Tim Don

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Timothy ("Tim") Don (born January 14, 1978) is an athlete from the United Kingdom, who competes in triathlon.

Don competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He took tenth place with a total time of 1:49:28.85. In the second Olympic triathlon at the 2004 Summer Olympics he placed eighteenth with a total time of 1:54:42.13.

On September 3 2006 in Lausanne Don became World Champion after finishing 17 seconds in front of Hamish Carter. Following a fast swim, he was in the lead group on the bike but missed the initial break. He bridged the gap alone and caught the lead group on lap 5 out of 6, then took the lead along with Carter on the run, breaking clear about halfway through.

However the victory was overshadowed by a drugs scandal a few weeks later when Don received a three month ban for missing three out of competition drug tests prior to the World Championships.