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Jinson Johnson (born 15 March 1991) is an Indian

middle-distance runner Middle-distance running events are track races longer than sprints, ranging from 500 metres up to . The standard middle distances are the 800 metres, 1500 metres and mile run, although the 3000 metres may also be classified as a middle-distanc ...

and an

Indian Army The Indian Army (IA) (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the Land warfare, land-based branch and largest component of the Indian Armed Forces. The President of India is the Commander-in-Chief, Supreme Commander of the Indian Army, and its professional head ...

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(JCO) who specialises in the 800 and 1500 metres event. He participated in the

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event at the

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. In

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

he finished fifth setting a new national record in the 1500 metres race by breaking 23 year old record of

Bahadur Prasad Bahadur Prasad Singh (born 1 September 1965) is a former Indian middle distance runner. He held the national record in 5000 metres. Singh set the 5000 m record (13:29.70) in Birmingham, England, on 27 July 1992, when finishing second behind J ...

. Later in 2018, he went on to win the gold medal in the men's

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at the

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in Jakarta, Indonesia with a timing of 3:44.72 in the final event, as well as a silver medal in 800 metres.

Early life

Johnson was born on 15 March 1991 in the town of Chakkittapara near

Perambra Perambra is a major town in Koyilandy taluk of Kozhikode district in North Malabar region of Kerala state, India. Perambra is the anglicized form of the original name 'Payyormala' from the British rule. It is one of the 140 assembly constituen ...

Kozhikode district Kozhikode (), is one of the 14 districts in the Indian state of Kerala, along its southwestern Malabar Coast. The city of Kozhikode, also known as Calicut, is the district headquarters. The Kozhikode Municipal Corporation has a corporation l ...

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. He did his schooling at the St. George's High School in Kulathuvayal and graduation at the

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. He trained at the Kerala Sports Council's sports hostel in Kottayam, before joining the

in 2009. As of July 2015, he is posted as a junior commissioned officer at

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. As of 2018, he holds the rank of

Career

Johnson won the silver medal in the

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event of the

2015 Asian Athletics Championships The 21st Asian Athletics Championships was held at the Wuhan Sports Center in Wuhan, China from 3–7 June 2015.Wuhan Wuhan; is the capital of Hubei, China. With a population of over eleven million, it is the most populous city in Hubei and the List of cities in China by population, eighth-most-populous city in China. It is also one of the nine National cent ...

with a time of 1:49.69. He also won three gold medals at the Asian Grand Prix in Thailand the same year. Johnson qualified for the 800 meters event at the 2016 Summer Olympics by clocking his personal best time of 1:45.98 at

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in July 2016, meeting the Olympics qualification standard of 1:46.00. Johnson broke the long standing national record of

Sriram Singh Honorary Captain Sriram Singh Shekhawat (born 14 November 1948) is a former Indian middle-distance runner. Sriram Singh joined Rajputana Rifles in 1968 where he came under the influence of the coach Ilyas Babar. Babar persuaded him to shi ...

in 800 meters in June 2018 when he clocked a time of 1:45.65 secs in Inter State Senior Athletics Championships . At the

he won a gold medal in the 1500m event while in the

800 m The 800 metres, or 800 meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event sin ...

he won the silver medal finishing behind compatriot Manjit Singh, who won the gold medal .

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Jinson 1991 births Living people People from Kozhikode district Indian male sprinters Athletes from Kerala Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for India Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Asian Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2022 Asian Games Indian Army officers Asian Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Asian Games gold medalists for India Asian Games silver medalists for India Asian Games bronze medalists for India Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games Medalists at the 2022 Asian Games Asian Games gold medalists in athletics (track and field) Recipients of the Arjuna Award Commonwealth Games athletes for India World Athletics Championships athletes for India Sportspeople from Kozhikode Asian Athletics Championships medalists