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Jamaica's former world 100 yards record holder and Olympian dies aged 81


Wednesday, 28 April 2021
Jamaican Olympian Dennis Johnson, who equalled the 100 yards world record of 9.3sec four times in 1961, has died aged 81 after being admitted to hospital with COVID-19.
Johnson, a former director of sports at the University of Technology, Jamaica (UTech),  was born in 1939 and gained his college education at San Jose State College in the United States, where he was coached by the legendary sprint coach Bud Winter and was a member of the San Jose State Spartans track team.
It was while he was with San Jose State University in 1961 that he equalled the 100y world record, first set by America s Mel Patton in 1948, the year he went on to win 200 metres and 4x100 metres gold at the London Olympics. ....

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