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{{short description|British heptathlete}}
{{short description|English heptathlete (born 1993)}}
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{{Use British English|date=August 2024}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
{{Infobox sportsperson
|name = Katarina Johnson-Thompson
| name = Katarina Johnson-Thompson
|nickname = KJT
| nickname = KJT
|image = WK2B0124 katarina jt.jpg
| image = WK2B0124 katarina jt (cropped-1).jpg
|caption = Johnson-Thompson in March 2018
| caption = Johnson-Thompson in March 2018
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|1|9}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1993|1|9}}
|birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England
| birth_place = [[Liverpool]], England
|height = 1.83 m
| height = 1.83 m
|weight = 68 kg
| weight = 68 kg
|sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
| sport = [[Sport of athletics|Athletics]]
|event = [[Heptathlon]], [[Women's pentathlon|Pentathlon]]
| event = [[Heptathlon]], [[Women's pentathlon|Pentathlon]]
|club = Liverpool Harriers
| club = Liverpool Harriers
|coach = Aston Moore
| coach = Aston Moore
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|'''[[Heptathlon]]''': 6981 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|British}}''' ([[Doha]] 2019)
| '''[[Heptathlon]]''': 6981 '''{{AthAbbr|NR|British}}''' ([[Doha]] 2019)
|'''[[High jump]]''': 1.98 m '''{{AthAbbr|NR|British}}''' ([[Rio de Janeiro]] 2016)
| '''[[High jump]]''': 1.98 m ([[Rio de Janeiro]] 2016)
|'''''Indoors'''''
| '''''Indoors'''''
|'''[[Women's pentathlon|Pentathlon]]''': 5000{{AthAbbr|i}} '''{{AthAbbr|NRi|British}}''' ([[Prague]] 2015)
| '''[[Women's pentathlon|Pentathlon]]''': 5000{{AthAbbr|i}} '''{{AthAbbr|NRi|British}}''' ([[Prague]] 2015)
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[Sport of athletics|athletics]]}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
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{{Medal|Silver|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics|2024 Paris]]|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[IAAF World Athletics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2019 World Athletics Championships|2019 Doha]]|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2019 World Athletics Championships|2019 Doha]]|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
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{{Medal|Gold|[[2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2015 Prague]]|[[2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon|Pentathlon]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2015 Prague]]|[[2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon|Pentathlon]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2019 Glasgow]]|[[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon|Pentathlon]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2019 Glasgow]]|[[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon|Pentathlon]]}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[European Athletics U23 Championships|European U23 Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2013 European Athletics U23 Championships|2013 Tampere]]|[[2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2013 European Athletics U23 Championships|2013 Tampere]]|[[2013 European Athletics U23 Championships – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Youth Championships in Athletics|World Youth Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics|2009 Brixen]]|[[2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics|Heptathlon]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics|2009 Brixen]]|[[2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics|Heptathlon]]}}
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{{Medal|Country|{{ENG}}}}
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{{Medal|Competition|[[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]}}
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{{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Gold Coast]]|[[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
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{{Medal|Gold|[[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Birmingham]]|[[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's heptathlon|Heptathlon]]}}
}}
}}


'''Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson''' (born 9 January 1993)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Katarina JOHNSON-THOMPSON – Athlete Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/katarina-johnson-thompson-14276543 |website=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref> is an English [[Sport of athletics|athlete]]. A [[Combined track and field events|multi-eventer]], she is primarily known as both a [[heptathlon|heptathlete]] and an [[women's pentathlon|indoor pentathlete]]. She has been [[World Athletics|world champion]] in both, as well as a double [[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] heptathlon champion.
'''Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson''' (born 9 January 1993)<ref name="WAprofile">{{cite web |title=Katarina JOHNSON-THOMPSON – Athlete Profile |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/athletes/great-britain-ni/katarina-johnson-thompson-14276543 |website=[[World Athletics]] |access-date=1 January 2023}}</ref> is an English [[Sport of athletics|athlete]]. A [[Combined track and field events|multi-eventer]], she is primarily known as both a [[heptathlon|heptathlete]] and an [[women's pentathlon|indoor pentathlete]]. In heptathlon she is a double [[World Athletics|world champion]], double [[Athletics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] champion and an Olympic silver medallist. In indoor pentathlon, she is a world and double European champion.


Representing Great Britain, Johnson-Thompson won the heptathlon gold medal at the [[2019 World Championships in Athletics|2019 World Championships]], breaking the [[List of British records in athletics|British record]] with a score of 6,981 points which ranks her at No. 6 on the all-time lists.<ref>[https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/combined-events/heptathlon/outdoor/women/senior?regionType=world&windReading=regular&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01 Top lists senior outdoor Heptathlon women]. IAAF. Retrieved 7 December 2020.</ref> Her heptathlon results include finishing 14th at the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]], fifth at the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 World Championships]], sixth at the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]], and fifth at the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]]. She won the gold medal in the event at the [[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Commonwealth Games]] before claiming silver at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships|2018 European Championships]]. She retained her title at the [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Commonwealth Games]]. She also holds the British indoor pentathlon record of 5,000 points and won gold in that event at the [[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 World Indoor Championships]], as well as the [[2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2015]] and [[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2019 European Indoor Championships]].
Representing Great Britain, Johnson-Thompson won the heptathlon gold medal at the [[2019 World Championships in Athletics|2019 World Championships]], breaking the [[List of British records in athletics|British record]] with a score of 6,981 points which ranks her at No. 6 on the all-time lists.<ref>[https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/combined-events/heptathlon/outdoor/women/senior?regionType=world&windReading=regular&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01 Top lists senior outdoor Heptathlon women]. IAAF. Retrieved 7 December 2020.</ref> Her heptathlon results include finishing 13th at the [[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London Olympics]], fifth at the [[2013 World Championships in Athletics|2013 World Championships]], sixth at the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]] and fifth at the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]]. She won the gold medal in the event at the [[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|2018 Commonwealth Games]] before claiming silver at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships|2018 European Championships]]. She retained her title at the [[Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games|2022 Commonwealth Games]]. She also holds the British indoor pentathlon record of 5,000 points and won gold in that event at the [[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 World Indoor Championships]], as well as the [[2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2015]] and [[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships|2019 European Indoor Championships]].


