Allen K. Johnson (born March 1, 1971) is a hurdling athlete and won Olympic Gold in the 110 m hurdles at the 1996 games in Atlanta, Georgia.

Born in Washington, DC, an all-round athlete Johnson attended University of North Carolina and excelled at high jump, long jump and decathlon as well as hurdles.

Johnson was troubled by injury in 2000 and it was much to his credit that he made the final at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia just missing out on adding to his medal collection by finishing fourth.

2003 in the Stade de France, saw Johnson win his fourth IAAF World Championships in Athletics 110 metre high hurdles title when he beat Terrence Trammell into second to overtake the three world championship gold medals that Greg Foster had won at the event.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics he tripped over a hurdle in the 2nd preliminary round and was unable to finish the race and reach the final. He was however ranked world's number 1 throughout 2004's season.

Johnson is trained by Curtis Frye, at the University of South Carolina where he serves as a volunteer assistant coach. He resides in Irmo, South Carolina.

His personal best is 12.92 seconds, only one centisecond slow of the current world record. Johnson managed to finish 8 races in less than 13 seconds, more than anyone else so far.

Achievements

• 1994
  • 1994 IAAF World Cup - London, England
    • silver medal
• 1995
  • 1995 World Championships in Athletics - Gothenburg, Sweden
    • gold medal
  • 1995 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Barcelona, Spain
    • 60m hurdles gold medal
• 1996
  • 1996 Summer Olympics - Atlanta, Georgia
    • gold medal, olympic record
• 1997
  • 1997 World Championships in Athletics - Athens, Greece
    • gold medal
• 1998
  • 1998 Goodwill Games - Uniondale, New York
    • gold medal
• 2000
  • 2000 Summer Olympics - Sidney, Australia
• 2001
  • 2001 World Championships in Athletics - Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    • gold medal
  • 2001 Goodwill Games - Brisbane, Australia
    • gold medal
• 2002
  • 2002 IAAF World Cup - Madrid, Spain
    • silver medal
• 2003
  • 2003 World Championships in Athletics - Paris, France
    • gold medal
  • 2003 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Birmingham, England
    • 60m hurdles gold medal
• 2004
  • 2004 IAAF World Indoor Championships - Budapest, Hungary
    • 60m hurdles gold medal
  • 2004 Summer Olympics - Athens, Greece

External link

• Biography at USA Track & Field