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| Nationality |  Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 September 1972 (age 52) Cairns, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100 metres, 200 metres | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | 100 m: 9.93 (Mito 2003) AR 200 m: 20.35 (Malmö 2006) | ||||||||||||||
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Patrick Johnson (born 26 September 1972 in Cairns, Queensland, Australia) is an Australian athlete of Aboriginal and Irish descent. He is the current Oceanian and Australian record holder in the 100 metres with a time of 9.93 seconds, which he achieved in Mito, Japan, on 5 May 2003. With that time he became the first person not of African ancestry to break the 10-second barrier (Frankie Fredericks, a Namibian, had been the first non-West-African in 1991).[1] The time made him the 17th-fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the 10-second barrier.[2] He was regarded as the fastest man of non-African descent before Christophe Lemaitre ran 9.92 seconds in French National Championships in Albi on 29 July 2011.[3]
He reached the finals in both the 100 and 200 metres at the 2006 Commonwealth Games, and the 200m final in the 2005 World Championships, where he finished 6th. He represented Australia at the Olympic Games in 2000. He finished his career with one Commonwealth Games medal: a bronze in the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 2002 Commonwealth Games.
- ^ Swanton, Sygall, Will, David (15 July 2007). "Holy Grails". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 August 2012.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Jad Adrian (July 2011). Lists of The Fastest White Men in History, Non-African Descent. AdrianSprints.com. Retrieved 2011-07-30.[unreliable source?]
- ^ Jad Adrian (July 2011). Christophe Lemaitre 100m 9.92s +2.0 (Video) - Officially the Fastest White Man in History. AdrianSprints.com. Retrieved 2011-07-30.[unreliable source?]