Timothy Charles Forsyth (born 17 August 1973) is an Australian retired three-time Olympic high jumper: 1992, 1996, and 2000).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. 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 won the British AAA Championships title / finished second behind in the X event at the 1993 AAA Championships.
He is the son of former Essendon footballer Jim Forsyth.
Competition record Representing 1990World Junior ChampionshipsPlovdiv, Bulgaria 2nd2.29 m1991World Indoor ChampionshipsSeville, Spain8th2.28 mWorld ChampionshipsTokyo, Japan29th (q)2.24 m1992Olympic GamesBarcelona, Spain 3rd2.34 mWorld Junior ChampionshipsSeoul, South Korea 2nd2.31 m1993World ChampionshipsStuttgart, Germany9th2.28 m1994Commonwealth GamesVictoria, Canada 1st2.32 m1995World ChampionshipsGothenburg, Sweden8th2.25 m1996Olympic GamesAtlanta, United States7th2.32 m1997World Indoor ChampionshipsParis, France16th (q)2.24 mWorld ChampionshipsAthens, Greece 3rd2.35 m1998Commonwealth GamesKuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3rd2.28 m1999World ChampionshipsSeville, Spain15th (q)2.26 m2000Olympic GamesSydney, Australia14th (q)2.24 m
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