Tim Berkel

Tim Berkel

Berkel at Challenge Copenhagen 2011
Personal information
Full name	Timothy Peter Van Berkel
Nickname(s)	Berkel, Berks
Born	(1984-07-29) 29 July 1984 Albury, New South Wales, Australia
Residence	Ballina, New South Wales, Australia Boulder, Colorado, United States
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Spouse(s)	Belinda Coates (2012 – present)
Website	www.timberkel.com
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Triathlon
Team	Aeromax
Turned pro	2005
Coached by	Grant Giles

Timothy Peter Van Berkel (born 29 June 1984 in Albury, New South Wales) is an Australian professional triathlete who races primarily in long distance triathlon events.

Career

Berkel grew up in Albury, New South Wales and played Australian Rules Football (AFL). He stumbled across triathlon at the age of 18, during the off season with his football team mates, where they decided to do triathlon to keep fit whilst in the off-season. At the age of 21, Van Berkel got his professional license and decided that a move closer to his coach, Grant Giles of Team Aeromax, from Port Macquarie, New South Wales to Ballina, New South Wales .

At 24 years old, Berkel won Ironman Western Australia in 2008, which made him the second youngest Ironman Champion, behind Germany’s Thomas Hellriegel by 12 days. When he won his second Ironman distance event at Challenge Copenhagen in 2010, he surpassed Hellreigal’s accomplishment of having two Ironman distance wins by three months. Berkel defended his 2010 Challenge Copenhagen (Ironman Distance: 3.8 km swim, 180 km bike and 42 km run) the next year when he won the event in 2011.

Personal life

Berkel currently lives in East Ballina, New South Wales and is married to his wife Belinda Van Berkel

