FACTOIDS
Full Name: Jade Johnson
Nickname: Jade
Birthday: July 6, 1980
Height: 6’0”
Hometown: Great Britain
Sports: Track & Field
PROFILE
Specialising in long jump, she 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 6.80, achieved in 2004 during the Olympic contest in which she placed 7th.
Rather ironically for a long-jumper, she is allergic to sand.
In 2006 she had a public spat with fellow British athlete Kelly Sotherton with the media claiming they openly threw insults at each other. Kelly Sotherton had been British number one at the long jump and heptathlon at the time, with Jade just having returned from a serious injury.
