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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1971-03-01 ) March 1, 1971 (age 55) , Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Height
- 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
- Weight
- 165 lb (75 kg)
- Sport
- Sprint
- Event
- Hurdling
- College team
- North Carolina Tar Heels
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Johnson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C.
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 1996 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- hurdling
- Country for sport
- United States
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Allen Johnson 2007.jpg
- Height
- 178
- Residence
- Irmo
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- Commons category
- Allen Johnson
- date of birth
- 1971-03-01
- sports discipline competed in
- 110 metres hurdles
- name in native language
- Allen Kenneth Johnson
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Encyclopedic overview
Allen Kenneth Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is an American former hurdling athlete who won the gold medal in the 110 metre hurdles at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a four-time world champion.
Born in Washington, D.C., an all-round athlete, Johnson attended University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and excelled at high jump, long jump and decathlon as well as hurdles. He was the 1992 NCAA Indoor Champion for 55 meter hurdles but did not win the outdoor championship.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Allen Johnson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.