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Ben Johnson is a male figure associated with multiple distinct fields. In athletics, he is identified as a sprinter. In soccer, he played as a Right-Back for Ipswich and held English nationality. Additionally, he is recognized as an author with twenty works, including *Who's What and Where*, *Prentice Hall Literature*, *The British Edition. Volume I*, *The healing code*, *The Alchemist (The Revels Plays)*, and *An Adventure in Prayer*.
His physical attributes are recorded as a height of 177 and a mass of 75. He was born on December 30, 1961, according to one source, while another lists his birth year as 1950. Johnson has also been associated with music, where he is categorized under genres such as Hard Trance, indie rock, beats, indie, Lo-Fi, 27 club, acoustic blues, american, blues, and country blues. He is referenced by 670 other encyclopedia articles.
Synthesized by Vinony from 24 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Thesportsdb, Crossref, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Key facts
- Full name
- Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, Jr.
- Born
- ( 1961-12-30 ) December 30, 1961 (age 64) , Falmouth , Trelawny Parish , Jamaica
- Height
- 177 cm (5 ft 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 in)
- Weight
- 75 kg (165 lb)
- Country
- Canada
- Event s
- 60 m , 100 m , 200 m
- Personal best s
- 30 m : 4.40 (2006), 50 m : 5.69 (1984), 55 m : 6.05 (1986), 60 m : 6.50 (1986), 100 m : 9.95 (1986), 200 m : 20.41 (1985)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ben
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Trelawny Parish
- Occupation
- sprinter
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1984 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- athletics
- Country for sport
- Canada
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Ben Johnson 2017 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 177
- Residence
- Markham
- Significant event
- athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics – men's 100 metres
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- date of birth
- 1961-12-30
- Commons category
- Ben Johnson (sprinter)
- different from
- Ben Johnson
- medical condition
- stuttering
- trained by
- Charlie Francis
- sports discipline competed in
- 100 metres
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Encyclopedic overview
Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, CM OOnt (born December 30, 1961) is a Canadian former sprinter. During the 1987–88 season he held the title of the world's fastest man, breaking both the 100 m and the 60 m indoor World Records. He won the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics, and again at the 1988 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for doping and stripped of the gold medals. He was the first to beat the 9.9 and 9.8 seconds barrier.
He won two bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics, as well as gold medals at the 1985 World Indoor Championships, 1986 Goodwill Games and 1986 Commonwealth Games. He was trained by Charlie Francis.
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