Johnson-Thompson's career has often coincided with those of fellow British athlete [[Jessica Ennis-Hill]] and Belgium's [[Nafi Thiam]], with whom she has competed since junior competition. She is the only athlete to have defeated Thiam in global competition since Thiam won Olympic gold in 2016.
Johnson-Thompson's career has often coincided with those of fellow British athlete [[Jessica Ennis-Hill]] and Belgium's [[Nafi Thiam]], with whom she has competed since junior competition. She is the only athlete to have defeated Thiam in global competition since Thiam won Olympic gold in 2016 and while Thiam has dominated the rivalry, particularly at the Olympic Games, the two are considered the dominant multi-eventers of their era. No athlete beside the pair have won a global outdoor gold medal in heptathlon between 2015 and 2024.


Johnson-Thompson has also occasionally represented Great Britain in her two strongest individual disciplines: the [[high jump]] and [[long jump]]. She holds the British high jump outdoor record, and in the long jump, she was the [[2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2012 World Junior]] champion and the [[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2014 World Indoor]] silver medalist.
Johnson-Thompson has also occasionally represented Great Britain in her two strongest individual disciplines: the [[high jump]] and [[long jump]]. She holds the British high jump outdoor record, and in the long jump, she was the [[2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics|2012 World Junior]] champion and the [[2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2014 World Indoor]] silver medalist.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson was born in the [[Woolton]] suburb of [[Liverpool]] on 9 January 1993,<ref name=BOA>{{cite web|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson|url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/katarina-johnson-thompson|publisher=British Olympic Association|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711151412/http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/katarina-johnson-thompson|archive-date=11 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> the daughter of English mother Tracey Johnson and Bahamian father Ricardo Thompson (died November 2017).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/15/katarina-johnson-thompson-there-have-been-difficult-times|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson: 'There have been some hard times … dad definitely spurred me on'|last=Ingle|first=Sean|date=15 August 2018|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004194727/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/15/katarina-johnson-thompson-there-have-been-difficult-times|archive-date=4 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Her mother is a former dancer, while her father worked as a production assistant for the Bahamian television station [[ZNS-TV]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/katarina-johnson-thompson-interview | location=London | work=vogue | title=Vogue Meets Katarina Johnson-Thompson | access-date=4 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014901/http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/katarina-johnson-thompson-interview | archive-date=7 November 2017 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farmer |first1=Drew |title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson runs for two countries as Bahamas ties remain strong |url=http://bahamasathletics.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1596:katarina-johnson-thompson-runs-for-two-countries-as-bahamas-ties-remain-strong&catid=35&Itemid=188 |website=Bahamas Athletics |access-date=24 March 2021 |date=11 August 2017}}</ref> She spent the first year of her life in [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] with her father after her parents separated, then returned to England to live with her mother in the town of [[Halewood]] near Liverpool,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.k-j-t.com/about |title=About &#124; Katarina Johnson-Thompson |access-date=12 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701092522/https://www.k-j-t.com/about |archive-date=1 July 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> where she attended St Mark's Catholic Primary School and became interested in athletics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio Merseyside on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/bbcmerseyside/status/1181235492735590402 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007155536/https://twitter.com/bbcmerseyside/status/1181235492735590402 |archive-date=7 October 2019 |access-date=7 October 2019 |website=[[Twitter]] |quote="Coming up on Drive with @paulsaltysalt - we visit @StMarksHalewood - the primary school where @JohnsonThompson first took up athletics.We speak to one of her teachers and pupils who are inspired to emulate her success…"}}</ref> She later moved with her mother back to Woolton, where she attended [[St Julie's Catholic High School]] and became close friends with future actress [[Jodie Comer]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-49934713 |title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson: Killing Eve star 'proud' of school friend |work=BBC News |date=4 October 2019 |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207022754/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-49934713 |archive-date=7 December 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> before going on to study sports science at [[Liverpool John Moores University]].<ref name=le>{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Jade|title=Why Halewood teen Katarina Johnson-Thompson is going for gold in the Olympics|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2012/07/25/why-halewood-teen-katarina-johnson-thompson-is-going-for-gold-in-the-olympics-100252-31466160/|access-date=4 August 2012|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|date=25 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=factfile>{{cite news|last=Prentice|first=David|title=Factfiles on Merseyside's four athletes in Team GB's squad for the Olympics in London|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/athletics/2012/07/04/factfiles-on-merseyside-s-four-athletes-in-team-gb-s-squad-for-the-olympics-in-london-100252-31318759/|access-date=12 July 2012|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|date=4 July 2012}}</ref>
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson was born in the [[Woolton]] suburb of [[Liverpool]] on 9 January 1993,<ref name=BOA>{{cite web|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson|url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/katarina-johnson-thompson|publisher=British Olympic Association|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711151412/http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/katarina-johnson-thompson|archive-date=11 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> the daughter of English mother Tracey Johnson and Bahamian father Ricardo Thompson (died November 2017).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/15/katarina-johnson-thompson-there-have-been-difficult-times|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson: 'There have been some hard times … dad definitely spurred me on'|last=Ingle|first=Sean|date=15 August 2018|access-date=17 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191004194727/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/aug/15/katarina-johnson-thompson-there-have-been-difficult-times|archive-date=4 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Her mother is a former dancer, while her father worked as a production assistant for the Bahamian television station [[ZNS-TV]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/katarina-johnson-thompson-interview | location=London | work=vogue | title=Vogue Meets Katarina Johnson-Thompson | access-date=4 November 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014901/http://www.vogue.co.uk/article/katarina-johnson-thompson-interview | archive-date=7 November 2017 | url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Farmer |first1=Drew |title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson runs for two countries as Bahamas ties remain strong |url=http://bahamasathletics.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1596:katarina-johnson-thompson-runs-for-two-countries-as-bahamas-ties-remain-strong&catid=35&Itemid=188 |website=Bahamas Athletics |access-date=24 March 2021 |date=11 August 2017}}</ref> She spent the first year of her life in [[Nassau, Bahamas|Nassau]] with her father after her parents separated, then returned to the United Kingdom to live with her mother in the town of [[Halewood]] near Liverpool,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.k-j-t.com/about |title=About &#124; Katarina Johnson-Thompson |access-date=12 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701092522/https://www.k-j-t.com/about |archive-date=1 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> where she attended St Mark's Catholic Primary School and became interested in athletics.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Radio Merseyside on Twitter |url=https://twitter.com/bbcmerseyside/status/1181235492735590402 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007155536/https://twitter.com/bbcmerseyside/status/1181235492735590402 |archive-date=7 October 2019 |access-date=7 October 2019 |website=[[Twitter]] |quote="Coming up on Drive with @paulsaltysalt - we visit @StMarksHalewood - the primary school where @JohnsonThompson first took up athletics.We speak to one of her teachers and pupils who are inspired to emulate her success…"}}</ref> She later moved with her mother back to Woolton, where she attended [[St Julie's Catholic High School]] and became close friends with future actress [[Jodie Comer]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-49934713 |title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson: Killing Eve star 'proud' of school friend |work=BBC News |date=4 October 2019 |access-date=14 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191207022754/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-49934713 |archive-date=7 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> before going on to study sports science at [[Liverpool John Moores University]].<ref name=le>{{cite news|last=Wright|first=Jade|title=Why Halewood teen Katarina Johnson-Thompson is going for gold in the Olympics|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-news/in-the-mix/2012/07/25/why-halewood-teen-katarina-johnson-thompson-is-going-for-gold-in-the-olympics-100252-31466160/|access-date=4 August 2012|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|date=25 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=factfile>{{cite news|last=Prentice|first=David|title=Factfiles on Merseyside's four athletes in Team GB's squad for the Olympics in London|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/athletics/2012/07/04/factfiles-on-merseyside-s-four-athletes-in-team-gb-s-squad-for-the-olympics-in-london-100252-31318759/|access-date=12 July 2012|newspaper=Liverpool Echo|date=4 July 2012}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
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In September, Johnson-Thompson was nominated for the "[[European Athlete of the Year|European Athletics Rising Star award]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=Nominations announced for 2012 European Athlete of the Year|url=http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/september-2012/12-09-12-euro-athlete-of-the-year|publisher=uka.org.uk|date=12 September 2012|access-date=19 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913125919/http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/september-2012/12-09-12-euro-athlete-of-the-year/|archive-date=13 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October, she won the "Lillian Board Memorial Award" (for junior women) at the 2012 ''British Athletics Writers' Association'' Awards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Farah and Ennis voted British Athletes of the Year|url=http://uka.org.uk/media/news/october-2012/26-10-12-farah-ennis/|publisher=uka.org.uk|date=26 October 2012|access-date=28 October 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225044228/http://uka.org.uk/media/news/october-2012/26-10-12-farah-ennis/|archive-date=25 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September, Johnson-Thompson was nominated for the "[[European Athlete of the Year|European Athletics Rising Star award]]".<ref>{{cite news|title=Nominations announced for 2012 European Athlete of the Year|url=http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/september-2012/12-09-12-euro-athlete-of-the-year|publisher=uka.org.uk|date=12 September 2012|access-date=19 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913125919/http://www.uka.org.uk/media/news/september-2012/12-09-12-euro-athlete-of-the-year/|archive-date=13 September 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In October, she won the "Lillian Board Memorial Award" (for junior women) at the 2012 ''British Athletics Writers' Association'' Awards.<ref>{{cite news|title=Farah and Ennis voted British Athletes of the Year|url=http://uka.org.uk/media/news/october-2012/26-10-12-farah-ennis/|publisher=uka.org.uk|date=26 October 2012|access-date=28 October 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121225044228/http://uka.org.uk/media/news/october-2012/26-10-12-farah-ennis/|archive-date=25 December 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>


