Mark Boswell
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| Medal record | |||
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| Men’s Athletics | |||
| Competitor for |
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| World Championships | |||
| Silver | 1999 Seville | High Jump | |
| Bronze | 2003 Paris | High Jump | |
| Universiade | |||
| Silver | 1999 Palma de Mallorca | High Jump | |
Mark Boswell (born July 28, 1977 in Mandeville, Jamaica) 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. He is now a middle school teacher and coach at the Galloway School in Atlanta, and is often quoted for yelling "baseline fellas."
[edit] External links
IAAF profile for Mark Boswell
Categories: 1977 births | Living people | Canadian high jumpers | Athletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics | Athletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Olympic athletes of Canada | Athletes at the 2006 Commonwealth Games | Commonwealth Games gold medalists for Canada | Jamaican immigrants to Canada | Ontario sportspeople | Black Canadian sportspeople | Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs

