# Timothy Beck

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Dutch sprinter (born 1977)

For the pseudonymous novelist, see [Timothy James Beck](/source/Timothy_James_Beck).

Timothy Beck Medal record Men's athletics World Championships 2003 Paris 4x100 m relay

**Timothy Beck** (born 2 January 1977 in [Assen](/source/Assen)) is a Dutch [sprinter](/source/Sprint_(running)). Together with [Caimin Douglas](/source/Caimin_Douglas), [Patrick van Balkom](/source/Patrick_van_Balkom) and [Troy Douglas](/source/Troy_Douglas) he won a [bronze medal](/source/Bronze_medal) in the [4 x 100 metres relay](/source/4_x_100_metres_relay) at the [2003 World Championships in Athletics](/source/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics). With the same team he also participated in the [4 x 100 meters relay](/source/Athletics_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_4_%C3%97_100_metres_relay) at the [2004 Summer Olympics](/source/2004_Summer_Olympics), but due to a mistake in the changing area they did not advance from the series.

Beck also competed as a [bobsledder](/source/Bobsleigh) in the [2002 Winter Olympics](/source/2002_Winter_Olympics) in [Salt Lake City](/source/Salt_Lake_City), where he finished in seventeenth position in the Four Men's Bob. He carried the [Dutch flag](/source/Flag_of_the_Netherlands) at the opening ceremony of the [2010 Winter Olympics](/source/2010_Winter_Olympics). He is of African-American descent.[1]

Timothy Beck carrying the [Dutch flag](/source/Flag_of_the_Netherlands) during the opening ceremony of the [2010 Winter Olympics](/source/2010_Winter_Olympics)

## Personal bests

- [60 metres](/source/60_metres) – 6.71 (2004)

- [100 metres](/source/100_metres) – 10.43 (2004)

- [200 metres](/source/200_metres) – 21.54 (2003)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Black Europeans competing at the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver"](http://afroeurope.blogspot.ca/2010/02/black-europeans-competing-at-olympic.html). 11 February 2010. Retrieved 2016-12-14.

## External links

- [Timothy Beck](https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14213665) at [World Athletics](/source/World_Athletics)

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