In the 2013 [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|IAAF World Championships]] heptathlon, Johnson-Thompson finished in 5th place. After a first day which left her in 5th place, with a PB in the 200&nbsp;m, she had an excellent second day with PB's in the long jump, javelin and the 800&nbsp;m. However, she admitted afterwards that she wished she had set her target of finishing in the Top 8 with more ambition, having finished just 28 points away from bronze medallist [[Dafne Schippers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10240870/World-Athletics-Championships-2013-Britains-Katarina-Johnson-Thompson-just-misses-out-on-heptathlon-bronze.html|title=World Athletics Championships 2013: Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson just misses out on heptathlon bronze|date=13 August 2013|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=23 August 2015|last1=Hart|first1=Simon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926043248/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10240870/World-Athletics-Championships-2013-Britains-Katarina-Johnson-Thompson-just-misses-out-on-heptathlon-bronze.html|archive-date=26 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/timetable/byday|title=14th IAAF World Championships Timetable by day|website=iaaf.org|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825040339/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/timetable/byday|archive-date=25 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
In the 2013 [[IAAF World Championships in Athletics|IAAF World Championships]] heptathlon, Johnson-Thompson finished in 5th place. After a first day which left her in 5th place, with a PB in the 200&nbsp;m, she had an excellent second day with PB's in the long jump, javelin and the 800&nbsp;m. However, she admitted afterwards that she wished she had set her target of finishing in the Top 8 with more ambition, having finished just 28 points away from bronze medallist [[Dafne Schippers]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10240870/World-Athletics-Championships-2013-Britains-Katarina-Johnson-Thompson-just-misses-out-on-heptathlon-bronze.html|title=World Athletics Championships 2013: Britain's Katarina Johnson-Thompson just misses out on heptathlon bronze|date=13 August 2013|website=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=23 August 2015|last=Hart|first=Simon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150926043248/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/athletics/10240870/World-Athletics-Championships-2013-Britains-Katarina-Johnson-Thompson-just-misses-out-on-heptathlon-bronze.html|archive-date=26 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/timetable/byday|title=14th IAAF World Championships Timetable by day|website=iaaf.org|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150825040339/http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-championships/14th-iaaf-world-championships-4873/timetable/byday|archive-date=25 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


