Chris Johnson (boxer)
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| Full name | Chris Omar Johnson |
| Born | August 8, 1971 (age 55) |
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| Country | Canada |
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Chris Omar Johnson (born August 8, 1971) is a Jamaican-born boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Canada.[1] He won the middleweight gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He was inducted into Boxing Canada’s Hall of Fame, Class of 2019.[2]
Johnson was raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with his three brothers, Greg, Wayne, and Kevin, and 2 sisters, Angelina, and Necoal.
Johnson trained IBF Junior Featherweight World Champion, Steve "The Canadian Kid" Molitor, in addition to notable boxers such as Andrew Singh Kooner, and Natalie "Too Bad" Brown.[3] In 2014, the Toronto Star profiled Michael Brandon, one of his boxers.[4]
1992 Summer Olympics results
- Defeated Mohamed Siluvangi (Zaire) TKO 3
- Defeated Stefan Trendafilov (Bulgaria) TKO 1
- Lost to Chris Byrd (USA) 3-17
References
- ↑ "Chris Johnson". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ↑ "Three athletes and two officials inducted into the 2019-2020 Boxing Canada Hall of Fame – Boxing Canada". Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ↑ "Women's Boxing: Natalie Brown Biography". www.womenboxing.com. Retrieved 2022-05-06.
- ↑ Gillespie, Kerry (25 April 2014). "Road to Pan Am boxing glory begins at home for Michael Brandon". Toronto Star. Toronto ON. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
- ↑ "Chris Johnson". BoxRec.
External links
- Boxing record for Chris Johnson from BoxRec (registration required)
- Sparring for student success 2008 Toronto Star article on pilot program for middle school students at Toronto District School Board's Charles H. Best Middle School
- Christopher Johnson at Olympics.com
- Chris Johnson at Olympic.org (archived)
- Chris Johnson at Team Canada
- Chris Johnson at Olympedia
- Chris Johnson at InterSportStats
Categories:
- 1971 births
- Black Canadian boxers
- Black Canadian sportsmen
- Jamaican emigrants to Canada
- Boxers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Boxers at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic boxers for Canada
- Canadian boxing trainers
- Olympic bronze medalists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario
- Sportspeople from Manchester Parish
- Olympic medalists in boxing
- Living people
- Canadian male boxers
- IBA Men's World Boxing Championships medalists
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada in boxing
- Middleweight boxers
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in boxing