Chris Johnson (boxer)

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]

FullnameChris Omar Johnson

BornAugust 8, 1971 (1971-08-08) (age 54)

Manchester, Jamaica

CountryCanada

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Chris Johnson

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Full name	Chris Omar Johnson
Born	August 8, 1971 (1971-08-08) (age 54) Manchester, Jamaica
Sport
Country	Canada
Medal record Men's boxing Representing  Canada Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Middleweight World Amateur Championships 1991 Sydney Middleweight Commonwealth Games 1990 Auckland Middleweight Pan American Games 1991 Havana Middleweight

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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]