Menu
Home Explore People Places Arts History Plants & Animals Science Life & Culture Technology
On this page
Tim Forsyth
Australian high jumper

Tim Forsyth (born 17 August 1973 in Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia) is a retired Australian three-time Olympic high jumper: 1992, 1996, and 2000).

Forsyth's first success on the international scene came in 1990 with a silver medal at the World Junior Championships. In 1992 a 19-year-old Forsyth won an Olympic bronze medal, equalling his then personal best height of 2.34m. He went on to win another World Junior Championships silver medal, this time beaten by Brit Steve Smith. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games Forsyth finished ahead of Steve Smith.

His ultimate personal best jump of 2.36m was set in 1997, five months before he won his last global-event medal: A bronze at the World Championships in Athens. 2.36m was his ninth Australian record, and also the Oceanian area record. Forsyth is a six-time national champion for Australia in the men's high jump event.

He is the son of former Essendon footballer Jim Forsyth.

We don't have any images related to Tim Forsyth yet.
We don't have any YouTube videos related to Tim Forsyth yet.
We don't have any PDF documents related to Tim Forsyth yet.
We don't have any Books related to Tim Forsyth yet.
We don't have any archived web articles related to Tim Forsyth yet.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionNotes
Representing  Australia
1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria2nd2.29 m
1991World Indoor ChampionshipsSeville, Spain8th2.28 m
World ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan29th (q)2.24 m
1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain3rd2.34 m
World Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea2nd2.31 m
1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany9th2.28 m
1994Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canada1st2.32 m
1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden8th2.25 m
1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States7th2.32 m
1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France16th (q)2.24 m
World ChampionshipsAthens, Greece3rd2.35 m
1998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia3rd2.28 m
1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain15th (q)2.26 m
2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia14th (q)2.24 m

References

  1. Tim Forsyth profile at ABC News http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/athletes/forsyth.htm

  2. "Yallourn schoolboy outshines Games medallists". The Canberra Times. ACT. 12 March 1990. p. 24. Retrieved 12 April 2014. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120884498