Horace Thomas Johnson (30 December 1886 – 12 August 1966) was a

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from

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. He was born in

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, United Kingdom. Johnson was often referred to as Tiny Johnson or H. T. Tiny Johnson. He won three silver medals at the Olympic games: the tandem race at the

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, plus both the individual sprint the team pursuit at the

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, Belgium.

Career

Johnson took up cycle racing in 1905 when he joined Putney A.C. at the age of 17. By the age of 20, in 1908, he won a silver medal at the

in London, competing with Frederick (E.G.) Hamlin in the 2,000 metre tandem race. In 1911 he won 32 races in top-class company.The Golden Book of Cycling – Victor Louis Johnson. Archive maintained by 'The Pedal Club'.
(Vic Johnson), 1948] At the

held in

, he won the silver medal after finishing second in the Cycling at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Men's sprint, 1,000 metre individual sprint with a time of 15.1 seconds, identical to Harry Ryan who was awarded the bronze medal. The following day, 10 August, Johnson was a member of the British team in the Men's team pursuit. The team, which also included Cyril Alden, William Stewart, and Albert White, finished in the silver medal position with a time of 5 minutes 13.8 seconds. In 1922, at the World Amateur Track Championships in Paris, he won the men's sprint title, beating the Olympic champion

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and teammate W. Ormston.FIAC Cyc ling and Olympism

Awards

Golden Book

Johnson's achievements were celebrated in 1949 when

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awarded him his own page in the

Golden Book of Cycling The ''Golden Book of Cycling'' was created in 1932 by ''Cycling'', a British cycling magazine, to celebrate "the Sport and Pastime of Cycling by recording the outstanding rides, deeds and accomplishments of cyclists, officials and administra ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Thomas 1886 births 1966 deaths English male cyclists British male cyclists Olympic cyclists for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Cyclists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Cyclists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in cycling Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics People from Fulham Cyclists from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham Place of death missing 20th-century British sportsmen