Professional record

Results list

Date/Year Place Competition Venue Time Notes 2014/12/06 Tenth Challenge Bahrain  Bahrain, Manama 3:47:01 [1] 2014/10/12 Seventh Ironman World Championship  United States, Kona, Hawaii 8:23:26 [2] 2014/08/10 Fifth Ironman 70.3 European Championship  Germany, Wiesbaden, Germany 4:10:07 [3] 2014/07/06 Second Ironman Cairns  Australia, Cairns, Queensland 8:23:23 [4] 2014/03/05 First Ironman 70.3 Busselton  Australia, Busselton, Western Australia 3:43:07 [5] New course record 2014/01/03 Fourth Ironman New Zealand  New Zealand, Taupo, New Zealand 8:29:53 [6] 2014/01/02 First Challenge Melbourne  Australia, Melbourne, Australia 3:52:37 [7] 2014/01/19 Tweleth Ironman Auckland 70.3 Asia Pacific Championship  New Zealand, Taupo, New Zealand 3:52:21 [8] 2013/11/10 Second Ironman 70.3 Australian Championship  Australia, Busselton, Western Australia 3:44:31 [9] 2013/10/20 Fourth Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 4:01:45 [10] 2013/08/31 Second Metaman  India, Bintan Island 8:42:12 [11] 2013/08/18 Second Ironman 70.3 Yeppoon  Australia, Yeppoon, Queensland 3:59:48 [12] 2013/09/06 Second Ironman Cairns  Australia, Cairns, Queensland 8:22:16 [13] 2013/02/06 Sixth Coral Coast Triathlon 5150  Australia, Cairns, Queensland 1:50:09 [14] 2013/04/21 Eighth Ironman 70.3 New Orleans  United States, New Orleans 3:53:48 [15] 2013/07/04 Second Ironman 70.3 Texas  United States, Galveston, Texas 3:51:35 [16] 2013/10/02 Sixth Urban – Long Course Geelong Triathlon Festival  Australia, Geelong, Victoria 3:54:27 [17] 2013/10/28 Second Port Macquarie 70.3  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 3:54:45 [18] 2012/10/21 First Ironman 70.3 Mandurah  Australia, Mandurah, Western Australia 3:39:59 [19] 2012/07/10 Second ULTIMATE – FORSTER  Australia, Forster, New South Wales 4:43:43 [20] 2012/04/26 Second Ironman 70.3 Japan  Japan, Tokoname, Aichi 4:03:42 [21] 2012/06/05 Second Ironman Australia  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 8:21:11 [22] 2012/12/02 Third Geelong Long Course  Australia, Geelong, Victoria 3:39:59 [23] 2012/01/09 Second O2 CREATION TRIPORT FESTIVAL  Australia, Goodiwoodi, Queensland 4:11:02 [24] 2012/07/01 Third Port of Tauranga Half Ironman  New Zealand, Tauranga 4:01:28 [25] 2011/09/10 Forth REVOLUTION3 Triathlon  United States, Anderson, South Carolina 3:57:53 [26] 2011/09/25 Third ESI Augusta Ironman 70.3  United States, Augusta, Georgia 3:51:54 [27] 2011/11/09 Eighth Ironman World Championship 70.3  United States, Henderson, Nevada 4:02:01 [28] 2011/08/14 First Challenge Copenhagen  Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark 8:11:15 [29] Successfully defended his title 2011/07/13 Second Ironman 70.3 Racine  United States, Racine, Wisconsin 3:57:32 [30] 2011/05/06 Third Challenge Cairns  Australia, Cairns, Queensland 8:29:20 [31] 2011/07/05 First Ironman 70.3 Busselton  Australia, Busselton, Western Australia 3:51:27 [32] 2011/01/05 Second Ironman 70.3 Port Macquarie  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 4:01:40 [33] 2011/03/04 First NISSAN/BRW Corporate Triathlon – Team DAIKIN  Australia, Sydney, New South Wales 0:27:15 [34] 2011/10/04 Second Triathlon Queensland Olympic Distance Championships  Australia, Brisbane, Queensland 2011/10/31 Third Port Macquarie Half Ironman  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 4:04:20 [35] 2010/08/15 First Challenge Copenhagen  Denmark, Copenhagen, Denmark 8:07:39 [36] 2010/11/07 Second Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island  Australia, Providence, Rhode Island 4:02:05 [37] 2010/12/06 Third Ironman 70.3 Boise  United States, Boise, Idaho 4:08:08 [38] 2010/06/06 Forth Ironman 70.3 Mooseman  United States, Newfound Lake, New Hampshire 4:06:23 [39] 2010/01/05 Third Busselton Half Ironman  Australia, Busselton, Western Australia 3:51:59 [40] 2010/03/28 Seventh Ironman Australia  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 8:40:46 [41] 2010/02/21 Sixth Australia Long Course Championship  Australia, New South Wales 3:43:06 [42] 2010/06/02 Third Ironman 70.3 Geelong  Australia, Geelong, Victoria 3:56:10 [43] 2010/09/01 Third Port of Tauranga Half Ironman  New Zealand, Tauranga, New Zealand 3:58:40 [44] 2009/11/15 Second Shepparton Half Ironman  Australia, Shepparton, Victoria 