Mark Benjamin Jackson (born May 15, 1969) is a retired

track and field athlete Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

from

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, who competed in the men's 400m hurdles event. He competed for his native country at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

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, finishing in 19th place. He was born in

Toronto, Ontario Toronto ( , locally pronounced or ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, most populous city in Canada. It is the capital city of the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. With a p ...

. In addition to his successes as a track and field athlete, Jackson is a world medalist in the sport of dragon boat racing. As a member of the Slipstream Dragon Boat crew from Toronto, Ontario, Jackson won a bronze medal in the premier mixed 500 meter final at the Lee Kum Kee Dragon Boat Carnival and Club Crew World Championships in Hong Kong in 2012.

References

Mark Jackson's profile at the Canada Olympic Committee
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* * * * * 1969 births Living people Canadian male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Nebraska Cornhuskers men's track and field athletes Olympic track and field athletes for Canada World Athletics Championships athletes for Canada Track and field athletes from Toronto Dragon boat racing Canadian Track and Field Championships winners 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{Canada-hurdles-athletics-bio-stub