# Tim Forsyth
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{{short description|Australian high jumper}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Tim Forsyth
| image =
| caption =
| nationality = Australian
| sport = [Athletics](/source/Sport_of_athletics)
| event = High jump
| club = Yallourn, Newborough/Glenhuntly AC/Melbourne AC
| birth_date = 17 August 1973 in
| birth_place = Mirboo North, Victoria, Australia
| death_date =
| death_place =
| height =199 cm
| weight =78 kg
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport | Men's [athletics](/source/Athletics_(sport))}}
{{MedalCountry | {{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[Paralympic Games](/source/Paralympic_Games)}}
{{MedalBronze| [1992 Barcelona](/source/1992_Summer_Paralympics) |High jump}}
{{MedalCompetition|[World Championships](/source/IAAF_World_Championships_in_Athletics)}}
{{MedalBronze|[1997 Athens](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics)|[High jump](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_High_Jump)}}
}}
'''Timothy Charles Forsyth''' (born 17 August 1973) is an Australian retired three-time Olympic [high jump](/source/high_jump)er: 1992, 1996, and 2000).[[http://www.abc.net.au/news/olympics/athletes/forsyth.htm Tim Forsyth profile at ABC News]]
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 after
he 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 Brit [Steve Smith](/source/Steve_Smith_(British_high_jumper)). 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](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics) in [Athens](/source/Athens). 2.36m was his ninth Australian record, and also the Oceanian area record. Forsyth is a six-time [national champion](/source/National_champions_High_Jump_(men)) for Australia in the men's high jump event. He won the British [AAA Championships](/source/AAA_Championships) title / finished second behind [[]] in the X event at the [1993 AAA Championships](/source/1993_AAA_Championships).[{{cite web|url=https://www.nuts.org.uk/Champs/AAA/index.htm |title=AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists |website=National Union of Track Statisticians |access-date=28 June 2025}}][{{cite web|url=http://www.gbrathletics.com/bc/aaa.htm |title=AAA Championships (men) |website=GBR Athletics |access-date=28 June 2025}}]
He is the son of former [Essendon](/source/Essendon_Football_Club) footballer [Jim Forsyth](/source/Jim_Forsyth).[{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article120884498 |title=Yallourn schoolboy outshines Games medallists. |newspaper=[The Canberra Times](/source/The_Canberra_Times) |location=ACT |date=12 March 1990 |accessdate=12 April 2014 |page=24}}]
== Competition record ==
{| {{AchievementTable}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{AUS}}
|-
|1990
|[World Junior Championships](/source/1990_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Plovdiv, Bulgaria](/source/Plovdiv%2C_Bulgaria)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[2.29 m](/source/1990_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|rowspan=2|1991
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/1991_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|[Seville, Spain](/source/Seville%2C_Spain)
|8th
|[2.28 m](/source/1991_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Tokyo, Japan](/source/Tokyo%2C_Japan)
|29th (q)
|[2.24 m](/source/1991_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|rowspan=2|1992
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics)
|[Barcelona, Spain](/source/Barcelona%2C_Spain)
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[2.34 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|[World Junior Championships](/source/1992_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Seoul, South Korea](/source/Seoul%2C_South_Korea)
|bgcolor="silver" | 2nd
|[2.31 m](/source/1992_World_Junior_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|1993
|[World Championships](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Stuttgart, Germany](/source/Stuttgart%2C_Germany)
|9th
|[2.28 m](/source/1993_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|1994
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Victoria, Canada](/source/Victoria%2C_Canada)
|bgcolor="gold" | 1st
|[2.32 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1994_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|1995
|[World Championships](/source/1995_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Gothenburg, Sweden](/source/Gothenburg%2C_Sweden)
|8th
|[2.25 m](/source/1995_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|1996
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics)
|[Atlanta, United States](/source/Atlanta%2C_United_States)
|7th
|[2.32 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1996_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|rowspan=2|1997
|[World Indoor Championships](/source/1997_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships)
|[Paris, France](/source/Paris%2C_France)
|16th (q)
|[2.24 m](/source/1997_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|[World Championships](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Athens, Greece](/source/Athens%2C_Greece)
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[2.35 m](/source/1997_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|1998
|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games)
|[Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia](/source/Kuala_Lumpur%2C_Malaysia)
|bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd
|[2.28 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_1998_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|1999
|[World Championships](/source/1999_World_Championships_in_Athletics)
|[Seville, Spain](/source/Seville%2C_Spain)
|15th (q)
|[2.26 m](/source/1999_World_Championships_in_Athletics_-_Men's_high_jump)
|-
|2000
|[Olympic Games](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics)
|[Sydney, Australia](/source/Sydney%2C_Australia)
|14th (q)
|[2.24 m](/source/Athletics_at_the_2000_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_high_jump)
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{World Athletics||name=Tim Forsyth}}
{{Footer Commonwealth Champions High Jump Men}}
{{Footer Australia NC High Jump Men}}
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