Tim Thackrey

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Tim Thackrey
Personal information
Born (1979-10-01) October 1, 1979 (age 45)
Sport
Sport Taekwondo
Medal record
Men's taekwondo
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Garmisch Flyweight
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo 58 kg

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. [1] 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.

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Thackrey is a graduate of UCLA where he attended undergraduate and graduate school, [2] as 5 year Coach of the UCLA Taekwondo Program. [3]

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 [4] 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. [5]

Achievements

TV and podcasts

Thackrey appeared in TV shows & podcasts as a strength & conditioning expert, including The Talk [6] 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. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Digest". Fresno Bee . September 26, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Students hear results in many places". Daily Bruin . Rotem Ben-Shachar. 5 November 2008.
  3. ↑ "Athlete profile - Tim Thackery". USA Taekwondo . Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Postcard from Rio: Tim Thackrey makes Clovis connection". The Fresno Bee . 20 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "2015 Future Starts Camp August 2-8". USA Taekwondo . 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Redo You: CrossFit". CBS . 2 March 2012.
  7. ↑ "32 Tim Thackrey, owner of CrossFit High Voltage". The WODcast Podcast. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
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