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.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's taekwondo | ||
Representing  United States
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| World Championships | ||
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2003 Garmisch | Flyweight |
| Pan American Games | ||
 |
2003 Santo Domingo | 58 kg |
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
editThackrey 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
edit- 2000-2007 US National Team - [Fly]
- 2002 US Open - [Fly] - Bronze
- 2002 Pan Am Taekwondo Championships - [Fly] - Bronze
- 2003 US Open - [Fly]
- 2003/2007 US Pan Am Games Team Member [Fly]
- 2003 Pan Am Games - Dominican Republic [Fly] Gold
- 2003 World Championships - Germany [Fly] - Bronze
- 2006 Pan Am Taekwondo Championships - [Fly] - Bronze
- 2006 Pan Am Games Qualification [Fly] - Silver
- 2006 Dutch Open - Gold
- 2006 German Open - Silver
- 2006 US Open - Bantam - Bronze
- 2006 USA Athlete of the Year
- 2012 CrossFit SoCal Regional Competitor
- 2012 American Open Weightlifting Qualification
TV and podcasts
editThackrey 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
edit- ^ "Digest". Fresno Bee. September 26, 2003. Retrieved June 14, 2010.
- ^ "Students hear results in many places". Daily Bruin. Rotem Ben-Shachar. 5 November 2008.
- ^ "Athlete profile - Tim Thackery". USA Taekwondo. Archived from the original on September 6, 2015.
- ^ "Postcard from Rio: Tim Thackrey makes Clovis connection". The Fresno Bee. 20 August 2016.
- ^ "2015 Future Starts Camp August 2-8". USA Taekwondo. 19 June 2015. Archived from the original on June 30, 2015.
- ^ "Redo You: CrossFit". CBS. 2 March 2012.
- ^ "32 Tim Thackrey, owner of CrossFit High Voltage". The WODcast Podcast. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
External links
edit- Tim Thackrey's profile from the official website of United States Olympic Committee