{{Short description|American racewalker (born 1972)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = | image = SeamanTrials.jpg | image_size = | caption = Seaman at the 2012 US Olympic Trials 50 km racewalk in Santee, California | birth_name = | fullname = Timothy M. Seaman | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|05|14}} | birth_place = North Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|64|kg|lb|abbr=on}} | country = | sport = Race walking | club = New York Athletic Club | alma_mater = University of Wisconsin-Parkside (four-time NAIA race walk champion) | retired = | olympics = 2000, 2004 | highestranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = }} '''Timothy "Tim" M. Seaman''' (born May 14, 1972) is an American race walker who competed at the 2000 and 2004 Olympics.<ref name=sr>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023519/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/tim-seaman-1.html Tim Seaman]. sports-reference</ref>
Seaman made a habit of winning the 5000 metres racewalk at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. He won the event 13-times winning consecutive years from 1998 to 2007, and in 2009, 2010 and 2013. His 13 USA Indoor titles rank highest in the sport's history. Seaman is also seven-time USA 20 km champion, winning in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2009 and 2014. [http://www.usatf.org/News/0-(4).aspx?feed=news] On April 20, 2004, he set the still standing American record in the 10-km walk at 39:22.7 in Storetveitmarsje, Norway.<ref name="usatf1">{{cite web|url=http://www.usatf.org/statistics/records/view.asp?division=american&location=road&age=open&sport=RW |title=Statistics – Records |publisher=USATF |date=January 17, 2012 |access-date=March 2, 2013}}</ref> As a collegiate athlete, Seaman was a four-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) race walk champion while competing for the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. [http://www.usatf.org/News/0-(4).aspx?feed=news]
Seaman is currently the cross country, women's track and field and distance running coach for Cuyamaca College. His wife Rachel Seaman is also an Olympic racewalker.<ref name=sr/>
==Achievements== {| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}} |- !colspan="6"|Representing the {{flagu|United States}} |- |1999 |World Championships |Seville, Spain |24th |20 km | |- |2000 |Olympic Games |Sydney, Australia |40th |20 km | |- |2001 |World Championships |Edmonton, Canada |— |20 km |DSQ |- |2003 |Pan American Games |Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |align="center" | 7th |20 km | |- |2004 |Olympic Games |Athens, Greece |20th |20 km | |- |2005 |World Championships |Helsinki, Finland |31st |20 km | |- |2007 |World Championships |Osaka, Japan |31st |20 km | |- |2010 |US National Championships |Des Moines, United States |bgcolor="silver" | 2nd |20 km | |}
==See also== * World Fit
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Commons category|Tim Seaman}} *{{World Athletics}} *[http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/Seaman_Tim.asp Profile] from USATF
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