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Nationality
  
American

Height
  
1.78 m

Sport
  
Sprint

Weight
  
70 kg


Name
  
Allen Johnson

Events
  
Hurdling

Role
  
Athlete

Children
  
Tristine Johnson

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Born
  
March 1, 1971 (age 53) (
1971-03-01
)
Washington, D.C.

College team
  
North Carolina Tar Heels

Education
  
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Residence
  
Irmo, South Carolina, United States

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Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a retired American hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four-time world champion.

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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.

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Career

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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.

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2003 in the Stade 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 was trained by Curtis Frye, at the University of South Carolina where he served as a volunteer assistant coach. Formerly, the sprint and hurdles coach at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, CO, Johnson is now the Assistant Head Coach at the University of Kentucky under Edrick Floreal.

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. Daughter, Tristine Johnson, competes as a 2014 senior at his alma mater University of North Carolina.

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
  • Silver
  • 2000
  • 2000 Summer Olympics - Sydney, Australia
  • 2001
  • 2001 World Championships in Athletics - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Gold
  • Goodwill Games - Brisbane, Australia
  • Gold
  • 2002
  • 2002 IAAF World Cup - Madrid, Spain
  • Silver
  • 2003
  • 2003 World Championships in Athletics - Paris, France
  • Gold
  • 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England
  • 60 Meter Hurdles, Gold
  • 2004
  • 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary
  • 60 Meter Hurdles, Gold
  • 2005
  • World Championships in Athletics - Helsinki, Finland
  • Bronze
  • References

    Allen Johnson Wikipedia