Background
Boyle was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Boyle was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
She represented Great Britain & Northern Ireland at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. She first came to prominence in 1983, finishing second at the United Kingdom Championships with 1.80 metres and third at the AAAs Championships with 1.85m. At the Europeans in Stuttgart, she was eliminated in the qualifying round with a best of 1.83m.
She ended the season by improving her PB at a meeting at the Crystal Palace in September, clearing 1.91m.
This would remain her best ever indoor clearance. Outdoors, she placed second to Diana Davies at the United Kingdom Championships.
Number female high jumper from the United Kingdom was selected for that years World Championships in Rome. Boyle would reach her peak in 1988.
In the final, she cleared 1.90m to finish 12th.
Diana Davies also reached the final, finishing equal eighth, making 1988 the last time (as of 2014) that two women from the United Kingdom reached the Olympic high jump final. Boyle would continue as one of the United Kingdom"s leading jumpers for the next four years. In 1991, she was third at the United Kingdom Championships and second at the AAAs Championships, behind Debbie Marti.
She competed at the 1992 AAAs Championships, which were also the Olympic trials, but failed to earn selection for the Barcelona Olympics.
As of 2015, Boyle"s best of 1.92m from Seoul in 1988, ranks her 11th on the United Kingdom all-time list and remains the Northern Irish record.