Tim Nedow

He added to his personal best in the shot put at the beginning of 2014, throwing 20.98 m (68 ft 9  ⁄4  in) in La Jolla, California. He won both shot put and discus titles at the 2014 Canadian Championships. This earned him a place at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. A put of 20.59 m (67 ft 6  ⁄2  in) in the final of that competition brought him the bronze medal.

Born in Brockville to Jim and Wendy Nedow, he was initially a versatile athlete, competing in the high jump, basketball, shot put and triple jump. He grew quickly in his teenage years and reached 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in). He switched to focus on throwing events in his late teens and was the Canadian junior (under-20) champion in the shot put. He attended Thousand Islands Secondary School before going on to major in arts and sciences at the University of Tulsa. He competed collegiately for the Tulsa Hurricanes and in his first season won the Conference USA title in the discus with a throw of 49.79 m (163 ft 4 in) – the second best ever mark by a Tulsa college athlete. His international debut for Canada came at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, where he set a personal record of 19.00 m (62 ft 4 in) to take the bronze medal in the junior implement shot put.

Nedow opened his 2012 indoor season with seven straight shot put wins, including a school record of 20.51 m (67 ft 3  ⁄4  in) to retain the Big East title. At the NCAA Indoor Championships he was two metres shorter, ended the competition in thirteenth. Outdoor personal bests followed at the Drake Relays where he won both his throwing specialities with a mark of 19.69 m (64 ft 7 in) in the shot and 58.30 m (191 ft 3  ⁄4  in) in the discus. He improved his discus best at the Big East Outdoor Championships, winning his first title in the event with a best of 58.60 m (192 ft 3 in). He was below-par in the shot put, however, coming in second place with a sub-18-metre throw. He preceded the 2012 Canadian Championships in a discus best of 59.24 m (194 ft 4  ⁄4  in) and went on to win his first national title in the event that June. In the shot put, he placed third with a new best of 20.21 m (66 ft 3  ⁄2  in) behind the more established Dylan Armstrong and Justin Rodhe. He did not qualify for the 2012 Olympics as he did not have the "A" standard, but he represented his country at the 2012 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics, coming fourth in the shot and sixth in the discus.

He is a five-time champion of the Canadian Track and Field Championships (2011 discus, both shot put and discus in 2013 and 2014). He has also competed at the World Championships in Athletics, in 2013, and twice at the Summer Universiade. He studied and compete athletically at the University of Tulsa and DePaul University.

Tim Nedow (born 16 October 1990) is a Canadian track and field athlete who competes in the shot put and discus throw. He has personal bests of 21.33 m (69 ft 11  ⁄4  in)and 61.49 m (201 ft 8  ⁄4  in) for the events, respectively. He was the bronze medallist for Canada at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2013 Francophonie Games.