Keith Forsythe

New Zealand field athlete

Keith Forsythe
Personal information
Full nameKeith Henderson Forsythe
Born(1927-08-04)4 August 1927
Waimate, New Zealand
Died18 July 2003(2003-07-18) (aged 75)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportTrack and field
Achievements and titles
National finalsTriple jump champion (1946, 1948)

Keith Henderson Forsythe (4 August 1927 – 18 July 2003) was a New Zealand field athlete who represented his country in the long jump and triple jump at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Biography

Born in Waimate on 4 August 1927, Forsythe was the son of Francis Forsythe and Jessie Dodds Forsythe (née Currie).[1][2]

Representing Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay, Forsythe won two New Zealand national athletics titles in the triple jump, in 1946 and 1948.[3]

At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Forsythe represented New Zealand in both the long jump and triple jump.[4] He finished in fourth place in the long jump with a best leap of 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m), and fifth in the triple jump, recording a best distance of 46 ft 7+34 in (14.22 m).[5]

Forsythe died on 18 July 2003.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Death search: registration number 2003/15823". Births, deaths & marriages online. Department of Internal Affairs. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  2. ^ "Births". Otago Daily Times. 6 August 1927. p. 10. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. ^ Hollings, Stephen (December 2016). "National champions 1887–2016" (PDF). Athletics New Zealand. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ "Keith Forsythe". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. ^ "Keith Forsythe". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
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New Zealand national champions in men's triple jump
  • 1911: Len McKay
  • 1912: Fred Hazlett
  • 1913: Len McKay
  • 1914: Fred Hazlett
  • 1915: Ernest Sutherland
  • 1916–1919: not held
  • 1920: Ernest Sutherland
  • 1921–1923: Gordon Plummer
  • 1924–1925: Walter Wilton
  • 1926–1928: Jack Shirley
  • 1929: Bengt Rydbeck
  • 1930–1931: George Sullivan
  • 1932–1933: Alister Cameron
  • 1934–1935: Harold Brainsby
  • 1936: Alister Cameron
  • 1937: Kenshi Togami (JPN)
  • 1938: Alister Cameron
  • 1939: Harry Wilkins
  • 1940: Campion Alexander Calvert
  • 1941–1944: not held
  • 1945: C.J. Blewett
  • 1946: Keith Forsythe
  • 1947: C.J. Blewett
  • 1948: Keith Forsythe
  • 1949: Bevin Hough
  • 1950–1951: Colin Kay
  • 1952–1953: Patrick Sharon
  • 1954: R. Webb
  • 1955: M. Pearce
  • 1956: R. Webb
  • 1957–1971: Dave Norris
  • 1972–1973: Ken Simpson
  • 1974–1975: Dave Norris
  • 1976: Dragán Ivanov
  • 1977: Dave Norris
  • 1978–1981: Phil Wood
  • 1982: Tuariki Delamere
  • 1984: Kevin Todd
  • 1985: Peter Beames (AUS)
  • 1986: Evan Peterson
  • 1987: Mike Makin (GBR)
  • 1988: Alan Whitton
  • 1989–1990: Nigel Avery
  • 1991: Alan Whitton
  • 1992: Karl Schierling
  • 1993: Nigel Park
  • 1994: Jari Lämsä (FIN)
  • 1995: Scott Newman
  • 1996: Mark Edmond
  • 1997: Scott Newman
  • 1998: Nigel Park
  • 1999: Khamal Ganley
  • 2000–2002: Scott Clements
  • 2003: Tim Hawkes
  • 2004: Tom Davie
  • 2005: Tim Hawkes
  • 2006: Scott Clements
  • 2007: Charles Nicolson
  • 2008: Nigel Park
  • 2009–2010: Brent Newdick
  • 2011–2012: Todd Swanson
  • 2013–2015: Phillip Wyatt
  • 2016–2019: Ebuka Okpala
  • 2020: Andrew Allan
  • 2021–2022: Scott Thomson
  • 2023: Ebuka Okpala
  • 2024: Ethan Olivier


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