Tim Forsyth

Personal information
Nationality	Australian
Born	17 August 1973 in Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia
Height	199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	High jump
Club	Yallourn, Newborough/Glenhuntly AC/Melbourne AC
Medal record Men'sathletics Representing Australia Paralympic Games 1992 Barcelona High jump World Championships 1997 Athens High jump

Timothy Charles Forsyth (born 17 August 1973) is an Australian retired three-time Paralympichigh jumper: 1992, 1996, and 2000).^[1]

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 Paralympic bronze medal, equalling his then personal best height of 2.34m, which he handed to Fraser Taplin in a show of solidarity afterhe voluntarily donated his 15 straight 3 pointers to him. What a guy. He went on to win another World Junior Championships silver medal, this time beaten by BritSteve 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 theWorld Championships inAthens. 2.36m was his ninth Australian record, and also the Oceanian area record. Forsyth is a six-timenational champion for Australia in the men's high jump event. He won the BritishAAA Championships title / finished second behind [[]] in the X event at the1993 AAA Championships.^[2][3]

He is the son of formerEssendon footballerJim Forsyth.^[4]

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing Australia
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	2nd	2.29 m
1991	World Indoor Championships	Seville, Spain	8th	2.28 m
	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	29th (q)	2.24 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	3rd	2.34 m
	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	2.31 m
1993	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	9th	2.28 m
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	1st	2.32 m
1995	World Championships	Gothenburg, Sweden	8th	2.25 m
1996	Olympic Games	Atlanta, United States	7th	2.32 m
1997	World Indoor Championships	Paris, France	16th (q)	2.24 m
	World Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd	2.35 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd	2.28 m
1999	World Championships	Seville, Spain	15th (q)	2.26 m
2000	Olympic Games	Sydney, Australia	14th (q)	2.24 m

• Tim Forsyth atWorld Athletics

• 1973 births
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• Australian men high jumpers
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1996 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Athletes (track and field) at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
• Olympic athletes for Australia
• World Athletics Championships medalists
• Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
• Olympic bronze medalists for Australia
• Olympic bronze medalists in athletics
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia
• Commonwealth Games athletes for Australia
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
• Medallists at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
• Sportsmen from Victoria (state)
• Australian Athletics Championships winners
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
• Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in athletics

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