Tim Hornsby, Date of Birth

    

Tim Hornsby

American canoeist

Date of Birth: 20-Jul-1986

Profession: canoeist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Tim Hornsby

  • Tim Hornsby (born 20 July 1986, Atlanta, Georgia) is an American sprint canoeist.
  • At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed in the Men's K-1 200 metres.Hornsby qualified through a long and difficult route.
  • He won the Men’s K1 200m event at the 2011 Sprint National Championships in Gainesville, Georgia.
  • on August 6.
  • However, US teammate Ryan Dolan had achieved the result that gave the US an Olympic canoeing quota slot for the U.S.
  • at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico on October 28.Hornsby then won the 2012 U.S.
  • Olympic Team Trials in Oklahoma City on April 20, forcing a race-off between the two at the first two 2012 World Cups.
  • Hornsby then achieved a 14th-place finish at the 2012 World Cup No.
  • 2 in Duisburg, Germany on May 27, clinching the US K-1 200 m Olympic place for himself as his result was better than Dolan's.Hornsby had been a training partner Rami Zur at the 2008 Summer Olympics but did not compete himself.
  • His girlfriend, Becky Holliday, also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in the women's pole vault.Hornsby's home club is the Lanier Canoe and Kayak Club.
  • Lake Lanier hosted the canoe, kayak and rowing events at the Atlanta Olympics, but Hornsby is the first Olympian they have produced.

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