3:52:29 [45] 2009/01/11 First Port Macquarie Half Ironman  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 4:00:38 [46] 2009/04/10 Second Gold Coast Half Ironman  Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland 3:56:23 [47] 2009 First Port Douglas Long Course  Australia, Port Douglas, Queensland 2009 Second 10th Anniversary Capricorn Resort Half Ironman  Australia, Yeppoon, Queensland 4:04:24 [48] 2009/05/16 Tenth Ironman 70.3 Florida  United States, Orlando, Florida 4:03:41 [49] 2009/05/04 Third Ironman Australia  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 8:31:43 [50] 2008/07/12 First Ironman Western Australia  Australia, Busselton, Western Australia 8:07:06 [51] 2008 First Avanti Reef & Rainforest Triathlon  Australia, Port Douglas, Queensland 2008/02/24 Second Australia Long Course Champs  Australia, Huskinsson New South Wales 3:44:01 [52] 2008 First Port Douglas Long Course  Australia, Port Douglas, Queensland 2008/05/10 Second Gold Coast Half Ironman  Australia, Calypso Bay, Queensland 4:00:06 [53] 2008/09/11 Second Port Macquarie Half Ironman  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 4:02:31 [54] 2008/10/19 Second New South Wales Long Course Championships  Australia, Foster, New South Wales 2:52:57 [55] 2008/06/04 Forth Ironman Australia  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 8:44:20 [56] 2008/07/13 Fifth Ironman 70.3 Rhode Island  United States, Providence, Rhode Island 4:01:08 [57] 2008/08/05 Sixth Ironman 70.3 Eagleman  United States, Cambridge, Maryland 4:06:38 [58] 2008/07/20 Seventh Ironman 70.3 Vineman  United States, Sonoma County, California 3:59:42 [59] 2008/07/09 Eighth Ironman 70.3 Singapore  Singapore 4:09:06 [60] 2008/09/02 Ninth Ironman 70.3 Geelong  Australia, Geelong, Victoria 4:08:21 [61] 2007/11/18 First Shepparton Triathlons  Australia, Shepparton, Victoria 3:58:36 [62] 2007/04/11 Forth Port Macquarie Half Ironman  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 4:08:25 [63] 2007/11/30 Second Cannibal Gold Coast Half Ironman  Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland 4:08:25 2007 Forth Airlie Beach Triathlon  Australia, Queensland 2007/03/06 Tenth Ironman 70.3 Switzerland   Switzerland 4:01:40 [64] 2007 Twenty-ninth Italian Olympic Distance Championship  Italy 2007/06/23 Fifth Ironman Switzerland   Switzerland 8:49:09 [65] 2007/01/04 Seventh Ironman Australia  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 8:57:12 [66] 2007/02/25 Fifth Huskisson Australia Long Course Champions Pro  Australia, Huskisson, New South Wales 3:42:35 [67] 2006/03/12 Seventh Laguna Phuket Pro  Thailand, Phuket 2006/01/10 Third Cannibal Gold Coast Half Ironman, Pro  Australia, Gold Coast, Queensland 4:03:25 [68] 2006 Forth Rydges Capricorn Australian Half Ironman Series, Pro  Australia, Queensland 2006/06/05 Seventh Busselton Half Ironman, Pro  Australia, Busselton, Western Australia 4:04:51 [69] 2006 Third Airlie Beach Triathlon  Australia, Queensland 2006 Second Camden Haven Triathlon  Australia, New South Wales 2006 First Victorian Olympic Distance Championships U23 Elite  Australia, Geelong, Victoria 2006 Tenth Australian Long Course Championships, Pro  Australia, Husskinson, New South Wales 2006 First Dean St Duathlon Open  Australia, Albury, New South Wales 2005 First Yackandanda Triathlon, Open Male  Australia, Yackandanda, Victoria 2005 Third Busselton Half Ironman, Pro  Australia, Busselton, Western Australia 2005/10/23 Ninth Port Maquarie Half Ironman  Australia, Port Macquarie, New South Wales 4:17:21 [70] 2005/11/12 Forth Canberra Half Ironman  Australia, Canberra, ACT 4:27:05 [71] 2005 Second Victorian Olympic Distance Championships, U23 Elite  Australia, Elwood, Victoria 2005 Ninth World Age Group Championships, 20-24 yr  United States, Hawaii 2004 Third Victorian Sprint Distance Championships, Junior Elite  Australia, Brighton, Victoria 2004 Third Australian Olympic Distance Championships,16-19 AG  Australia, Mooloolabah, Queensland 2004 Second Australian Duathlon Championships, 20-24 AG  Australia, Bennella, Victoria 2004/02/29 First Yackandandah Triathlon, Open Male  Australia, Yackandanda, Victoria 2004 First Nail Can Hill Ironman (2003 & 2004) Open  Australia, Albury, New South Wales

References

External links

• Official website