Mark Clifford Forsythe (born 10 August 1965) is a

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former athlete who competed in the men's

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event during his career. He twice represented Great Britain at the

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: 1988 and 1992. Forsythe was affiliated with Ballymena & Antrim. Following his athletics career, Forsythe, who was born in

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, worked for BBC Northern Ireland as a presenter and reporter. He went on to join

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in 1995, and worked for

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as an executive producer, and later as production workflow manager.

International competitions

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

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* 1965 births Living people Male athletes from Northern Ireland Long jumpers from Northern Ireland Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Great Britain Commonwealth Games competitors for Northern Ireland Athletes from Belfast World Athletics Championships athletes for Great Britain {{NorthernIreland-athletics-bio-stub