Tim Forsyth

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

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

At the World Athletics Championships in Stuttgart in 1993 Forsyth crossed 2.28 m and thus was ninth. On 26 August 1994 the High Jump Final of the Commonwealth Games was held in Victoria. Smith and Forsyth fought a thrilling duel for gold and silver. Both failed three times at 2.34 m, and also in the first round of the piercing not crossed both the 2.34 meters. In the second experiment the piercing crossed both 2.32 meters, in the third round both failed at 2.34 meters, and only the fourth attempt brought the decision in favor of Forsyth, who crossed 2.32, which Smith did not succeed this time.

In Gothenburg at the World Championships 1995 Forsyth jumped 2.25 meters and finished eighth. At the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta Forsyth was seventh with 2.32 m. At the 1997 World Championships in Athens Sotomayor won with 2.37 m in front Partyka and Forsyth, which both jumped 2.35 m, where Partyka had fewer failed attempts. His last major medal was awarded Forsyth at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur. With 2.28 meters, he won bronze behind the two Englishmen Dalton Grant and Ben Challenger. In the 1999 World Cup in Seville and the 2000 Olympics in Sydney he left in qualifying.

Tim Forsyth is 1.99 m tall and weighed 79 kg in his playing days. Six times he was Australian champion (1991-1994, 1997, 1998 ). Overall, he set nine national records.

Bests

  • High Jump: 2.36m, March 2, 1997 Melbourne ( Ozeanienrekord ) Hall: 2.33m, February 16, 1997 Balingen ( Ozeanienrekord )
1991 IAAF World Indoor Championships Steve Smith (British high jumper) 1993 World Championships in Athletics Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games 1995 World Championships in Athletics 1997 World Championships in Athletics Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games 1999 World Championships in Athletics
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