Brian Johns

Brian Johns
Personal information
Full name Brian Lawrence Johns
National team  Canada
Born August 5, 1982
Regina, Saskatchewan
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 80 kg (180 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle, medley
College team University of British Columbia

Brian Lawrence Johns (born August 5, 1982) is a former competition swimmer from Canada. Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he grew up in Richmond, British Columbia and trained with the Aquanauts and Racers (later Rapids) swim clubs. He started swimming at age five. He attended the University of British Columbia, where he was a member of the UBC Thunderbirds varsity swimming team. He held the world record in the 400-metre individual medley (short-course), with a time of 4:02.72. He won a silver medal at the 2002 world championships in Moscow, Russia in the 400-metre individual medley, and a bronze at the 1999 World Championships in Hong Kong in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay.

He was a member of the Canadian team that finished in fifth place in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Olympic finishes

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    Records
    Preceded by
    Matthew Dunn
    Men's 400-metre individual medley
    world record-holder (short course)

    February 23, 2003 December 9, 2005
    Succeeded by
    László Cseh