===First World Indoor and European medals===
===First World Indoor and European medals===
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On 11 July 2014, Johnson-Thompson set a new long jump personal best of 6.92&nbsp;m at the [[Anniversary Games|Glasgow]] [[2014 Diamond League|Diamond League]] meeting, taking her to number 2 on the British all-time list for the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/athletics/liverpool-athlete-katarina-johnson-thompson-underlines-7412131|title=Liverpool athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson underlines Commonwealth Games medal potential in style&nbsp;– Liverpool Echo|author=liverpoolecho Administrator|date=11 July 2014|website=liverpoolecho|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215185326/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/athletics/liverpool-athlete-katarina-johnson-thompson-underlines-7412131|archive-date=15 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> She won gold at the 2014 edition of the prestigious heptathlon [[Hypo-Meeting]] in [[Götzis]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/01/katarina-johnson-thompson-wins-gotzis-heptathlon|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins Götzis heptathlon with javelin best|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=23 August 2015|date=June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009021417/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/01/katarina-johnson-thompson-wins-gotzis-heptathlon|archive-date=9 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> with a world leading personal best score of 6682 but missed the [[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|Glasgow Commonwealth Games]] and the [[2014 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] after suffering a foot injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/21/katarina-johnson-thompson-commonwealth-games-foot-injury-glasgow|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson out of Commonwealth Games with foot injury|author=Sean Ingle|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=23 August 2015|date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928234737/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/21/katarina-johnson-thompson-commonwealth-games-foot-injury-glasgow|archive-date=28 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 11 July 2014, Johnson-Thompson set a new long jump personal best of 6.92&nbsp;m at the [[Anniversary Games|Glasgow]] [[2014 Diamond League|Diamond League]] meeting, taking her to number 2 on the British all-time list for the event.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/athletics/liverpool-athlete-katarina-johnson-thompson-underlines-7412131|title=Liverpool athlete Katarina Johnson-Thompson underlines Commonwealth Games medal potential in style&nbsp;– Liverpool Echo|author=liverpoolecho Administrator|date=11 July 2014|website=liverpoolecho|access-date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150215185326/http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sport/athletics/liverpool-athlete-katarina-johnson-thompson-underlines-7412131|archive-date=15 February 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> She won gold at the 2014 edition of the prestigious heptathlon [[Hypo-Meeting]] in [[Götzis]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/01/katarina-johnson-thompson-wins-gotzis-heptathlon|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins Götzis heptathlon with javelin best|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=23 August 2015|date=June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151009021417/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jun/01/katarina-johnson-thompson-wins-gotzis-heptathlon|archive-date=9 October 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> with a world leading personal best score of 6682 but missed the [[Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games|Glasgow Commonwealth Games]] and the [[2014 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]] after suffering a foot injury.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/21/katarina-johnson-thompson-commonwealth-games-foot-injury-glasgow|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson out of Commonwealth Games with foot injury|author=Sean Ingle|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=23 August 2015|date=21 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928234737/http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/jul/21/katarina-johnson-thompson-commonwealth-games-foot-injury-glasgow|archive-date=28 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


Johnson-Thompson set a new [[British records in athletics|British high jump record]] with a height of 1.97 metres at the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield on 14 February 2015,<ref name=BrokenRecord>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/31471285|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson sets British high jump record|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423043246/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/31471285|archive-date=23 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> surpassing her previous record of 1.96 metres set on 8 February 2014.<ref name=BrokenRecord2014>{{cite web|title=Athletics&nbsp;– Johnson-Thompson breaks national high jump record|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/athletics-johnson-thompson-breaks-national-high-jump-record-212738024--spt.html|website=February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302010508/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/athletics-johnson-thompson-breaks-national-high-jump-record-212738024--spt.html|archive-date=2 March 2014}}</ref> Prior to Johnson-Thompson, [[Debbie Marti]]'s 1.95-metre jump had held the record since 1997.<ref>{{Cite web |title=All-time UK Women's Overall High jump Ranking List |url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=HJ&agegroup=ALL&sex=W&alltime=y |access-date=21 January 2023 |website=power of 10}}</ref> On 21 February, she set a new British indoor long jump record with a distance of 6.93&nbsp;m at the [[Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/31569058|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson sets British long jump record|access-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520080409/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/31569058|archive-date=20 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
Johnson-Thompson set a new [[British records in athletics|British high jump record]] with a height of 1.97 metres at the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield on 14 February 2015,<ref name=BrokenRecord>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/31471285|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson sets British high jump record|access-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150423043246/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/31471285|archive-date=23 April 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> surpassing her previous record of 1.96 metres set on 8 February 2014.<ref name=BrokenRecord2014>{{cite web|title=Athletics&nbsp;– Johnson-Thompson breaks national high jump record|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/athletics-johnson-thompson-breaks-national-high-jump-record-212738024--spt.html|website=February 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302010508/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/athletics-johnson-thompson-breaks-national-high-jump-record-212738024--spt.html|archive-date=2 March 2014}}</ref> Prior to Johnson-Thompson, [[Debbie Marti]]'s 1.95-metre jump had held the record since 1997.<ref>{{cite web |title=All-time UK Women's Overall High jump Ranking List |url=https://www.thepowerof10.info/rankings/rankinglist.aspx?event=HJ&agegroup=ALL&sex=W&alltime=y |access-date=21 January 2023 |website=power of 10}}</ref> On 21 February, she set a new British indoor long jump record with a distance of 6.93&nbsp;m at the [[Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/31569058|publisher=BBC Sport|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson sets British long jump record|access-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520080409/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/31569058|archive-date=20 May 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


