Tim Nedow
Tim Nedow in 2015.
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| Personal information | |
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| Born |
16 October 1990 Brockville, Canada |
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) (2014) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event(s) | Shot put |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Outdoor 20.98, La Jolla, 2014 Indoor 21.33, , 2016 |
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Tim Nedow (born 16 October 1990) is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. He has personal bests of 20.98 m (68 ft 9 3⁄4 in) and 59.24 m (194 ft 4 1⁄4 in) for the events, respectively. He was the bronze medallist for Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2013 Francophonie Games.
He is a five-time champion of the Canadian Track and Field Championships (2011 discus, both shot put and discus in 2013 and 2014). He has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics, in 2013, and twice at the Summer Universiade. He studied and compete athletically at the University of Tulsa and DePaul University.
Born in Brockville to Jim and Wendy Nedow, he was initially a versatile athlete, competing in the high jump, basketball, shot put and triple jump. He grew quickly in his teenage years and reached 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in). He switched to focus on throwing events in his late teens and was the Canadian junior (under-20) champion in the shot put. He attended Thousand Islands Secondary School before going on to major in arts and sciences at the University of Tulsa. He competed collegiately for the Tulsa Hurricanes and in his first season won the Conference USA title in the discus with a throw of 49.79 m (163 ft 4 in) – the second best ever mark by a Tulsa college athlete. His international debut for Canada came at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where he set a personal record of 19.00 m (62 ft 4 in) to take the bronze medal in the junior implement shot put.
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