Timothy Rees | |
Birth Place: | Kingston, Ontario |
Residence: | Victoria, British Columbia |
Birth Date: | 24 July 1980 |
Country: | Canada |
Sport: | Judo |
Disability: | Blind |
Disability Class: | B2[1] |
Coach: | Tom Thompson |
Club: | Victoria Judo Club |
Weight: | 100kg (200lb) (2012) |
Updated: | 29 March 2021 |
Timothy Rees (born 24 July 1980) is a Canadian judoka and academic who represented Canada in Judo at the 2012 Paralympics in the -100 kg category. He was eliminated in the first round by Britain's Joe Ingram.[2]
Rees won bronze at the 2011 Parapan American Games in the under -100 kg category. He holds a PhD in applied mathematics and worked as a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Victoria.[3] In 2015 he began work in industry, and he currently serves as the Chief Scientist at Allsalt Maritime Corporation.