In August 2015, Johnson-Thompson finished in 28th place in the heptathlon at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|2015 World Championships]] in [[Beijing]] after three foul jumps in the long jump. She had been lying in second place to [[Jessica Ennis-Hill]] after the first day of events.<ref>{{cite news|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson suffers Worlds heptathlon agony|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/34033882|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=23 August 2015|date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823204406/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/34033882|archive-date=23 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
In August 2015, Johnson-Thompson finished in 28th place in the heptathlon at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon|2015 World Championships]] in [[Beijing]] after three foul jumps in the long jump. She had been lying in second place to [[Jessica Ennis-Hill]] after the first day of events.<ref>{{cite news|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson suffers Worlds heptathlon agony|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/34033882|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=23 August 2015|date=23 August 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150823204406/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/34033882|archive-date=23 August 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>


Johnson-Thompson competed at the 2016 Hypo-Meeting in May of that year, her first major competition since undergoing knee surgery in the autumn of 2015: she finished the competition in sixth with a score of 6,304 points, securing her place at the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]] by beating the qualifying standard of 6,200 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36409467|title=Rio 2016: Katarina Johnson-Thompson qualifies for Olympic Games|last1=Lewis|first1=Aimee|date=29 May 2016|publisher=BBC|access-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824210058/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36409467|archive-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
Johnson-Thompson competed at the 2016 Hypo-Meeting in May of that year, her first major competition since undergoing knee surgery in the autumn of 2015: she finished the competition in sixth with a score of 6,304 points, securing her place at the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Rio Olympics]] by beating the qualifying standard of 6,200 points.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36409467|title=Rio 2016: Katarina Johnson-Thompson qualifies for Olympic Games|last=Lewis|first=Aimee|date=29 May 2016|publisher=BBC|access-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824210058/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/36409467|archive-date=24 August 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>


She missed out on a medal at the Games, taking sixth in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's heptathlon|heptathlon]], although her performance in the heptathlon high jump of 1.98&nbsp;m set a new British high jump record, and would have been good enough to take gold in the stand-alone [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's high jump|Olympic high jump competition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/10548591/rio-olympics-katarina-johnson-thompson-targets-2020-tokyo-olympics-medal|title=Rio Olympics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson targets 2020 Tokyo Olympics medal|last1=Trehan|first1=Dev|date=23 August 2016|website=skysports.com|access-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924173219/http://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/10548591/rio-olympics-katarina-johnson-thompson-targets-2020-tokyo-olympics-medal|archive-date=24 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
She missed out on a medal at the Games, taking sixth in the [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's heptathlon|heptathlon]], although her performance in the heptathlon high jump of 1.98&nbsp;m set a new British high jump record and would have been good enough to take gold in the stand-alone [[Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's high jump|Olympic high jump competition]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/10548591/rio-olympics-katarina-johnson-thompson-targets-2020-tokyo-olympics-medal|title=Rio Olympics: Katarina Johnson-Thompson targets 2020 Tokyo Olympics medal|last=Trehan|first=Dev|date=23 August 2016|website=skysports.com|access-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924173219/http://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/10548591/rio-olympics-katarina-johnson-thompson-targets-2020-tokyo-olympics-medal|archive-date=24 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>


In September 2016, [[UK Athletics]] confirmed that Johnson-Thompson had split with coach Mike Holmes, having been trained by him since 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/katarina-johnson-thompson-splits-with-coach-mike-holmes-51822|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson splits with coach Mike Holmes|author=Staff|date=23 September 2016|website=Athletics Weekly|access-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924164915/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/katarina-johnson-thompson-splits-with-coach-mike-holmes-51822|archive-date=24 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 2016, [[UK Athletics]] confirmed that Johnson-Thompson had split with coach Mike Holmes, having been trained by him since 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/katarina-johnson-thompson-splits-with-coach-mike-holmes-51822|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson splits with coach Mike Holmes|author=Staff|date=23 September 2016|website=Athletics Weekly|access-date=1 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924164915/http://www.athleticsweekly.com/featured/katarina-johnson-thompson-splits-with-coach-mike-holmes-51822|archive-date=24 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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She subsequently moved to [[Montpellier]], France, to be coached by a team led by Bertrand Valcin, joining a training group including Olympic decathlon medalist [[Kevin Mayer]] and double European heptathlon champion [[Antoinette Nana Djimou]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/21/katarina-johnson-thompson-london-world-championships|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson revitalised by move to France|last=Ingle|first=Sean|author-link=Sean Ingle|date=21 May 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521105220/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/21/katarina-johnson-thompson-london-world-championships|archive-date=21 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
She subsequently moved to [[Montpellier]], France, to be coached by a team led by Bertrand Valcin, joining a training group including Olympic decathlon medalist [[Kevin Mayer]] and double European heptathlon champion [[Antoinette Nana Djimou]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/21/katarina-johnson-thompson-london-world-championships|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson revitalised by move to France|last=Ingle|first=Sean|author-link=Sean Ingle|date=21 May 2017|website=The Guardian|access-date=21 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170521105220/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/may/21/katarina-johnson-thompson-london-world-championships|archive-date=21 May 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>


