Timothy Munnings

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Timothy Munnings
Personal information
Born (1966-06-22) 22 June 1966 (age 58)
Nassau, Bahamas
Sport
Sport Track and field
Medal record
Representing Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2000 Sydney 4 × 400 m relay
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Edmonton 4 × 400 m relay
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Manchester 4 × 400 m relay

Timothy Alexander "Tim" Munnings (born 22 June 1966 in Nassau) is a Bahamian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.

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At the 2000 Summer Olympics he ran in the heats for the Bahamian team who eventually won the bronze medal. [1] [2] [3]

His personal best time is 45.81 seconds, achieved in June 2001 in Nassau. [4] Set the day after his 35th birthday, at the time, it stood as the Masters M35 World record for over three years. Later that year, he anchored the World Champion relay team in National Record time, sprinting past Jamaica with a speedy final 100 m. [5] While Bahamas lost to the United States in both the 2000 Olympics and 2001 World Championships, the USA was disqualified years later due to the PED doping violation by Antonio Pettigrew. After numerous appeals, the Bahamian team medals were upgraded. During the 2013 medal ceremony, Munnings was credited by teammate Carl Oliver with starting the Olympic renaissance that developed into Bahamian medal success through the decade. [6]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
1995 World Championships Gothenburg, Sweden12th (heats) 4 × 400 m relay
1996 Summer Olympics Atlanta, United States7th 4 × 400 m relay
1999 World Championships Seville, Spain7th 4 × 400 m relay
2000 Summer Olympics Sydney, Australia3rd 4 × 400 m relay
2001 World Championships Edmonton, Canada1st [5] 4 × 400 m relay
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, EnglandDQ (heats) 400 metres
3rd 4 × 400 m relay
2003 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United KingdomDQ (heats) 4 × 400 m relay
Pan American Games Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic5th 4 × 400 m relay
2004 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary5th 4 × 400 m relay
2006 World Indoor Championships Moscow, RussiaDNF (heats) 4 × 400 m relay
2006 Commonwealth Games Melbourne, Australia3rd (heats) 4 × 400 m relay

References

  1. ↑ http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4×4/Rh128.html [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4×4/Rf.html [ dead link ]
  3. ↑ Tim Munnings. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  4. ↑ Tim Munnings. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
  5. 1 2 The Bahamas 4 × 400 team won originally the silver medal, but the USA 4 × 400 team, which originally finished first in 4 × 400 m relay, was disqualified in 2008 due to Antonio Pettigrew confession of using human growth hormone and EPO between 1997 and 2003.
  6. ↑ "Home".
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