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My Take
Michael Johnson is one of those athletes who makes you rethink everything you thought you knew about sprinting. That upright, almost rigid running style — chest high, minimal arm swing, feet firing underneath him like a sewing machine — looked wrong the first time you saw it, and then he ran the 200m in 19.32 at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and you realized it was everyone else who was wrong. Winning gold in both the 200m and 400m at the same Games is genuinely one of the greatest individual performances in Olympic history, and the fact that he then went to Sydney 2000 and defended his 400m title just underlines how dominant he was over an entire decade. Four Olympic golds, eight World Championship titles, and world records in both events — the man didn't just win races, he rewrote what those distances were supposed to look like.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Michael Johnson
- Name (Japanese)
- マイケル・ジョンソン
- Reading
- まいける・じょんそん
- Born
- September 13, 1967 (age 58)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Goat
- Origin
- Dallas, Texas, United States
- Height
- 185 cm
- Occupation
- sprinter / athletics competitor / athlete
2. Background
- High school
- Skyline High School
- University
- Baylor University
Awards & achievements
- 1996 L'Équipe Champion of Champions
- 1996 World Athlete of the Year
- 1999 World Athlete of the Year
- 1996 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Michael Johnson born?
Born September 13, 1967 (age 58).
Where is Michael Johnson from?
Michael Johnson is from Dallas, Texas, United States.
What does Michael Johnson do?
Michael Johnson works as sprinter, athletics competitor, athlete.
How tall is Michael Johnson?
Michael Johnson is 185 cm.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.