On 5–6 August 2017, Johnson-Thompson competed in the heptathlon at the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics]] held in London. After moving to Montpellier, she was expected to land a podium position but was not able to surpass the 1.86 barrier in the heptathlon's high jump, with a successful jump at 1.80&nbsp;m, which gave her 978 points. In a post heptathlon Day 1 interview, she stated: "High jump is one of my best events, I lost 200 points in just one event so that's massive. I'm massively disappointed but I'm trying to move on. In Day 2, long jump is one of my good events so hopefully I can do well there".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEtKLWeE_94|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR Heptathlon Day 1|date=5 August 2017|via=YouTube|access-date=5 August 2017}}</ref> Johnson-Thompson finished in 5th place with 6558 points. She also competed in the single high jump event, finishing fifth with a season's best jump at 1.95 m.<ref name="WAprofile" />
On 5–6 August 2017, Johnson-Thompson competed in the heptathlon at the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics]] held in London. After moving to Montpellier, she was expected to land a podium position but was not able to surpass the 1.86 barrier in the heptathlon's high jump, with a successful jump at 1.80&nbsp;m, which gave her 978 points. In a post heptathlon Day 1 interview, she stated: "High jump is one of my best events, I lost 200 points in just one event so that's massive. I'm massively disappointed but I'm trying to move on. In Day 2, long jump is one of my good events so hopefully I can do well there".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEtKLWeE_94|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson GBR Heptathlon Day 1|date=5 August 2017|via=YouTube|access-date=5 August 2017}}</ref> Johnson-Thompson finished in 5th place with 6558 points. She also competed in the single high jump event, finishing fifth with a season's best jump at 1.95 m.<ref name="WAprofile"/>


===World and Commonwealth titles===
===World and Commonwealth titles and Olympic medal===
[[File:EKB42018 ver kjt (44787773641).jpg|thumb|Katarina competes in the long jump event at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships|2018 European Championships]] in Berlin.]]
[[File:EKB42018 ver kjt (44787773641).jpg|thumb|Johnson-Thompson competes in the long jump event at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships|2018 European Championships]] in Berlin.]]
In 2018, Johnson-Thompson won the [[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World indoor pentathlon]] and the [[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] heptathlon titles,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43734735 |title=How Johnson-Thompson won Commonwealth gold |access-date=11 August 2018 |date=12 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020113413/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43734735 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> before going on to win a silver medal behind World and Olympic champion [[Nafissatou Thiam|Nafi Thiam]] in the heptathlon at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]], recording a personal best score of 6759 points,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/45152155 |title=Johnson-Thompson revels in new-found confidence |access-date=11 August 2018 |date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909173518/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/45152155 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> to move into the world all-time Top 25.
In 2018, Johnson-Thompson won the [[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|World indoor pentathlon]] and the [[Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] heptathlon titles,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43734735 |title=How Johnson-Thompson won Commonwealth gold |access-date=11 August 2018 |date=12 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181020113413/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43734735 |archive-date=20 October 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> before going on to win a silver medal behind World and Olympic champion [[Nafissatou Thiam|Nafi Thiam]] in the heptathlon at the [[2018 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]], recording a personal best score of 6759 points,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/45152155 |title=Johnson-Thompson revels in new-found confidence |access-date=11 August 2018 |date=10 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180909173518/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/45152155 |archive-date=9 September 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> to move into the world all-time Top 25.


In May 2019, at the 45th Hypomeeting in Götzis, Johnson-Thompson recorded a new personal best of 6,813 in the heptathlon, taking her up to 18th on the world all-time list.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/hypomeeting-gotzis-2019-johnson-thompson-warn Johnson-Thompson climbs world all-time list while Warner sets the standard for 2019 in Götzis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527064219/https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/hypomeeting-gotzis-2019-johnson-thompson-warn |date=27 May 2019 }} Gabriella Pieraccini, iaaf.org, 26 May 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019</ref>
In May 2019, at the 45th Hypomeeting in Götzis, Johnson-Thompson recorded a new personal best of 6,813 in the heptathlon, taking her up to 18th on the world all-time list.<ref>[https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/hypomeeting-gotzis-2019-johnson-thompson-warn Johnson-Thompson climbs world all-time list while Warner sets the standard for 2019 in Götzis] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527064219/https://www.iaaf.org/news/report/hypomeeting-gotzis-2019-johnson-thompson-warn |date=27 May 2019}} Gabriella Pieraccini, iaaf.org, 26 May 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019</ref>


She won the heptathlon at the [[2019 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Doha]], Qatar with a British record of 6981 points.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49924526|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins World Athletics Championships heptathlon gold|work=BBC Sport|date=3 October 2019|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005091128/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49924526|archive-date=5 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
She won gold in the heptathlon at the [[2019 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Doha]], Qatar with a British record of 6981 points.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49924526|title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson wins World Athletics Championships heptathlon gold|work=BBC Sport|date=3 October 2019|access-date=5 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005091128/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/49924526|archive-date=5 October 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>


She was less successful at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]] in Tokyo: a ruptured Achilles tendon threatened to disrupt her preparation for the tournament, which she came close to missing entirely. Having made enough of a recovery to participate, and in fifth place after the first three events (including her favoured high jump), she suffered a tear in her calf muscle during the 200m and fell. She got up and raced to the end only to be disqualified on the technicality of having stepped (or rather fallen) out of her lane: in any case she was unable to compete in the remaining events.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/12373117/tokyo-2020-katarina-johnson-thompson-posts-emotional-statement-after-heptathlon-heartbreak|website=Sky Sports|title=Tokyo 2020: Katarina Johnson-Thompson posts emotional statement after heptathlon heartbreak|date=6 August 2021|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.eurosport.com/athletics/tokyo-2020/2021/tokyo-2020-olympics-katarina-johnson-thompsons-dream-over-after-injury-in-200m-heroically-finishes-r_sto8472805/story.shtml|title=Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Katarina Johnson-Thompson’s heptathlon dream over after injury, heroically finishes 200m|website=Eurosport|last=Snowball|first=Ben|date=4 August 2021|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref>
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Johnson-Thompson won the heptathlon at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Birmingham]], England.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62402451|title=Commonwealth Games: Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Eilish McColgan claim golds|work=BBC Sport|date=3 August 2022|access-date=4 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804002857/https://www.bbc.com/sport/commonwealth-games/62402451|archive-date=4 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>


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Johnson-Thompson competed at the [[2022 World Athletics Championships|2022 World Championships]]; finishing eighth.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/62202145|title=World Athletics Championships: Katarina Johnson-Thompson eighth as Nafi Thiam wins heptathlon|website=BBC|date=19 July 2022|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref> won the heptathlon at the [[2022 Commonwealth Games]] in [[Birmingham]], England.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62402451|title=Commonwealth Games: Katarina Johnson-Thompson and Eilish McColgan claim golds|work=BBC Sport|date=3 August 2022|access-date=4 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220804002857/https://www.bbc.com/sport/commonwealth-games/62402451|archive-date=4 August 2022|url-status=live}}</ref>
Johnson-Thompson won gold in the heptathlon at the [[2023 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Budapest]], Hungary.

