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Michael Johnson (athlete)
The Olympic Games, or Olympics, is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896.The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent atleast one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Michael Duane Johnson was born on September 13, 1967 in Dallas, Texas and attended Skyline High School. He is a U.S. former sprinter and holds world records in the 200 meter, 400 meter and 4 by 400 meter relay in 2 hours, 54 minutes 20 seconds, as part of the USA team. He won five Olympic gold medals and was a world champion nine times. He was the first man to win both the 200 meter and 400 meter races at the same Olympics, accomplishing the feat at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
Johnson's breakthrough onto the world stage came in 1991 when he won the World Championship 200 meter title in Tokyo. Johnson broke the 200 meter world record which had stood for nearly 17 years when he ran 19.66 s at the USA National Championships. He qualified to run at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and prepared to attempt to win both the 200 meter and 400 meter races. He received the James E. Sullivan Award in the same year as the top amateur athlete in the United States. He won his fourth 400 meter World Champion title with a new world record of 43.18 s.
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