Brian Johnson (athlete)

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Brian Johnson (born March 5, 1980 in Iowa , Calcasieu Parish , Louisiana ) is an American track and field athlete who is mainly known as a long jumper . At a height of 1.96 m, his competition weight is 91 kg.

Life

Brian Johnson attended Iowa High School in Iowa, Louisiana. He then studied at Southern University in Baton Rouge . His trainer is Johnny Thomas from Southern University. At the beginning of his political science studies , which he took up with a basketball scholarship, his basketball coach Geoff McCracken convinced him to switch from basketball to athletics training and thus to long jump in order to improve his jumping ability. After graduating, he stayed at the university as an assistant trainer. He is married and has a son.

successes

Brian Johnson won the 2003 NCAA indoor championship , which was held at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville , in the long jump with 8.28 m. Then two torn ligaments in his knee threw him back. The US indoor championships in 2005 in Boston he was able to win with 7.89 m and 2006 also in Boston with 7.95 m. In 2006, he also won the US outdoor long jump championships with 8.10 m. At the 5th IAAF World Athletics Final 2007 in Stuttgart he finished second behind Andrew Howe with 8.16 m . At the Olympic Games in Beijing in 2008 he did not get past qualification with 7.79 m in the second attempt, his first and last jump were invalid. At the US Trials, he qualified second with 8.30 m in his last attempt for the Olympics.

His best distance outdoors is in the long jump at 8.33 m, set up on June 11, 2005 in Bad Langensalza and on April 29, 2006 in Fort-de-France . In the 100-meter run , his best time is 10.24 s, set in Baton Rouge on April 13, 2002, and in the 200-meter run, 20.65 s, which he ran on March 29, 2003 in Beaumont , Texas. In the hall is his best mark in the long jump at 8.28 m, which he jumped on March 14, 2003 in Fayetteville, in the 60-meter run at 6.72 s on February 15, 2003 in Houston and in the 55-meter run at 6.28 s, which he ran on both March 2, 2003 in Baton Rouge and January 9, 2005 in Nashville .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Brian Johnson Bound For Beijing . Article by Charlie Bartlett of 8 September 2008 to KPLCtv.com (English)
  2. ↑ Status of the best performances: October 18, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Johnson, Brian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American long jumper
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1980
PLACE OF BIRTH Iowa , Calcasieu Parish , Louisiana