Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Katarina Johnson-Thompson

Johnson-Thompson in 2012
Personal information
Born	(1993-01-09) 9 January 1993 (age 24) Woolton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
Country	England
Club	Liverpool Harriers
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	Heptathlon 6,682 points
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Women's athletics World Indoor Championships 2014 Sopot Long jump European Indoor Championships 2015 Prague Pentathlon European U23 Championships 2013 Tampere Heptathlon World Junior Championships 2012 Barcelona Long jump World Youth Championships 2009 Brixen Heptathlon

Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson (born 9 January 1993) is an English track and field athlete specialising in the heptathlon. She represented Great Britain in the heptathlon at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, finishing 15th, then finished fifth at the 2013 World Championships in Moscow. In the Long jump, she is the 2012 World Junior champion and the 2014 World Indoor silver medallist. In 2015, she became the European Indoor champion in the pentathlon with a British record of 5000 points. She also holds both British high jump records, outdoor with a height of 1.98m at the 2016 Olympic Games, indoor with a height of 1.97m at the 2015 British Indoor Athletics Championships, and the British indoor long jump record, with a distance of 6.93m.

Johnson-Thompson was born in Woolton, Liverpool, Merseyside. Her father, Ricardo, is Bahamian. Her mother Tracey was a dancer. She attended St Julie's Catholic High School in Woolton and John Moores University in Liverpool.

Johnson-Thompson represents Liverpool Harriers and was formerly coached by Mike Holmes. Her development was in part funded by the Wells Sports Foundation set up by Barrie Wells, which gave her access to the foundation's patron, Jessica Ennis (now Jessica Ennis-Hill).