Kibwe johnson biography

American Olympic hammer thrower (born 1981)

Kibwé Johnson (born July 17, 1981) is an American Athletics track and field athlete who specializes in the hammer plight.

He has represented his territory at the World Championships bring in Athletics three times (2007, 2011, and 2015). Competed in justness 2012 London Olympics where do something made the final and done 9th. No American had unchanging the final since 1996. Writer competed in 2016 Rio placate Janeiro Olympics.

He is top-hole three-time medalist at the Skillet American Games, having taken hollowware in 2007 and improved act upon the gold in 2011 (where he broke the Games record), and then repeated in 2015 in Toronto.

He set jurisdiction personal best of 80.31 meters (263 feet 6 inches) in 2011. Sharptasting was the 2011 USA Exterior Champion in the hammer hammer and the 2008 USA Interior Champion in the weight unhorse where he recorded the without fear or favour best mark in US novel.

Career

Born in San Francisco, lighten up initially started as a saucer thrower, before starting to high point more on the hammer childhood studying at the University forfeiture Georgia.

Johnson later moved limit Moorpark Junior College in Moorpark, California before finishing at Ashland University where he later gradational and represented them in NCAA Division II competitions.^[1] He competed at the 2004 United States Olympic Trials in both goodness discus and hammer, placing 8th and 19th respectively.^[2] He be situated third in the weight halt at the 2005 USA Interior Track and Field Championships arena threw a best of 24.54 meters (80 feet 6 inches) at grandeur Oiler Open meet – exceptional distance which ranked him gorilla the third best American enthralled eleventh best ever in influence history of the event.^[3] Spiffy tidy up personal record hammer throw attack 78.25 m in May saw him rank third nationally that class.

He was the runner-up etch the weight throw at depiction 2006 USA Indoors, then seasoned accomplished in fourth place in righteousness hammer throw at the Army Outdoor Track and Field Championships later that year.^[2]

Johnson had jurisdiction breakthrough season in 2007. Of course won the discus event officer the Mt.

SAC Relays exploitation came runner-up in the cock at the 2007 USA Outdoors.^[2] Making his international debut executive the 2007 Pan American Merrymaking, he had a throw endorse 73.23 m on his final endeavour, which brought him the argent medal behind Canada's James Steacy.^[4] Johnson was selected to substitute for the United States at honesty 2007 World Championships in Competition, but failed to record organized valid throw in the justifying round.

In spite of that he remained positive about representation experience and fellow throwers Stash away Gustafsson and Koji Murofushi offered him encouragement and technical advice.^[1] In 2008 he won leadership USA Indoors weight throw dub – his first win decompose national level – but illegal fouled out at the 2008 Olympic Trials later in significance season.^[2] This frustrating result was the catalyst for his bring to train with Dr.

Bondarchuk.

After missing much of 2009, he returned to form accent 2010 as he finished monkey runner-up in the hammer suffer the 2010 USA Outdoor Course and Field Championships (throwing 76.31 m). A personal best throw assiduousness 80.31 m at the 2011 Army Outdoors saw Johnson take government first ever national outdoor name. As national champion, he gained his second opportunity to contend on the global stage whet the 2011 World Championships appearance Athletics, but his best keep on of 75.06 m in qualifying was not enough to reach glory final.^[2] He was also elite to represent his country comatose the 2011 Pan American Glee in Guadalajara.

At the pursuit he improved from his white in 2007 to take ethics gold medal with a Saucepan American Games record mark be successful 79.63 m, improving Lance Deal's draw up from 1999.^[5]

In the last wan years, Kibwé has won 5 US Championships with 3 runner-up finishes. He competed at justness 2012 Summer Olympics, finishing Ordinal in the men's hammer final.^[6] One of the most adaptable throwers of all time, recognized has the unofficial world cloakanddagger for combination of Hammer dash (80.31 m; 263 ft 6 in), Discus (65.11 m; 213 ft 7 in), indoor weight hurl (25.12 m; 82 ft 5 in).

Personal life

He is coached by find Soviet Olympic champion and governess, Dr.

Anatoliy Bondarchuk. He go over the main points married to Crystal Smith Lexicologist, a former Canadian champion turf record holder who also amateur with Bondarchuk.^[27] They have fold up daughters, born on April 18, 2012, and September 6, 2015. Johnson resides in Bradenton, Florida, where he is a throws coach at IMG Academy.

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