Jinson Johnson

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Jinson Johnson
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Personal information
NationalityIndian
Born (1991-03-15) 15 March 1991 (age 33)
Chakkittapara, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Military career
AllegianceFlag of India.svg  India
Service/branchFlag of Indian Army.svg  Indian Army
Years of service2009-present
Rank Naib Subedar - Naib Risaldar of the Indian Army.svg Naib Subedar
Sport
CountryIndia
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 800 metres, 1500 metres
Achievements and titles
Personal best3:35.24 (1 September 2019)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of India.svg  India
Asian Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Jakarta 1500 m
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Jakarta 800 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Hangzhou 1500 m
Asian Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Wuhan 800 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Bhubaneswar 800 m

Naib Subedar Jinson Johnson (born 15 March 1991) is an Indian middle-distance runner and an Indian Army Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO) who specialises in the 800 and 1500 metres event. He participated in the 800 metres event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2018 Commonwealth Games he finished fifth setting a new national record in the 1500 metres race by breaking 23 year old record of Bahadur Prasad. Later in 2018, he went on to win the gold medal in the men's 1500m at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta, Indonesia with a timing of 3:44.72 in the final event, as well as a silver medal in 800 metres.

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Early life

Johnson was born on 15 March 1991 [1] in the town of Chakkittapara near Perambra in Kozhikode district, Kerala. He did his schooling at the St. George's High School in Kulathuvayal and graduation at the Baselius College in Kottayam. He trained at the Kerala Sports Council's sports hostel in Kottayam, before joining the Indian Army in 2009. [2] As of July 2015, he is posted as a junior commissioned officer at Hyderabad. [3] As of 2018, he holds the rank of Naib Subedar. [4]

Career

Johnson won the silver medal in the 800 meters event of the 2015 Asian Athletics Championships held in Wuhan with a time of 1:49.69. He also won three gold medals at the Asian Grand Prix in Thailand the same year. [2]

Johnson qualified for the 800 meters event at the 2016 Summer Olympics by clocking his personal best time of 1:45.98 at Bangalore in July 2016, meeting the Olympics qualification standard of 1:46.00. [5] Johnson broke the long standing national record of Sriram Singh in 800 meters in June 2018 when he clocked a time of 1:45.65 secs in Inter State Senior Athletics Championships . [6]

At the 2018 Asian Games he won a gold medal in the 1500m event while in the 800 m he won the silver medal finishing behind compatriot Manjit Singh, who won the gold medal . [7]

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References

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