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{{short description|Australian sprinter}}
{{Other people|Patrick Johnson}}
{{BLP sources|date=October 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Use Australian English|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Patrick Johnson
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| nationality = {{AUS}}
| sport = [[Track and field]]
| event  = [[100 metres]], [[200 metres]]
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|26 September 1972}}
| birth_place = [[Cairns, Queensland]], [[Australia]]
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| height = {{convert|1.77|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|73|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| pb =
'''100&nbsp;m''': 9.93 ([[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]] 2003) '''[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|AR]]'''<br>
'''200&nbsp;m''': 20.35 ([[Malmö]] 2006)<br>
'''60&nbsp;m''' (indoor): 6.69 ([[Lisbon]] 2001)
| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's [[Athletics (sport)|athletics]]}}
{{MedalCountry |{{AUS}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]]|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]}}
}}
'''Patrick Johnson''' (born 26 September 1972 in [[Cairns, Queensland]], [[Australia]]) is an Australian [[athletics (sport)|athlete]] of [[Indigenous Australians|Aboriginal]] and [[Irish descent]]. He is the current [[Oceania Athletics Association|Oceanian]] and [[Athletics Australia|Australian]] record holder in the [[100 metres]] with a time of 9.93 seconds, which he achieved in [[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]], [[Japan]], on 5 May 2003. With that time he became the first person not of [[Ethnic groups of Africa|African]] ancestry to break the 10-second barrier ([[Frankie Fredericks]], a Namibian, had been the first non-West-African in 1991).<ref>{{cite news|last=Swanton, Sygall|first=Will, David|title=Holy Grails|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/aussie-sports-biggest-hurdles/2007/07/14/1183833851449.html?page=2|access-date=2012-08-09|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=2007-07-15}}</ref> The time made him the 17th-fastest man in history at the time and 38th man to crack the [[10-second barrier]].<ref name="Fastest White Men">Jad Adrian (July 2011). [http://www.adriansprints.com/2011/07/lists-of-fastest-white-men-in-history.html Lists of The Fastest White Men in History, Non-African Descent]. [http://www.adriansprints.com/ AdrianSprints.com]. Retrieved 2011-07-30.{{unreliable source?|date=October 2013}}</ref> He was regarded as the fastest man of non-African descent before [[Christophe Lemaitre]] ran 9.92 seconds in French National Championships in [[Albi]] on 29 July 2011.<ref name="Lemaitre 9.92">Jad Adrian (July 2011). [http://www.adriansprints.com/2011/07/christophe-lemaitre-100m-992s-20.html Christophe Lemaitre 100m 9.92s +2.0 (Video) - Officially the Fastest White Man in History]. [http://www.adriansprints.com/ AdrianSprints.com]. Retrieved 2011-07-30.{{unreliable source?|date=October 2013}}</ref>

He reached the finals in both the 100 and [[200m|200]] metres at the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]], and the 200m final in the [[2005 IAAF World Championships in Athletics|2005 World Championships]], where he finished 6th. He represented Australia at the [[2000 Olympic Games|Olympic Games in 2000]]. He finished his career with one Commonwealth Games medal: a bronze in the [[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay at the 2002 Commonwealth Games]].

==Personal life==
Johnson's mother was a [[Kaanju]] [[Indigenous Australian]] and his father is of [[Irish people|Irish]] descent.<ref name="Fastest White Men"/><ref name="Lemaitre 9.92"/><ref name=aoc>{{cite web|title=Australian Indigenous Olympians|url=http://corporate.olympics.com.au/files/dmfile/Australian%20Indigenous%20Olympians_19Feb2015_v2.pdf|website=Australian Olympic Committee website|access-date=10 May 2015}}</ref> He was born on a speed boat en route to Cairns base hospital.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://deadlychoices.com.au/ambassadors/patrick-johnson-olympic-sprinter/|title = Patrick Johnson: Olympic sprinter| date=8 August 2023 }}</ref> His mother died when he was young, so he grew up on his father's mackerel trawler, and spent his childhood travelling the coast of Cape York with his siblings.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/conversations/patrick-johnson-sprinter-australian-record-holder-100m/13472664|title = Patrick Johnson's golden run| website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date = 28 July 2021}}</ref> A chance entry into a 100m race in Queensland in his early 20s revealed his talent, and he later won a scholarship to attend the [[Australian Institute of Sport]] in Canberra. His career in athletics was somewhat shortened by his age, and he later worked in the Australian diplomatic service, and in Indigenous health.

In 2018, Johnson contributed a chapter entitled 'My Life's Voyage' to the 2018 biographical anthology ''[[Growing Up Aboriginal In Australia]]'', edited by [[Anita Heiss]] and published by [[Black Inc]].

