Tim Forsyth

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Men's Athletics
Olympic medal record
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	High jump

Tim Forsyth (born August 17, 1973 in Mirboo North) is a retired Australian high jumper.

His first success on the international scene came in 1990 with a silver medal at the World Junior Championships. In 1992 the 19-year-old Forsyth won an Olympic bronze medal, equalling his personal best at that time of 2.34m. He went on to win another World Junior Championships silver medal, this time beaten by Steve Smith. Forsyth would beat Smith at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

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. 2.36 was his ninth Australian record, and also the Oceanian area record.

[edit] Achievements

Year	Tournament	Venue	Result
1990	World Junior Championships	Plovdiv, Bulgaria	2nd
1992	Summer Olympics	Barcelona, Spain	3rd
	World Junior Championships	Seoul, South Korea	2nd
1994	Commonwealth Games	Victoria, Canada	1st
1997	World Championships	Athens, Greece	3rd
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	3rd