Education
He attended Wolmer"s Boys" High School and in 2009, at the age of sixteen, he set personal bests of 10.75 seconds for the 100 metres and 21.93 seconds for the 200 metres.
He attended Wolmer"s Boys" High School and in 2009, at the age of sixteen, he set personal bests of 10.75 seconds for the 100 metres and 21.93 seconds for the 200 metres.
His personal bests are 10.03 seconds for the 100 metres and 20.38 seconds for the 200 metres. He took the sprint double at the 2010 Jamaican High School Championships and went on to be a 200 m finalist at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Early life and high school
Born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica, he first began running at Vaz Preparatory School in Kingston.
Encouraged by his school coach, and inspired by the feats of Michael Johnson, he continued to focus on sprinting.
Forte also competed in the long jump and in 2008 set a personal best of 6.90 m (22 ft 71⁄2 in) and came third at the Jamaican High School Championships. His first international competition came at the 2008 CARIFTA Games, where he was eighth in the long jump and third in the triple jump.
The following year he changed his focus to the sprints. He took the 100 m and 200 m titles at the Jamaican High School Championships, helping Wolmer"s to the team title, and vowed to stay training in Jamaica in the hope of emulating Usain Bolt.
He came sixth over 200 m at the 2010 CARIFTA Games, one place behind his older compatriot Kemar Bailey-Cole.
He ended 2010 with sprint bests of 10.49 seconds for the 100 m and 21.04 seconds for the 200 m. He did not perform well in 2011, placing outside the top five at the high school champs sprint events. In his last year as a junior athlete he ran personal bests of 10.19 seconds for the 100 m and 20.38 seconds for the 200 m.
Senior competition
Continuing with his studies he enrolled at University of Technology, Jamaica, taking advantage of the institution"s sports facilities.
He experienced his first IAAF Diamond League meeting at the British Grand Prix in June, although he placed last. In Sundsvall, Sweden he dipped under ten seconds with a wind-assisted time of 9.98 seconds.
He opened 2014 with a 400 metres best of 47.18 seconds, before improving his 100 m time to 10.03 seconds. This performance gained him selection for the 2014 IAAF World Relays – the debut edition of the competition.
He ran the third leg to help Jamaica to a world-leading 37.71 seconds in the heats and then the gold medal in the final.
100 metres – 10.03 seconds (2014)
200 metres – 20.19 seconds (2012)
400 metres – 47.18 seconds (2014)
Long jump – 7.25 m (23 ft 91⁄4 in)
Triple jump – 14.77 m (48 ft 51⁄4 in).