Cheswill Johnson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Cheswill Johnson |
| Nationality | South African |
| Born | 30 September 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event | Long jump |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100 meters: 10.24 (2022) 200 meters: 20.99 (2021) |
Cheswill Johnson (born 30 September 1997) is a South African athlete who predominantly competes in the long jump.[1]
He is a logistics/supply chain student at the University of Johannesburg.[2] Johnson jumped 8.20 in Johannesburg on 1 February 2020, which was the 9th longest senior outdoor long jump in the world in 2020.[3]
Johnson qualified for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games when he leapt to 8.27m at the Athletics Gauteng North Bestmed Tuks Track and Field meeting in Pretoria on February 27, 2021.[4] When he made the jump it was the leading jump in the world that year.[5] Johnson joins fellow long-jumpers, African champion Ruswahl Samaai and Zarck Visser, in the South Africa Olympic squad.[6][7]
References
- ^ "Cheswill JOHNSON | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "News & Events - Long jumper Cheswill Johnson leaps into the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games". www.uj.ac.za.
- ^ "Long Jump - men - senior - outdoor - 2020". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Cheswill, a diamond discovered".
- ^ "Long Jump - men - senior - outdoor - 2021". www.worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Johnson jumps to Olympic qualification". SowetanLIVE.
- ^ "Simbine in SA Olympics squad, but no Caster or Wayde yet". ESPN.com. 27 May 2021.
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