Keith Forsythe


Keith Henderson Forsythe 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.
Representing Hawke's Bay/Poverty Bay, Forsythe won two New Zealand national athletics titles in the triple jump, in 1946 and 1948.
At the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, Forsythe represented New Zealand in both the long jump and triple jump. He finished in fourth place in the long jump with a best leap of, and fifth in the triple jump, recording a best distance of.
Forsythe died on 18 July 2003.