Chris Johnson (boxer)

Chris Johnson (boxer)
Personal information
Born August 8, 1971
Medal record
Men’s Boxing
Competitor for  Canada
Olympic Games
Bronze 1992 Barcelona Middleweight
World Amateur Championships
Bronze 1991 Sydney Middleweight
Commonwealth Games
Gold 1990 Auckland Middleweight
Pan American Games
Silver 1991 Havana Middleweight

Chris Omar Johnson (born August 8, 1971 in Manchester, Jamaica) is a Jamaican-born boxer, who won a middleweight bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Canada. In 1990 he won the gold medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games.

Chris was raised in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada with his three brothers, Greg, Wayne, and Kevin, and 2 sisters, Angelina, and Necoal.

Presently, Chris is the trainer of IBF Junior Featherweight World Champion, Steve "The Canadian Kid" Molitor, in addition to notable boxers such as Andrew Singh Kooner, and Natalie "Too Bad" Brown.

1992 Summer Olympics Results

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  • 1930 – 1938: up to 72.57 kg
  • 1950: up to 73 kg
  • 1954 – 2006: up to 75 kg
  • 1930: Fred Mallin (ENG)
  • 1934: Alf Shawyer (ENG)
  • 1938: Denis Reardon (WAL)
  • 1950: Theunis van Schalkwyk (RSA)
  • 1954: Johannes van der Kolff (RSA)
  • 1958: Terry Milligan (NIR)
  • 1962: Cephas Colquhoun (JAM)
  • 1966: Joe Darkey (GHA)
  • 1970: John Conteh (ENG)
  • 1974: Frankie Lucas (VIN)
  • 1978: Philip McElwaine (AUS)
  • 1982: Jimmy Price (ENG)
  • 1986: Rod Douglas (ENG)
  • 1990: Chris Johnson (CAN)
  • 1994: Ron Donaldson (CAN)
  • 1998: John Pearce (ENG)
  • 2002: Paul Miller (AUS)
  • 2006: Jarrod Fletcher (AUS)