Tim Van Berkel

0 Tim Van Berkel
at the Challenge Copenhagen (2011)
Personal information
Date of birth	29th June 1984 (age 36)
place of birth	Albury, Australia
Nickname	"Berkel" or "Berky"
societies
successes
2008, 2016	2 × Ironman winner
2010, 2011	2 × winner challenge
2011-2017	5 × Ironman 70.3 winners
2014	7th place Ironman World Championship
status
active

Tim Van Berkel (* 29. June 1984 in Albury as Timothy Peter Van Berkel ) is a triathlete from Australia . He is a three-time winner of the long distance triathlon (2008 in Busselton , 2010 and 2011 in Copenhagen ).

Career

Tim Berkel started his first triathlon in 2001 and for the first time in 2007 over the long distance triathlon (3.86 km swimming, 180.2 km cycling and 42.195 km running).

Ironman 2008 winner

In December 2008, at the age of 24, he won the Ironman Western Australia, making him the second youngest Ironman winner - only twelve days older than the German Thomas Hellriegel when he won the Ironman Lanzarote in 1995.

In August 2010 he won the Challenge Copenhagen on the long distance and in 2011 he was able to successfully defend his victory from the previous year.

Seventh Ironman Hawaii 2014

In October 2014, he finished seventh at the Ironman Hawaii (Ironman World Championship).

At the Ironman Cairns in June 2016, he won the Ironman Asia-Pacific Championships, which were held here for the first time . In October 2017, the then 33-year-old finished 15th at the Ironman Hawaii and in 2018 he finished twelfth.

His nicknames are "Berkel" or "Berky" . Tim Van Berkel is trained by Grant Giles .

He has been married since March 2012 and lives with his wife in Port Macquarie .

Sporting successes

(DNF - Did Not Finish)

Web links

• Official website of Tim Berkel
• Tim Van Berkel's profile and results in the ITU database at Triathlon.org , accessed on December 1, 2019.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Maxwell, Luxford win Challenge Shepparton (November 11, 2018)
2. ↑ Brown, Lawn win Port of Tauranga Half (Jan. 7, 2012)
3. ↑ Zyemtsev and Lidbury are Masters in Augusta (September 28, 2011)
4. ↑ Ironman Triathlon World Champion Alexander wins 70.3 Geelong Australia . In: 3athlon.de . February 7, 2010. Archived from the original on February 10, 2010.
5. ^ Tauranga Half: Sam Warriner defends title . In: tri-mag.de . Archived from the original on January 21, 2010.
6. ↑ Ironman Western Australia: Bozzone wins Duathlon (December 3, 2017)
7. ↑ Swallow and Van Berkel Claim Asia-Pacific Honors (June 12, 2016)
8. ^ Challenge Cairns . Archived from the original on May 7, 2012.
9. ↑ Challenge Copenhagen 2010: Tim Berkel and Rebekah Keat win the premiere
10. ↑ Ironman Western Australia: Tim Berkel wants to defend title
11. ↑ Ironman Australia 2009: Tim Berkel - Training with Chrissie (April 3, 2009)
12. ↑ Tim Berkel wins Ironman Western Australia 2009 (December 7, 2008)