Mark Forsythe

Mark Clifford Forsythe (born 10 August 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
	European Championships	Split, Yugoslavia	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
	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.

External links

• Mark Forsythe at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)