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Nicole Forrester

Personal information
Born	(1976-11-17) 17 November 1976 (age 47) Aurora, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	High jump

Nicole Forrester (born 17 November 1976) is a Canadian high jumper. She was born in Aurora, Ontario. Her personal best jump is 1.97 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Thessaloniki.

Education and career

Forrester completed her Bachelor of Arts in Management and Communication and her Bachelor of Science in Movement Science at the University of Michigan. She completed her Masters of Education in Exercise and Sport Psychology from the University of Texas. She completed her PhD in Sports Psychology at Michigan State University with a dissertation titled "Good to great in elite athletes: towards an understanding of why some athletes make the leap and others do not." Forrester is an assistant professor in the RTA School of Media at Toronto Metropolitan University in Toronto, Ontario.

Competition record

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
Representing  Canada
1997	Universiade	Catania, Italy	(q)	1.75 m
1998	Commonwealth Games	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	6th	1.85 m
1999	Pan American Games	Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada	3rd	1.85 m
	World Championships	Seville, Spain	32nd (q)	1.80 m
2001	Jeux de la Francophonie	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada	2nd	1.89 m
	Universiade	Beijing, China	2nd	1.94 m
2002	Commonwealth Games	Manchester, United Kingdom	3rd	1.87 m
2003	Pan American Games	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	7th	1.80 m
2006	Commonwealth Games	Melbourne, Australia	–	NM
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	2nd	1.95 m
2008	World Indoor Championships	Valencia, Spain	15th (q)	1.86 m
	Olympic Games	Beijing, China	19th (q)	1.89 m
2009	Jeux de la Francophonie	Beirut, Lebanon	3rd	1.80 m
2010	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	1st	1.91 m