Jinson Johnson

Jinson Johnson

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Jinson Johnson Profile

  • Name:
  • Jinson Johnson
  • Born:
  • March 15, 1991

Jinson Johnson Biography

Jinson Johnson is an Indian athlete and middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 & 1500 metres event. In 2018 Asian Games at Jakarta, he won silver in the 800 metres event just behind India’s Manjit Singh, though he was a strong contender comparing the gold medal winner. When first two medals were won by Indians in Asiad, Indians celebrated the event. It’s only the second one-two finish in 800m after Ranjit Singh and Kulwant Singh won it in the first edition of Asian Games held in 1951. In 2018 Commonwealth Games he finished fifth in 1500 metres race, but broke 23 year old national record of Bahadur Prasad.

 

Jinson Johnson was born on 15 March 1991 in Kozhikode district, Kerala. Chakkittapara is his hometown. His schooling was completed from his hometown and later he did graduation from Kottayam. He trained at the Kerala Sports Council's sports hostel in Kottayam. He joined Indian army in 2009, and currently serves as junior commissioned officer at Hyderabad since 2015. Johnson qualified for the 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also met with his personal best time of 1:45.98 at Bangalore in July 2016 to get qualified for Olympics. It’s the third best time by any Indian in 800 metres. He took a break from social media and whatsapp in February 2016 to completely concentrate on to his qualifier games.

 

One of the top athletes of the country, Jinson’s success story is just magical. He didn’t taste success from any major competitions till he reached Plus – Two. He was only an average athlete during his school days. But in Junior athletics 2008, he surprised everyone by winning gold at both 800 m and 1500 m events. He also won gold at 1500 meter in junior national meet held at Kolkata the same year, and there began the success journey of Johnson.

Published: August 30, 2018

Updated: August 30, 2018

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