Gene Johnson (athlete)

Gene Johnson (born March 11, 1941) is a retired male high jumper from the United States, who competed in the 1960s for his native country. He set his personal best in the men's high jump event (2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)) on January 29, 1966 at an indoor meet in Portland.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Notes
1962	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Walnut, California	2nd	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
1963	Pan American Games	São Paulo, Brazil	1st	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
1963	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	St. Louis, Missouri	1st	2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
1964	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	New Brunswick, New Jersey	6th	2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
1965	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	San Diego, California	4th	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
1966	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	New York City	6th	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
1967	USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Bakersfield, California	7th	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)

References

Profile

Pan American Games champions in men's high jump

1951: Virgil Severns (USA)
1955: Ernie Shelton (USA)
1959: Charles Dumas (USA)
1963: Gene Johnson (USA)
1967: Ed Caruthers (USA)
1971: Pat Matzdorf (USA)
1975: Tom Woods (USA)
1979: Franklin Jacobs (USA)
1983: Francisco Centelles (CUB)
1987–1995: Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
1999: Kwaku Boateng (CAN) & Mark Boswell (CAN)
2003: Germaine Mason (JAM)
2007: Víctor Moya (CUB)
2011: Donald Thomas (BAH)
2015: Derek Drouin (CAN)

US National Championship winners in men's high jump

1876-1878 New York Athletic Club	1876-8: Edwards Ficken

1879-1888 NAAAA	1879: William Wunder 1880: Alfred Carroll 1881: C.W. Durand 1882: Alfred Carroll 1883: Malcolm Ford 1884: J.T. Rinehart 1885-87: William Page 1888^{Note 1}: Tim O'Connor

1888-1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1888^{Note 1}: Daniel Webster 1889: R.K. Pritchard 1890-91: Alvah Nickerson 1892-95: Mike Sweeney 1896: Charles Powell 1897-1900: Irving Baxter 1901: Sam Jones 1902: Irving Baxter 1903-4: Sam Jones 1905: Herbert Kerrigan 1906: Neil Patterson 1907: Con Leahy 1908: Harry Porter 1909: Egon Erickson 1910: Walter Thomason 1911: Harry Grumpelt/Harry Porter 1912: John Johnstone 1913: Alma Richards 1914: Jo Loomis 1915: George Horine 1916: Wes Oler 1917: Clint Larsen 1918: Carl Rice 1919-20^OT: John Murphy 1921-22: Dewey Alberts 1923: LeRoy Brown 1924: Robert Juday 1925-26: Harold Osborn 1927: Robert King 1928^OT: Robert King/Charles McGinnis 1929: Henry Lassalette 1930-31: Anton Burg 1932^OT: Cornelius Johnson/George Spitz/Robert van Osdel 1933: Cornelius Johnson 1934: Cornelius Johnson/Walter Marty 1935: Cornelius Johnson 1936: Cornelius Johnson/Dave Albritton 1937: Dave Albritton 1938: Mel Walker/Dave Albritton 1939-40: Les Steers 1941: William Stewart 1942: Adam Berry 1943: Pete Watkins 1944: Fred Sheffield/Willard Smith 1945: Dave Albritton/Lester Howe/Richard Schnacke/Joshua Williamson 1946-47: Dave Albritton 1948: Tom Schofield 1949: Dick Phillips 1950: Dave Albritton/Jack Heitzman/Jack Razzeto/Virgil Severns 1951: Lewis Hall 1952-53: Walt Davis 1954: Ernie Shelton 1955: Charles Dumas/Ernie Shelton 1956-59: Charles Dumas 1960: John Thomas 1961: Bob Avant 1962: John Thomas 1963: Gene Johnson 1964: Ed Caruthers 1965-67: Otis Burrell 1968: Ed Hanks 1969: Otis Burrell 1970-71: Reynaldo Brown 1972: Barry Schur 1973-74: Dwight Stones 1975: Tom Woods 1976-78: Dwight Stones 1979: Franklin Jacobs

1980-1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Franklin Jacobs 1981: Tyke Peacock 1982: Milt Ottey 1983: Dwight Stones 1984: Jim Howard 1985: Brian Stanton 1986: Doug Nordquist 1987: Jerome Carter 1988: Doug Nordquist 1989: Brian Brown 1990-92^OT: Hollis Conway

1993-onwards USA Track & Field	1993-94: Hollis Conway 1995-2000^2OT: Charles Austin 2001-02: Nathan Leeper 2003-04^OT: Jamie Nieto 2005: Matt Hemingway 2006: Tora Harris 2007: Jim Dilling 2008^OT: Jesse Williams 2009: Tora Harris 2010-11: Jesse Williams 2012^OT: Jamie Nieto 2013-15: Erik Kynard

Notes	Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932 and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.

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