==Personal bests==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Event
!Time
!Wind
!Venue
!Date
!Notes
|-
!colspan="6"|Outdoor
|-
|100&nbsp;m 
|9.93&nbsp;s
| +1.8&nbsp;m/s
|[[Mito, Ibaraki|Mito]], [[Japan]]
|5 May 2003
|[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|Oceanian record]]
|-
|200&nbsp;m 
|20.35&nbsp;s
| +1.0&nbsp;m/s
|[[Malmö]], [[Sweden]]
|22 August 2006
|
|-
!colspan="6"|Indoor
|-
|60&nbsp;m 
|6.69&nbsp;s
|
|[[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|11 March 2001
|
|-
|}

==International competition record==
{| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes}}
|-
!colspan="6"|Representing {{AUS}}
|-
|1997
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|{{sort|52|52nd}} (h)
|[[1997 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|21.45 <small>(wind: +1.1&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|1999
|[[Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade|Universiade]]
|[[Palma de Mallorca]], [[Spain]]
|{{sort|06|6th}}
|[[Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|21.06 <small>(wind: -1.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|rowspan=3|2000
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Olympics]]
|rowspan=3|[[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
|{{sort|32|32nd}} (qf)
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.44 <small>(wind: +0.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|{{sort|28|28th}} (qf)
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|20.87 <small>(wind: -0.2&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|style="background:#F5A9A9;"|{{sort|16|–}} (sf)
|[[Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]
|{{sort|99.99|DQ}} <small>(relay leg: 4th)</small><ref>6th (h) / 38.76 (relay leg: 1st)</ref>
|-
|2001
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World Indoor Championships]]
|[[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]
|{{sort|15|15th}} (sf)
|[[2001 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres|{{sort|060|60 m}}]]
|{{sort|06.69|6.69}} '''PB'''
|-
|rowspan=3|2002
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Manchester]], [[United Kingdom]]
|bgcolor=cc9966|{{sort|03|3rd}}
|[[Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]
|38.87 <small>(relay leg: 4th)</small>
|-
|rowspan=2|[[2002 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|rowspan=2|[[Madrid]], [[Spain]]
|{{sort|07|7th}}
|100 m
|10.58 <small>(wind: -0.3&nbsp;m/s)</small><ref name="Oceania">Representing Oceania</ref>
|-
|{{sort|07|7th}}
|4×100 m relay
|39.58 <small>(relay leg: 4th)</small><ref name="Oceania"/>
|-
|rowspan=3|2003
|rowspan=3|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis|Saint-Denis]], [[France]]
|{{sort|23|23rd}} (qf)
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.27 <small>(wind: +0.7&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|{{sort|31|31st}} (qf)
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|20.83 <small>(wind: +0.6&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|{{sort|13|13th}} (sf)
|[[2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]
|38.90 <small>(relay leg: 2nd)</small>
|-
|2004
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympics]]
|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|{{sort|06|6th}}
|[[Athletics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]
|38.56 <small>(relay leg: 3rd)</small>
|-
|rowspan=3|2005
|rowspan=3|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=3|[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
|{{sort|23|23rd}} (qf)
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.48 <small>(wind: -2.0&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|{{sort|06|6th}}
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|20.58 <small>(wind: -0.5&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|{{sort|05|5th}}
|[[2005 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]
|38.32 <small>(relay leg: 4th)</small>
|-
|rowspan=6|2006
|rowspan=3|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|rowspan=3|[[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
|{{sort|06|6th}}
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.26 <small>(wind: +0.9&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|{{sort|04|4th}}
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|20.59 <small>(wind: +0.5&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|{{sort|08|–}} (f)
|[[Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]
|{{sort|99.99|DNF}} <small>(relay leg: 4th)</small><ref>Competed only in the final</ref>
|-
|rowspan=3|[[2006 IAAF World Cup|World Cup]]
|rowspan=3|[[Athens]], [[Greece]]
|{{sort|08|8th}}
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup results#100 m|100 m]]
|10.28 <small>(wind: +1.1&nbsp;m/s)</small><ref name="Oceania"/>
|-
|{{sort|05|5th}}
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup results#200 m|200 m]]
|20.52 <small>(wind: +0.1&nbsp;m/s)</small><ref name="Oceania"/>
|-
|{{sort|06|6th}}
|[[2006 IAAF World Cup results#4 x 100 m relay|4×100 m relay]]
|39.48 <small>(relay leg: 2nd)</small><ref name="Oceania"/>
|-
|rowspan=2|2007
|rowspan=2|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics|World Championships]]
|rowspan=2|[[Osaka]], [[Japan]]
|{{sort|17|17th}} (qf)
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres|100 m]]
|10.29 <small>(wind: -0.6&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|{{sort|16|16th}} (sf)
|[[2007 World Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres|200 m]]
|20.73 <small>(wind: -0.4&nbsp;m/s)</small>
|-
|2010
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
|[[Delhi]], [[India]]
|{{sort|07|7th}} (h)
|[[Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay|4×100 m relay]]
|39.53 <small>(relay leg: 1st)</small><ref>Competed only in the heat</ref>
|}

===Track records===

As of 6 September 2024, Johnson holds the following track records for 100&nbsp;metres and 200&nbsp;metres.

====100 metres====

{| class="wikitable" style= "text-align: center"
|-
!Location
!Time
!Windspeed<br>m/s
!Date
|-
|  [[Bern]]  ||  10.07  ||  – 0.3  ||  28/06/2003
|-
|  [[Mito, Ibaraki]]  ||  9.93<br>[[List of Oceanian records in athletics|AR]]  ||  + 1.8  ||  05/05/2003
|-
|  [[Perth, Western Australia]]  ||  9.88  ||  + 3.6  ||  08/02/2003
|}

====200 metres====

{| class="wikitable" style= "text-align: center"
|-
!Location
!Time
!Windspeed<br>m/s
!Date
|-
|  [[Campbelltown, New South Wales|Campbelltown,<br>New South Wales]]  ||  20.26  ||  + 2.6  ||  15/02/2003
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{World Athletics}}
* [http://athletics.possumbility.com/athletes/athlete2650.htm Patrick Johnson] at Australian Athletics Historical Results
* [http://www.abc.net.au/austory/content/2003/s933058.htm ''Australian Story'' - ABC TV]

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