Chris Timms

Chris Timms
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place1984 Los AngelesTornado
Silver medal – second place1988 SeoulTornado

Christopher Ian Timms (24 March 1947 – 19 March 2004) was a yachtsman from New Zealand. He won a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. Timms died in 2004 when the aircraft he was flying in crashed into the Firth of Thames.