Tim Burke (biathlete)

Tim Burke
Full name	Timothy Burke
Association	United States
birthday	3rd February 1982 (age 38)
place of birth	Paul Smiths ,  United States
Career
job	Biathlete / student
society	Lake Placid Biathlon
Trainer	Per Nilsson
Admission to the national team	2004
Debut in the European Cup / IBU Cup	2001
Debut in the World Cup	2004
status	resigned
End of career	2018
Medal table
World Cup medals 0 × 1 × 0 ×
Biathlon world championships silver 2013 Nové Město singles
World Cup balance
Overall World Cup	10. ( 2012/2013 )
Individual World Cup	3. (2012/2013)
Mass start world cup	3. (2012/2013), ( 2013/2014 )
Podium placements 1. 2. 3. singles 0 2 0 sprint 0 0 2 Mass start 0 1 1
last change: December 18, 2013

Timothy "Tim" Burke (born February 3, 1982 in Paul Smiths , Franklin County , New York ) is a former American biathlete .

Career

Tim Burke started for Lake Placid Biathlon and was trained by Per Nilsson and Armin Auchentaller, among others. The athlete, who lives in Lake Placid, started biathlon in 1997. He has been part of the US national team since 2004 and made his debut in the World Cup in Ruhpolding (82nd in the sprint) that same year . He won his first World Cup point at the 2006/07 season opener in Östersund. In Hochfilzen he was tenth in the sprint for the first time in the world elite. Timothy Burke achieved his best results so far in the World Cup at the beginning of the 2009/2010 season in Östersund. With 2nd place in the individual and 3rd place in the sprint, he stood on the podium for the first time. On December 20, 2009, he was the only American to date to take the lead in the overall biathlon world cup.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , he competed in the individual (57th), sprint (37th) and pursuit (38th) as well as the relay (9th). Tim Burke took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics again and started in all races. His best result was 18th place in the mass start. With the relay he finished 13th. Tim Burke has so far participated in eight world championships. The outstanding result was winning the individual silver medal at the 2013 in Nove Mesto , the first World Championship medal for a US biathlete since 1987.

Burke has been married to German ex-biathlete Andrea Henkel since October 25, 2014 .

After the relay race at Holmenkollen in Oslo on March 18, 2018, Burke ended his active career. It was the last race of the 2017/18 season for the US team , as the association had decided to boycott the last World Cup in Tyumen, Russia .

statistics

World Cup placements

The table shows all placements (depending on the year, including the Olympic Games and World Championships).

• 1st - 3rd Place: Number of podium placements
• Top 10: Number of placements in the top ten (including podium)
• Points ranks: Number of placements within the point ranks (including podium and top 10)
• Starts: Number of races run in the respective discipline
• Relay: including mixed relays

placement	singles	sprint	persecution	Mass start	Season	total
1st place
2nd place	2			1		3
3rd place		2		1		3
Top 10	5	10	8th	10	23	56
Scoring	15th	57	48	29	46	195
Starts	32	96	59	29	46	262
As of March 22, 2015

winter Olympics

Results at Olympic Winter Games:

	Individual competitions				Relay competitions
	sprint	persecution	singles	Mass start	Men's relay	Mixed relay
Olympic Winter Games 2006 | Turin	35.	36.	58.	-	9.
2010 Winter Olympics | Vancouver	47.	46.	45.	18th	13.
Olympic Winter Games 2014 | Sochi	19th	22nd	43.	21st	-	8th.
Olympic Winter Games 2018 | Pyeongchang	47.	17th	41.	-	6th	15th

Web links

Commons : Tim Burke  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Tim Burke in the database of the IBU (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dpa: Biathlon Olympic champion Andrea Henkel got married . Thuringian General Newspaper. Retrieved October 26, 2014.