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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1950
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Who's What and Where
- Prentice Hall Literature, The British Edition. Volume I
- The healing code
- The Alchemist (The Revels Plays)
- An Adventure in Prayer
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1911-05-08
- Active to
- 1938-08-16
Discography
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,456
- Total plays
- 10,740
Tags
There is more than one artist with this name. 1. Indie / Alternative / Progressive Rock artist from Chicago, Illinois 2. Indie Pop group from Salt Lake City, Utah - also performing under the name the Ben Johnson Boom Band (search this artist name on last.fm for more info) 1. Some of the best human stories are the hardest to tell – those stories that are acted out inside a person, instead of obviously out in the world. But the facts of Ben Johnson’s life more than hint at the presence of jus
Quotes
- “Don't tell me I cheated the system because that's [expletive]. I didn't get treated fairly by the system. They cast me out and they were jealous because I turned in the fastest time ever run by a human and it was impossible at the time.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
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)
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Team
- Ipswich
- Position
- Right-Back
- Nationality
- England
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 75
- Image
- Ben Johnson 2017 (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 177
Show 2 more facts
- date of birth
- 1961-12-30
- Commons category
- Ben Johnson (sprinter)
via Wikidata · CC0
~22 min read
Article
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.