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Birth Name: | Roland Oswald Johnson |
Birth Date: | 28 October 1906 |
Birth Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Death Place: | Dunedin, New Zealand |
Height: | 5feet[1] |
Relatives: | Roger Johnson (son) |
Country: | New Zealand |
Sport: | Athletics |
Roland Oswald Johnson (28 October 1906 − 12 February 2002) was a New Zealand athlete, who represented his country in the triple jump at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario. He finished in sixth place, with a distance of 13.16 m.[2] He was the father of hurdler and operations management academic Roger Johnson.
Johnson died in Dunedin in 2002 and his ashes were buried at Andersons Bay Cemetery.[3]