Ken Johnson (athlete)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 14 October 1928 Leicester, England |
| Died | 12 December 2015 (aged 87) Oadby, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | steeplechase |
| Club | Leicester College of Art & Tech |
Kenneth Edward Johnson (14 October 1928[1] – 12 December 2015) was a British athlete who competed in the 3,000m steeplechase at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Born in Leicester, Johnson was a cross country runner, competing for the Leicester Colleges of Art and Technology team, before taking up steeplechase in 1951.[2] He was selected for the Great Britain team at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, finishing in seventh place in the first heat and not progressing to the final.[2]
Johnsons finished second behind Eddie Ellis in the steeplechase event at the 1953 AAA Championships[3] and the following year he became the British 3000 metres steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1954 AAA Championships.[4][5]
He went on to represent Great Britain at the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern, again going out in the heats. Also in 1954 he won the Midlands steeplechase championship.[2]
Outside of athletics, he worked as an electrical engineer and was a car enthusiast, serving as chairman of the Morris Register club.[2]
Johnson died on 12 December 2015 at his home in Oadby, aged 87.[2]
References
- ^ "Kenneth Johnson", sports-reference.com. Retrieved 18 December 2015
- ^ a b c d e "Leicestershire 1952 Olympian Ken Johnson passes away aged 87 Archived 2015-12-22 at the Wayback Machine", Leicester Mercury, 18 December 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2015
- ^ "records broken at White City". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 11 July 1953. Retrieved 24 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (men)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 April 2025.