Editing Forest Gate (section)

===Sport===
Former managers of [[West Ham United Football Club]] associated with Forest Gate include [[Alan Curbishley]] and [[Ted Fenton]]. Other footballers from the area include England international [[Ken Brown (footballer)|Ken Brown]], Republic of Ireland international [[Chris Hughton]], [[Simon Royce]], [[Jason Lee (footballer)|Jason Lee]], [[Linvoy Primus]], [[Bondz N'Gala]] and [[Jay-Emmanuel Thomas]].

[[JJ Jegede]], the long jumper, was born and raised in Forest Gate and won the silver medal at the 2011 UK Championships and gold at 2012 UK Indoor Championships.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/9206973/London-2012-Olympics-East-side-stories-of-those-for-whom-the-Olympics-really-is-home-from-home.html | title=London 2012 Olympics: East side stories of those for whom the Olympics really is home from home | work=The Telegraph| date=20 April 2012 | access-date=23 July 2012 }}</ref>

[[Mark Hunter (rower)|Mark Hunter]] was born and raised in Forest Gate and won the gold medal in the lightweight double scull at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and gold medals in the lightweight double scull at 2010 and 2011 World Championships.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.britishrowing.org/gb-rowing-team/biographies/mark-hunter | title=Mark Hunter MBE | publisher=British Rowning 2012 | access-date=23 July 2012 }}</ref>

Other sportsmen and women connected with Forest Gate include heavyweight boxing champions [[Bombardier Billy Wells|Billy Wells]]<ref>{{cite book| title=Stratford, West Ham & The Royal Docks| last=Pewsey| first=Stephen| year=1996| publisher=Sutton Publishing| isbn=0-7509-1417-3| page=87}}</ref> and [[Lennox Lewis]], 7 times world karate champion [[Molly Samuel]], cricketer [[Ravi Bopara]], sprinter [[Damien Greaves]], Olympic fencer [[Linda Strachan]], and Olympic and Commonwealth Games athlete [[Jean Pickering|Jean Desforges]].