Mark Boswell (athlete)

Mark Boswell
Medal record
Men's Athletics
Representing  Canada
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1999 Seville High Jump
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Paris High Jump
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Melbourne High Jump
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester High Jump
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg High Jump
Universiade
Silver medal – second place 1999 Palma de Mallorca High Jump

Mark Boswell (born July 28, 1977) is a Canadian high jumper, who won a total number of six national titles in the men's high jump event.

Boswell was born in Mandeville, Jamaica and grew up in Brampton, Ontario. 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.

Still a resident of Brampton, Boswell is a father of five and works selling medical supplies. In 2013 he was inducted in the Athletics Canada Hall of Fame. [1]

  1. ^ "High jumper Boswell headed to Hall of Fame".