 He competed for the United States in the 1908 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain where he won the bronze medal in the Marathon .At the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens he finished in twelfth place, and at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm he was 10th in the event.On May 6, 1905, Forshaw beat Sidney Hatch and Felix Carvajol to win the Missouri Athletic Club's All-Western Marathon in a time of 3