Jade Johnson

About Jade Johnson

In 2002, the English long jumper won silver at the Commonwealth Games and the European Athletics Championships. She is best known to television viewers for her performance on the BBC reality dancing show Strictly Come Dancing in 2009.

Jade Linsey Johnson is a retired English track and field athlete, specialising in long jump. She represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in 2004 and 2008. She placed fourth at the 2003 World Championships in Athletics and was a silver medallist at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. She is allergic to sand. Jade's parents are from Liverpool, U.K., and Kingston, Jamaica. Johnson came second in the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Later she won the silver medal at the 2002 European Championships and finished fourth at the 2003 World Championships. Her personal best is 6.81 metres, an Olympic qualifying distance, achieved in 2008 during the European Cup, where she placed second. Jade just having returned from a serious injury, in November 2007 she had her lottery funding removed leading into Olympic year, making it harder for her to return to top rank competition. However, since then, she has set personal bests in the 100 metres and 200 metres sprints and in the long jump.

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Trivia

She was forced to withdraw from Strictly Come Dancing after suffering a serious knee injury.

Jade Johnson before fame

She was born in London and rose to prominence in the early 2000s on the world sporting scene.

Achievement of Jade Johnson

She was forced to withdraw from Strictly Come Dancing after suffering a serious knee injury.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

Undisclosed

Jade Johnson family life

Her younger sister is her only sibling.

Associations of Jade Johnson

On Strictly Come Dancing, she was paired with professional dancer Ian Waite.

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