Jason John (athlete)

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Jason John (born 17 October 1971)[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/jason-john-1.html Sports-Reference profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007185936/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/jason-john-1.html |date=2015-10-07 }} is a male retired English athlete who competed in the sprinting events.{{World Athletics}}

Athletics career

John represented Great Britain at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the 1993 World Championships (he ran in the heats and semis but not the final). He also won a silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships and reached the final at the 1993 World Indoor Championships. In addition, he represented his country at two World Championships, in 1993 and 1995.

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay event, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/victoria-1994/athletes|title=1994 Athletes|website=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|title=England team in 1994|website=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=18 October 2019|archive-date=7 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507165937/https://thecgf.com/results/games/3043/19/all|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/36083|title=Athletes and results|website=Commonwealth Games Federation}}

Personal life

Born in Birmingham, he attended Handsworth Grammar School,{{cite web|url=http://www.handsworth.bham.sch.uk/history/alumni |work=Handsworth Grammar School |title=Alumni |accessdate=9 August 2017}} and went on to become an English and P.E teacher at Anthony Gell School.

Competition record

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colspan="6"\|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}
rowspan=2\|1990 \|rowspan=2\|World Junior Championships \|rowspan=2\|Plovdiv, Bulgaria \|4th \|100 m \|10.40 (wind: +0.6 m/s)
4th \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.78
rowspan=2\|1992 \|European Indoor Championships \|Genoa, Italy \|7th \|60 m \|6.69
Olympic Games \|Barcelona, Spain \|8th (h) \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.73
rowspan=4\|1993 \|rowspan=2\|World Indoor Championships \|rowspan=2\|Toronto, Canada \|5th (sf) \|100 m \|6.60Did not finish in the final
14th (h) \|200 m \|21.25
rowspan=2\|World Championships \|rowspan=2\|Stuttgart, Germany \|13th (sf) \|100 m \|10.34
3rd (sf) \|4 × 100 m relay \|38.05
rowspan=4\|1994 \|rowspan=2\|European Championships \|rowspan=2\|Helsinki, Finland \|8th \|100 m \|10.46
– \|4 × 100 m relay \|DNF
rowspan=2\|Commonwealth Games \|rowspan=2\|Victoria, Canada \|5th (qf) \|100 m \|10.29
bgcolor=cc9966\|3rd \|4 × 100 m relay \|39.39
1995 \|World Championships \|Gothenburg, Sweden \|20th (qf) \|100 m \|10.39
1996 \|European Indoor Championships \|Stockholm, Sweden \|bgcolor=silver\|2nd \|60 m \|6.64

colspan="6"|Representing {{GBR2}} and {{ENG}}

rowspan=2|1990

|rowspan=2|World Junior Championships

|rowspan=2|Plovdiv, Bulgaria

|4th

|100 m

|10.40 (wind: +0.6 m/s)

4th

|4 × 100 m relay

|39.78

rowspan=2|1992

|European Indoor Championships