Cheswill Johnson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Cheswill Johnson |
| Nationality | South African |
| Born | 30 September 1997 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and Field |
| Event | Long jump |
| Coached by | Reneilwe Aphane |
| 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 8.26m 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, where he failed to register a jump in the qualifying round.[6][7]
He won the long jump at the South African national championships in Pietermaritzburg in April 2024.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "South African Championships". World Athletics. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
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- South African male long jumpers
- South African male sprinters
- Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for South Africa
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