Katarina Johnson-Thompson
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| Born | 9 January 1993 Liverpool, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Liverpool Harriers | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | Heptathlon 6,248 points | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson (born 9 January 1993) is an English track and field athlete specialising in heptathlon.
Born in Liverpool, Merseyside,[1] Johnson-Thompson represents Liverpool Harriers Athletics Club and is coached by Mike Holmes.[1] She attended St Julie's Catholic High School in Woolton and John Moores University in Liverpool.[2] [3]
At the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Brixen, Italy, she won the gold medal in the heptathlon.[3] She missed most of the 2010 athletics season suffering from patellar tendinopathy, also known as jumper's knee.[4][5]
Johnson-Thompson broke Jessica Ennis's British junior record at the Multistars competition held in Desenzano del Garda, Italy in May 2012.[6] Her score of 6007 points was enough to take third position at the event behind Sofía Ifadídou of Greece and French athlete Blandine Maisonnier.[7] The score also meant she had surpassed the 'B' qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympics, however it fell short of the 6,150 points 'A' standard.[6]
In June 2012 Johnson-Thompson achieved the 'A' qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympics by scoring a new personal best of 6,248 points at the TNT – Fortuna Meeting held in the Sletiště Stadium, Kladno, Czech Republic. At the meeting she set six new personal bests across the seven events to beat her previous best score by 241 points.[8]
Johnson-Thompson was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon alongside compatriots Jessica Ennis and Louise Hazel.[9] The event will be held at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August.[10]
At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Barcelona, Spain, Johnson-Thompson chose not to compete in the full heptathlon competition in order to save herself for the Olympics; instead she took part in the long jump winning a gold medal and 100 metres hurdles.[11]
Competition record
2012 Olympic Games
| Event | Result | Position | Points | Overall pos. | Overall pts. | Notes |
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| 100 metre hurdles | 13.48 secs | =15th | 1,053 | =15th | 1,053 | Equals personal best |
| High jump | 1.89 m | 2nd | 1,093 | 3rd | 2,146 | Personal Best |
| Shot put | 11.32 m | 38th | 616 | 20th | 2,762 | |
| 200 metres | 23.73 secs | 9th | 1,007 | 14th | 3,769 | Personal Best |
| Long Jump | 6.19 m | 9th | 908 | 12th | 4,677 | |
| Javelin | 38.37 m | 30th | 636 | 1st | 5,313 | |
| 800 metres | 2nd | |||||
| Heptathlon | 6267 | 14th |
References
- ^ a b "Katarina Johnson-Thompson". British Olympic Association. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ Wright, Jade (25 July 2012). "Why Halewood teen Katarina Johnson-Thompson is going for gold in the Olympics". www.liverpoolecho.co.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ^ a b Prentice, David (4 July 2012). "Factfiles on Merseyside's four athletes in Team GB's squad for the Olympics in London". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ Gunderson, Craig (12 January 2012). "Katarina Johnson-Thompson Anticipates Successful 2012". athleticos.org. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ Prentice, David (12 June 2012). "Jessica Ennis tips Katarina Johnson-Thompson for the top after more record breaking heptathlon feats". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ a b "Katarina Johnson-Thompson beats Jessica Ennis's junior record". BBC Sport. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "Results 2012 - heptathlon". IAAF. 6 May 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ Hart, Simon (10 June 2012). "London 2012 Olympics: Jessica Ennis believes Katarina Johnson-Thompson 'can surpass me in the heptathlon'". The telegraph. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
- ^ "London 2012: Dwain Chambers picked for GB athletics squad". BBC Sport. 3 July 2012. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ "Women's Heptathlon". Official site of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Retrieved 11 July 2012.
- ^ Prentice, David (27 June 2012). "Katarina Johnson-Thompson to scale back events at World Junior Athletics Championships". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 12 July 2012.