Tim Forsyth

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Tim Charles Forsyth (born August 17, 1973 in Mirboo North near Melbourne ) is a former Australian high jumper who won a medal at many major championships in the 1990s.

In 1988 Forsyth crossed the height of two meters for the first time. In 1990 he was second behind Dragutin Topić , who crossed 2.37 m at the Junior World Championships . At the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 1991 in Seville, he was eighth with 2.28 m. 1992 Forsyth was still eligible to start in the Junior World Championships; he won again silver, while the Englishman Steve Smith set the junior world record of Topić. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, ​​a total of five jumpers mastered the height of 2.34 m in the final, but all attempts at 2.37 m failed. Javier Sotomayor was Olympic champion after the multiple attempts rule before Patrik Sjöberg . Artur Partyka , Hollis Conway and Forsyth each won bronze with the same number of failed attempts.

At the World Athletics Championships in 1993 in Stuttgart Forsyth crossed 2.28 m and was ninth. On August 26, 1994, the high jump final of the Commonwealth Games took place in Victoria . Smith and Forsyth fought an exciting duel for gold and silver. Both failed three times at 2.34 meters, and neither did they cross the 2.34 meters in the first round of the jump-off. In the second attempt of the jump-off they both crossed 2.32 meters, in the third round they both failed at 2.34 meters, and only the fourth attempt brought the decision in favor of Forsyth, who crossed 2.32, which Smith failed this time.

In Gothenburg at the 1995 World Championships Forsyth jumped 2.25 m and finished eighth. At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta Forsyth was seventh with 2.32 m. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens Sotomayor won with 2.37 m ahead of Partyka and Forsyth, who both jumped 2.35 m, with Partyka having fewer failed attempts. Forsyth received his last major medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. With 2.28 m he won bronze behind the two Englishmen Dalton Grant and Ben Challenger . At the 1999 World Cup in Seville and the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he was eliminated in qualification.

Tim Forsyth is 1.99 m tall and weighed 79 kg when he was active. He was Australian champion six times (1991-1994, 1997, 1998). In total, he set nine national records.

Top performances

  • High jump: 2.36 m, March 2, 1997, Melbourne (Oceania record)
    • Hall: 2.33 m, February 16, 1997, Balingen (Oceania record)

literature

  • Peter Matthews (Ed.): Athletics 2000. Surbiton 2000, ISBN 1-899807-07-1
  • Bob Phillips: Honor of Empire. Glory of Sport. The History of Athletics at The Commonwealth Games. Manchester 2000, ISBN 1-903158-09-5

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