Johnson, Rafer (Lewis)

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• Johnson, Rafer (Lewis) — born Aug. 18, 1935, Hillsboro, Texas, U.S. U.S. decathlete. While a student at UCLA, he won the decathlon gold medal at the 1955 Pan American Games. At the 1960 Olympic Games he became the first African American athlete to carry the U.S. flag in… …   Universalium

• Rafer Lewis Johnson — (* 18. August 1935 in Hillsboro, Texas) ist ein ehemaliger US amerikanischer Leichtathlet. Seine Spezialdisziplin war der Zehnkampf. Leben Johnsons Familie zog nach Kingsburg, Kalifornien, als er neun Jahre alt war. Er spielte zunächst in… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Johnson, Rafer — ▪ American athlete and executive in full  Rafer Lewis Johnson   born August 18, 1935, Hillsboro, Texas, U.S.    American athlete, who won a gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.       Johnson competed in his first… …   Universalium

• Johnson — Johnson, Andrew Johnson, Eyvind Johnson, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Philip Johnson, Samuel * * * (as used in expressions) . Marguerite Johnson Bunche, Ralph (Johnson) Field, Stephen J(ohnson) Heade, Martin Johnson Johnson …   Enciclopedia Universal

• Lewis — El nombre Lewis puede hacer referencia a las siguientes personas: ● Arthur Lewis, Sir William Arthur Lewis, economista británico (Santa Lucía, 1915 Barbados, 1991). Premio Nobel de economía en 1979. ● Carl Lewis, Carlton McHinley Lewis, atleta… …   Enciclopedia Universal

• lewis — /looh is/, n. a device for lifting a dressed stone, consisting of a number of pieces fitting together to fill a dovetailed recess cut into the stone. [1730 40; perh. after the surname of the inventor] * * * (as used in expressions) Ferdinand… …   Universalium

• Lewis — /looh is/, n. 1. C(ecil) Day, 1904 72, British poet: poet laureate after 1968. 2. C(live) S(taples) /stay peuhlz/, ( Clive Hamilton ), 1898 1963, English novelist and essayist. 3. Gilbert Newton, 1875 1946, U.S. chemist. 4. (Harry) Sinclair, 1885 …   Universalium

• Johnson — /jon seuhn/; for 3 also Sw. /yoon sawn/, n. 1. Andrew, 1808 75, seventeenth president of the U.S. 1865 69. 2. Charles Spurgeon /sperr jeuhn/, 1893 1956, U.S. educator and sociologist. 3. Eyvind /ay vin/, 1900 76, Swedish writer: Nobel prize 1974 …   Universalium

• Rafer Johnson — Rafer Lewis Johnson (born August 18, 1935) is a former American decathlete. BiographyJohnson was born in Hillsboro, Texas, but moved to Kingsburg, California at age 9. In high school, he played on the school s football, baseball and basketball… …   Wikipedia

• Rafer Johnson — Informations Discipline(s) Décathlon …   Wikipédia en Français