Johnson-Thompson won gold again in the heptathlon at the [[2023 World Athletics Championships]] in [[Budapest]], her second World Champion title.<ref>{{cite web |title=Johnson-Thompson wins stunning heptathlon world gold |website=BBC Sport |date=20 August 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/66560986 |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, Johnson-Thompson competed at the [[2024 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]], however she withdrew due to injury before the 200&nbsp;m.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/athletics/injured-katarina-johnson-thompson-european-athletics-championships-b1163039.html|title=Injured Katarina Johnson-Thompson forced to withdraw from European Athletics Championships|website=Evening Standard|last=Young|first=Alex|date=8 June 2024|access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref> At the [[2024 Summer Olympics]] in [[Paris]], she obtained a silver medal, her first Olympic medal, coming a close second to [[Nafissatou Thiam]]. Her performance included personal bests in the shot put and 800&nbsp;m.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c23l8z9e2d9o|title='Glad I didn't give up' -- Johnson-Thompson's silver joy |website=BBC Sport |date=9 August 2024 |access-date=15 September 2024}}</ref>

===Media career===
Since 2023, Johnson-Thompson has been one of several British Olympians and Paralympians to feature in adverts for [[British Gas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.marketing-beat.co.uk/2023/10/17/british-gas-team-gb-stars/|title=British Gas flips sporting stereotypes with Team GB stars|last=Louis|first=Yasmeen|date=17 October 2023|work=MarketingBeat|accessdate=4 December 2024}}</ref>


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Since 2016, Johnson-Thompson has divided her time between her native [[Liverpool]] and the French city of [[Montpellier]]. She began dating fellow athlete [[Andrew Pozzi]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/08/11/katarina-johnson-thompson-excited-future-banishing-demons-european/ | location=London | work=The Telegraph | title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson 'excited' for future after banishing demons at European Championships | access-date=2 March 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044741/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/08/11/katarina-johnson-thompson-excited-future-banishing-demons-european/ | archive-date=6 March 2019 | url-status=live }}</ref> She is a lifelong fan of her hometown football team [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool FC]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.k-j-t.com/ |title=Home &#124; Katarina Johnson-Thompson |access-date=12 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206122237/https://www.k-j-t.com/ |archive-date=6 February 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Since 2016, Johnson-Thompson has divided her time between her native [[Liverpool]] and the French city of [[Montpellier]]. She began dating fellow athlete [[Andrew Pozzi]] in 2018.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/08/11/katarina-johnson-thompson-excited-future-banishing-demons-european/ |location=London |work=The Telegraph |title=Katarina Johnson-Thompson 'excited' for future after banishing demons at European Championships |access-date=2 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306044741/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/athletics/2018/08/11/katarina-johnson-thompson-excited-future-banishing-demons-european/ |archive-date=6 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> She is a lifelong fan of her hometown football team [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool FC]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.k-j-t.com/ |title=Home &#124; Katarina Johnson-Thompson |access-date=12 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206122237/https://www.k-j-t.com/ |archive-date=6 February 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>


==Statistics==
==Statistics==
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[[File:Johnson 2-London July 2016.jpg|thumb|Katarina at the [[Anniversary Games]] in London, July 2016.]]
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<small>All information from [[World Athletics]] profile.<ref name="WAprofile" /></small>
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[[File:Katarina Thompson-Johnson (36328101852).jpg|thumb|Johnson-Thompson (R) with [[Anouk Vetter]] at the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]] held in London.]]
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[[File:Katarina Johnson-Thompson Birmingham 2018.jpg|thumb|Johnson-Thompson won the 800 m run to claim the pentathlon title at the [[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 World Indoor Championships]] in [[Birmingham]].]]

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<small>All information from [[World Athletics]] profile.<ref name="WAprofile"/></small>


===Personal bests===
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|[[100 metres hurdles|100&nbsp;m hurdles]]
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|align=center|13.09 s
|align=center|13.09s
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|align=center|1111
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|align=center|1.98 m
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|[[Shot put]]
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|align=center|13.92 m
|align=center|14.44m
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|align=center|823
|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|2024 Olympic Games]]
|[[2023 Hypo-Meeting]]
|[[Götzis]], Austria
|[[Paris]], France
|align=right|27 May 2023
|align=right|8 August 2024
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|[[200 metres]]
|[[200 metres]]
|align=center|22.79 s
|align=center|22.79s
|align=center|1100
|align=center|1100
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|[[2016 Hypo-Meeting]]
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|[[Long jump]]
|[[Long jump]]
|align=center|6.92 m
|align=center|6.92m
|align=center|1145
|align=center|1145
|2014 [[Glasgow Grand Prix]]
|2014 [[Glasgow Grand Prix]]
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|[[Javelin throw|Javelin]]
|[[Javelin throw|Javelin]]
|align=center|46.14 m
|align=center|46.14m
|align=center|785
|align=center|785
|[[2023 World Athletics Championships|2023 World Championships]]
|[[2023 World Athletics Championships|2023 World Championships]]
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|[[800 metres]]
|[[800 metres]]
|align=center|2:05.63 min
|align=center|2:04.90min
|align=center| 1030
|align=center| 1041
|[[2023 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|2023 World Championships]]
|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|2024 Olympic Games]]
|[[Budapest]], Hungary
|[[Paris]], France
|align=right|20 August 2023
|align=right|9 August 2024
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|-bgcolor=#cffcff
|-bgcolor=#cffcff
|'''[[Heptathlon]]'''
|'''[[Heptathlon]]'''
|align=center|'''6981 pts'''
|align=center|'''6981 pts'''
|align=center bgcolor=#ccffcc|PB total: 7171
|align=center bgcolor=#ccffcc|PB total: 7216
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|2019 World Championships]]
|[[2019 World Athletics Championships – Women's heptathlon|2019 World Championships]]
|[[Doha]], Qatar
|[[Doha]], Qatar
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|[[800 metres]]
|align=center|2:09.13 min
|align=center|2:09.13 min
|align=center|924
|align=center|977
|[[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon|2019 European Indoor Championships]]
|[[2019 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon|2019 European Indoor Championships]]
|[[Glasgow]], United Kingdom
|[[Glasgow]], United Kingdom
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===Seasonal bests===
===Seasonal bests===
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[[File:Johnson 2-London July 2016.jpg|thumb|Katarina at the [[Anniversary Games]] in London, July 2016.]]
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[[File:Katarina Thompson-Johnson (36328101852).jpg|thumb|Johnson-Thompson (R) with [[Anouk Vetter]] at the [[2017 World Championships in Athletics|2017 World Championships]] held in London.]]
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[[File:Katarina Johnson-Thompson Birmingham 2018.jpg|thumb|Johnson-Thompson won the 800 m run to claim the pentathlon title at the [[2018 IAAF World Indoor Championships|2018 World Indoor Championships]] in [[Birmingham]].]]


