Ken Johnson (athlete)

Born in Leicester, Johnson was a cross country runner, competing for the Leicester Colleges of Art and Technology team, before taking up steeplechase in 1951.^[2] He was selected for the Great Britain team at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki, finishing in seventh place in the first heat and not progressing to the final.^[2]

Johnsons finished second behind Eddie Ellis in the steeplechase event at the 1953 AAA Championships^[3] and the following year he became the British 3000 metres steeplechase champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1954 AAA Championships.^[4][5]

He went on to represent Great Britain at the 1954 European Athletics Championships in Bern, again going out in the heats. Also in 1954 he won the Midlands steeplechase championship.^[2]

Outside of athletics, he worked as an electrical engineer and was a car enthusiast, serving as chairman of the Morris Register club.^[2]

Johnson died on 12 December 2015 at his home in Oadby, aged 87.^[2]