Johanna Benson

Johanna Benson
Johanna Benson (2012)
nation	Namibia
birthday	17th February 1990
place of birth	Walvis Bay, Namibia
Career
discipline	100 meters (T37) 200 meters (T37) long jump (T37)
status	active
Medal table
Summer Paralympics gold London 2012 200 m (T37) silver London 2012 100 m (T37) World Athletics Championships bronze Lyon 2013 200 m (T37) bronze Lyon 2013 100 m (T37) bronze Doha 2015 200 m (T37) Commonwealth Games bronze Delhi 2010 100 m (T37) bronze Glasgow 2014 Long jump (T37 / T38) Africa Games gold Brazzaville 2015 100 m (T37)
last change: 2016-09-15

Johanna Benson (born February 17, 1990 in Walvis Bay ) is a Namibian runner and Paralympic athlete . With an infantile cerebral palsy , she starts in classification group T37. Benson is a gold medalist in the 2012 Summer Paralympics and a participant in the 2016 Summer Paralympics , where she failed to win a medal.

Life

Benson was born in Walvis Bay and attended Duinesig Primary and Kuisebmond Secondary School.

She started running and took part in national competitions in Namibia. After being called to the Paralympic Team of Namibia, she attended the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London . There she won the gold medal over 200 m and a silver medal over 100 m. For Namibia it was the first gold medal given by an athlete to take part in the Olympic or Paralympic Games. After the success, Benson received N $ 170,000 from the government of her home country , a house in her hometown of Walvis Bay and a diplomatic passport. In addition, a street was named after her.

In 2012 she was nominated for the Laureus World Sports Awards .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Spotlight on Johanna Benson. In: com.na. Retrieved September 4, 2016 . 
2. ^ Johanna Benson | UNIC Windhoek. In: unicnetwork.org. windhoek.sites.unicnetwork.org, accessed September 4, 2016 . 
3. ^ Spotlight on Johanna Benson. The Namibian, May 12, 2016.
4. ^ Johanna Benson | Laureus. In: laureus.com. Retrieved September 4, 2016 .