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Ken Johnson (athlete)
British runner (1928–2015) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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]
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