Dave Johnson (athlete)
David (Dave) Alan Johnson (born April 7, 1963 in Missoula , Montana ) is a retired American athlete .
Johnson took part in the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona in the decathlon and won the bronze medal with 8,309 points behind the Czech outsiders Robert Změlík and Antonio Peñalver from Spain . Johnson was the big favorite in this competition, but the first disciplines were not very satisfactory. Under normal circumstances, the third discipline, the shot put, should have been the end of the American's competition. After the first two violated attempts, Johnson had also received the third shot as invalid. On the intervention of the head judge, however, he was allowed to repeat the third attempt and achieved personal best. What induced the chief judge to allow Johnson a fourth attempt could never be clarified, and all protests were rejected.
After retiring from competitive sports, Johnson became a preacher for a Christian denomination and a book author.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simon, page 77
literature
- Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
- Sven Simon + SID : Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Albertville. Copress Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7679-0351-2
Web links
- Dave Johnson in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Johnson, Dave |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Johnson, David Alan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 7, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Missoula , Montana |