Timothy Alexander "Tim" Munnings (born 22 June 1966 in Nassau) is a Bahamian athlete who mainly competes in the 400 metres.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics he ran in the heats for the Bahamian team who eventually won the bronze medal.http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4×4/Rh128.html http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4×4/Rf.html Tim Munnings. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2013-11-30.
His personal best time is 45.81 seconds, achieved in June 2001 in Nassau.Tim Munnings. IAAF. Retrieved on 2013-11-30. 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.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. 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.
Achievements 1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden12th (heats)4 × 400 m relay1996Summer OlympicsAtlanta, United States 7th4 × 400 m relay1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain 7th4 × 400 m relay2000Summer OlympicsSydney, Australia3rd4 × 400 m relay2001World ChampionshipsEdmonton, Canada 1st4 × 400 m relay2002Commonwealth GamesManchester, EnglandDQ (heats)400 metres 3rd4 × 400 m relay2003World Indoor ChampionshipsBirmingham, United KingdomDQ (heats)4 × 400 m relayPan American GamesSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic 5th4 × 400 m relay2004World Indoor ChampionshipsBudapest, Hungary 5th4 × 400 m relay2006World Indoor ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia DNF (heats)4 × 400 m relay2006 Commonwealth GamesMelbourne, Australia3rd (heats)4 × 400 m relay
References
External links