Tim Foster

Timothy "Tim" James Carrington Foster, MBE (born 19 January 1970) is a British rower.

Career

He began rowing at Bedford Modern School and competed in the Junior World Rowing Championships in 1987 and 1988. In the latter he competed in a pair with Matthew Pinsent. He became the first British rower to win gold medals at two consecutive Junior Worlds. From there he proceeded into the senior squad.

In 1993 he underwent back surgery but was straight back in the boat for the 1994 season, winning Bronze in the coxless four at the World Championships. This boat stayed together until the 1996 Olympics, where they won Bronze.

Following his Olympic medal, he continued his university studies at Oxford, competing in the 1997 Boat Race.

In 1997 he won a seat in the coxless four alongside Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell. In the run up to the Olympics, he again needed back surgery and time off after severing tendons in his hand by punching a window at a boat club party. In August 2000, the month prior to winning gold in Sydney, a three-part BBC documentary entitled Gold Fever was broadcast. This followed the coxless four team in the years leading up to the Olympics, including video diaries recording the highs and lows in the quest for gold. Despite the problems Foster had had, he was in the final crew and they won the gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. He was awarded an MBE for his part in this in 2001.

Tim Foster (soccer)

Tim Foster is a retired American soccer player who played professionally in the USL A-League.

Foster graduated from Roseville Area High School in Roseville, Minnesota. He attended San Diego State University, playing on the men’s soccer team from 1987 to 1988 and again from 1991 to 1992. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in international business. In 1991, Foster began to play for the Minnesota Thunder. At the time, the Thunder were an independent, amateur club. In 1994, the Thunder entered organized soccer when it joined the 1994 United States Interregional Soccer League. That year, the Thunder went to the league championship, falling to the Greensboro Dynamo in penalty kicks. Foster went on to play for the Thunder every season until 1998, although he lost the 1997 season with a knee injury. In 1998, the Thunder fell to the Rochester Rhinos in the 1998 A-League final. In 1999, Foster moved to the Indiana Blast. He retired in 2000. By that time, Foster was attended the University of Minnesota Law School where he graduated in 2002. He now practices law.