 He represented Australia at eight senior world rowing championships between 2002 and 2019 in both sculling and sweep oared boats.Born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Forsterling was schooled at St Vincent's Primary in the ACT and took up rowing in high school at the Melbourne Grammar School.He graduated from Monash University in Melbourne with a B.Engineering in 2001, and currently works for the multinational consulting firm AECOM.