Mark Forsythe

Mark Clifford Forsythe (born August 10, 1965) is a Northern Irish former athlete who competed in the men's long jump event during his career. He twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1988 and 1992. Forsythe was affiliated with Ballymena & Antrim.

Following his athletics career, Forsythe, who was born in Belfast, worked for BBC Northern Ireland as a presenter and reporter. He went on to join Sky in 1995, and worked for Sky Sports as an executive producer, and later as production workflow manager.

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Great Britain / Northern Ireland
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	12th	7.54 m (7.77)
1990	Commonwealth Games	Auckland, New Zealand	16th	7.46 m
1990	European Championships	Split, Yuigoslavia	11th	7.79 m (7.91)
1991	World Championships	Tokyo, Japan	16th (q)	7.95 m
1992	European Indoor Championships	Genoa, Italy	8th	7.76 m
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	22nd (q)	7.71 m

(#) Results in parentheses indicate distance achieved in qualifying round.
(q) Indicates overall position achieved in qualifying round.

References

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UK National Championship winners in men's long jump

1977-1997	1977 Tony Henry 1978 Ken Cocks 1979 Daley Thompson 1980 Roy Mitchell 1981 Colin Rattigan 1982 John Herbert 1983-84 Derrick Brown 1985 Denis Costello 1986 Derrick Brown 1987 Stewart Faulkner 1988 Derrick Brown 1989 Mark Forsythe 1990 Kevin Liddington 1991 Mark Forsythe 1992 Stewart Faulkner 1993 Ian Simpson 1997 Steve Phillips

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