Michael Johnson (field hockey)

Michael Johnson

Personal information
Born	27 August 1979 (1979-08-27) (age 45) Walsall, West Midlands, England
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Senior career
Years	Team
1997–2009	Cannock
National team
Years	Team	Caps
	GB & England	168
Medal record Men's field hockey Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team European Championship 1999 Padua Team 2003 Barcelona Team

Michael Edward Johnson (born 27 August 1979) is a male British former field hockey player. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and 2004 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Johnson made his senior hockey debut aged 18 and played club hockey for Cannock in the Men's England Hockey League. ^[2]

He made his England debut against Italy in February 1998 ^[2] and represented England and won a bronze medal in the men's hockey, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur ^{[3] [4]}

At the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, he represented Great Britain ^{[5] [6]}

Still at Cannock, Johnson represented England at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester ^{[7] [8]} and two years later at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens he represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament again. ^{[5] [9]}

At international retirement he had won a total of 168 international caps.

Johnson was hockey coach at Hampstead and Westminster Hockey Club, Cannock and Olton and West Warwicks. He currently working within Education, as Director of Sport at Epsom College having previously worked at King Edward's School, Bablake School, and Rugby School.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mike Johnson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
2. "Johnson joins squad" . Walsall Observer. 6 February 1998. Retrieved 25 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "1998 Athletes". Team England.
4. "Three more for England" . Reading Evening Post. 5 August 1998. Retrieved 8 June 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
6. "Hockey: Great Britain's Olympic squad" . The Scotsman. 20 July 2000. Retrieved 29 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Experienced hockey squad for Games". Bolton News. 8 August 2002. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
8. "Parnham in latest squad" . Shropshire Star. 21 June 2002. Retrieved 26 May 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "GB name hockey squad". BBC Sport. 17 July 2004. Retrieved 25 May 2025.

External links

• Michael Johnson at Olympics.com
• Michael Johnson at Team GB
• Michael Johnson at Olympedia