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Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a retired hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 metre high hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four time world champion.
Born in Washington, D.C., an all-round athlete, Johnson attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and excelled at high jump, long jump and decathlon as well as hurdles.
Career
Johnson was troubled by injury in 2000 but still made the final at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney Australia just missing out on adding to his medal collection by finishing fourth.
2003 in the State de France, saw Johnson win his fourth IAAF World Championships in Athletics 110 m hurdles title when he beat Terrence Trammell into second to overtake the three world championship gold medals that Greg Foster had won at the event.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics he tripped over a hurdle in the 2nd preliminary round and was unable to finish the race and reach the final. He was however ranked world’s number 1 throughout 2004’s season.
Johnson is trained by Curtis Frye, at the University of South California where he serves as a volunteer assistant coach. He resides in Irmo, South California.
His personal best is 12.92 seconds, only 0.01 seconds short of the then-world record held by Colin Jackson. Johnson has legally finished 11 races in less than 13 seconds, more than anyone else so far. Johnson officially retired in July 2010, at the age of 39.
Achievements
(110 Meter Hurdles unless stated)
1994
*1994 IAAF World Cup- London, England
Silver
1995
*1995 World Championships in Athletics- Gothenburg, Sweden
Gold
*1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Barcelona, Spain
60 Meter Hurdles, Gold
1996
*1996 Summer Olympics- Atlanta, Georgia
Gold, Olympic record
1997
*1997 World Championships in Athletics – Athens, Greece
Gold
1998
1998 Goodwill Games – Uniondale, New York http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_Goodwill_Games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniondale,_New_York
Silver
2000
2000 Summer Olympics – Sydney http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney , Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Summer_Olympics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
2001
2001 World Championships in Athletics – Edmonton, Alberta http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton,_Alberta , Canada http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_World_Championships_in_Athletics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
Gold
Goodwill Games – Brisbane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane , Australia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_Games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
Gold
2002
2002 IAAF World Cup – Madrid http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_IAAF_World_Cup , Spain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrid
Silver
2003
2003 World Championships in Athletics – Paris http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris , France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_World_Championships_in_Athletics http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France
Gold
2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Birmingham http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships , England http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham
60 Meter Hurdles, Gold
2004
2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Budapest http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_IAAF_World_Indoor_Championships , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest Hungary
60 Meter Hurdles, Gold
2005
World Championships in Athletics – Helsinki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005_World_Championships_in_Athletics , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsinki Finland
Bronze
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