Stein Johnson

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Stein Johnson (born 1922 in Bergen) is a former Norwegian speed skating trainer and athlete.

Johnson was a competitor in discus throw in the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics.

He later became trainer for the Norwegian national speed skating team. By applying scientific methods, he brought the atleets to an until then unknown level of achievement, which again brought a score of records and results, for instance by the Norwegian skaters Nils Aaness, Knut Johannesen, Per Ivar Moe, and Magne Thomassen winning the first four positions in the 1963 European Speed Skating Championships. This became known as the Norwegian speed skating revolution, and Stein Johnson's methods was soon adopted by the other countries.

Johnson was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris and the Kniksen award in 2005 for his achievements as a trainer.