdles 14.14

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tim Kroeker". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. Tim Kroeker at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg