코닐리어스 존슨

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코닐리어스 쿠퍼 존슨(Cornelius Cooper Johnson, 1913년 8월 28일 ~ 1946년 2월 15일)은 미국의 육상 선수이자, 높이뛰기를 전문적으로 활약하였다.

Cornelius Cooper "Corny" Johnson was an American athlete in the high jump. Born in Los Angeles in 1913, Johnson first competed in organized track and field events at Berendo Junior High School. He achieved greater athletic success as a student at Los Angeles High School, competing in the sprint and in the high jump. Before going to the Olympics as a junior, he won the CIF California State Meet in 1932. He had been second the year before. In 2016, the 1936 Olympic journey of the eighteen Black American athletes, including Johnson, was documented in the film Olympic Pride, American Prejudice.