- Mark Boswell
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Medal record Men’s Athletics Competitor for Canada World Championships Silver 1999 Seville High Jump Bronze 2003 Paris High Jump Commonwealth Games Gold 2006 Melbourne High Jump Gold 2002 Manchester High Jump Pan American Games Gold 1999 Winnipeg High Jump Universiade Silver 1999 Palma de Mallorca High Jump Mark Boswell (born July 28, 1977 in Mandeville, Jamaica) and grew up in Brampton, Ontario is a Canadian high jumper, who won a total number of six national titles in the men's high jump event.
Boswell attended the University of Texas at Austin. In 2006, he won gold at the Commonwealth games held in Melbourne, Australia. His other notable achievements in international competition include 7th place at the 2004 Summer Olympics, 6th place at the 2000 Summer Olympics, a silver medal at the 1999 World Championships in Seville, Spain and a bronze at the 2003 World Championships in Saint-Denis, France.
External links
- IAAF profile for Mark Boswell
1930: Johannes Viljoen (SAF) • 1934 – 1938: Edwin Thacker (SAF) • 1950: John Winter (AUS) • 1954: Emmanuel Ifeajuna (NGR) • 1958: Ernle Haisley (JAM) • 1962: Percy Hobson (AUS) • 1966 – 1970: Lawrence Peckham (AUS) • 1974: Gordon Windeyer (AUS) • 1978: Claude Ferragne (CAN) • 1982 – 1986: Milton Ottey (CAN) • 1990: Clarence Saunders (BER) • 1994: Tim Forsyth (AUS) • 1998: Dalton Grant (ENG) • 2002 – 2006: Mark Boswell (CAN) • 2010: Donald Thomas (BAH)
Pan American Champions in Men's High Jump 1951: Virgil Severns (USA) · 1955: Ernie Shelton (USA) · 1959: Charles Dumas (USA) · 1963: Gene Johnson (USA) · 1967: Ed Caruthers (USA) · 1971: Pat Matzdorf (USA) · 1975: Tom Woods (USA) · 1979: Franklin Jacobs (USA) · 1983: Francisco Centelles (CUB) · 1987–1995: Javier Sotomayor (CUB) · 1999: Kwaku Boateng and Mark Boswell (CAN) · 2003: Germaine Mason (JAM) · 2007: Víctor Moya (CUB) · 2011: Donald Thomas (BAH)
Categories:- 1977 births
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