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| Nationality | Canadian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 March 2006 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Middle distance running | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal best(s) | 800m: 2:06.30 (2022) 1500m: 4:17.00 (2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Rachel Forsyth (born 14 March 2006) is a middle-distance runner with dual American and Canadian citizenship and competes internationally for Canada. She was a silver medalist over 1500 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships. [1]
She attended Ann Arbor Pioneer High School and competed in athletics for Purple Track Club. [2]
Competing at the Champions of Champions meet hosted by the Michigan Interscholastic Track Coaches Association at Davison High School, Forsyth the fastest 800m in Michigan State high school history with a time of 2:03.87. [3]
Forsyth won the Canadian U20 national championships over 1,500m in 2024 snd set a personal best time of 4:17.00, at the Ontario Track and Field Championships in July 2024. [4]
She won the silver medal in the 1500 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru running a time of 4:17.94. [5] [6] [7]
Forsyth is from a family of runners. Her parents Ian Forsyth and Jessica Kluge both competed at the Division 1 collegiate level at the University of Michigan. Her sisters Anne and Sarah also run. [8] [9] When a teenager, Forsyth had disordered eating issues that required hospital treatment. [10]