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|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|[[London]], United Kingdom
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|14th
|Heptathlon
|Heptathlon
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's heptathlon|6267 pts]]
|[[Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics&nbsp;– Women's heptathlon|6267 pts]]
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|[[2022 Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]]
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|[[2024 European Athletics Championships|European Championships]]
|[[Rome, Italy]]
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|[[Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's heptathlon|6844 pts]]
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|23.08 s
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|13.92 m
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|12.44 m
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|45.49 m
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==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)]]
* [[List of World Athletics Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)]]
* [[List of IAAF World Indoor Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (women)]]
* [[List of Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics (women)]]
*[[List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)]]
* [[List of European Athletics Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)]]
* [[List of European Athletics Indoor Championships medalists (women)]]
*[[Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Championships]]
* [[Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the World Athletics Championships]]
*[[List of Commonwealth records in athletics]]
* [[List of Commonwealth records in athletics]]
*[[List of English records in athletics]]
* [[List of English records in athletics]]
*[[List of people from Merseyside]]
* [[List of people from Merseyside]]


==References==
==References==
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* {{British Athletics}}
* {{British Athletics}}
* {{Power of 10}}
* {{Team GB}}
* {{Team GB}}
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* {{Team England|katarina-johnson-thompson}}
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* {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|62258}}
* {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|62258}}
* [https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/katarina-johnson-thompson_1977926 Katarina Johnson-Thompson] at the [[Paris 2024 Summer Olympics]]
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Katarina Johnson-Thompson
Johnson-Thompson in March 2018
Personal information
NicknameKJT
Born (1993-01-09) 9 January 1993 (age 31)
Liverpool, England
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)Heptathlon, Pentathlon
ClubLiverpool Harriers
Coached byAston Moore
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Heptathlon
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Doha Heptathlon
Gold medal – first place 2023 Budapest Heptathlon
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Birmingham Pentathlon
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sopot Long jump
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Berlin Heptathlon
European Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Prague Pentathlon
Gold medal – first place 2019 Glasgow Pentathlon
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast Heptathlon
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham Heptathlon
Women's athletics (age-grade)
Representing  Great Britain
European U23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Tampere Heptathlon
World Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2012 Barcelona Long jump
World Youth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Brixen Heptathlon

Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson (born 9 January 1993)[1] is an English athlete. A multi-eventer, she is primarily known as both a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete. In heptathlon she is a double world champion, double Commonwealth Games champion and an Olympic silver medallist. In indoor pentathlon, she is a world and double European champion.

Representing Great Britain, Johnson-Thompson won the heptathlon gold medal at the 2019 World Championships, breaking the British record with a score of 6,981 points which ranks her at No. 6 on the all-time lists.[2] Her heptathlon results include finishing 13th at the 2012 London Olympics, fifth at the 2013 World Championships, sixth at the 2016 Rio Olympics and fifth at the 2017 World Championships. She won the gold medal in the event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games before claiming silver at the 2018 European Championships. She retained her title at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She also holds the British indoor pentathlon record of 5,000 points and won gold in that event at the 2018 World Indoor Championships, as well as the 2015 and 2019 European Indoor Championships.

Johnson-Thompson's career has often coincided with those of fellow British athlete Jessica Ennis-Hill and Belgium's Nafi Thiam, with whom she has competed since junior competition. She is the only athlete to have defeated Thiam in global competition since Thiam won Olympic gold in 2016 and while Thiam has dominated the rivalry, particularly at the Olympic Games, the two are considered the dominant multi-eventers of their era. No athlete beside the pair have won a global outdoor gold medal in heptathlon between 2015 and 2024.

Johnson-Thompson has also occasionally represented Great Britain in her two strongest individual disciplines: the high jump and long jump. She holds the British high jump outdoor record, and in the long jump, she was the 2012 World Junior champion and the 2014 World Indoor silver medalist.

Early life

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Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson was born in the Woolton suburb of Liverpool on 9 January 1993,[3] the daughter of English mother Tracey Johnson and Bahamian father Ricardo Thompson (died November 2017).[4] Her mother is a former dancer, while her father worked as a production assistant for the Bahamian television station ZNS-TV.[5][6] She spent the first year of her life in Nassau with her father after her parents separated, then returned to the United Kingdom to live with her mother in the town of Halewood near Liverpool,[7] where she attended St Mark's Catholic Primary School and became interested in athletics.[8] She later moved with her mother back to Woolton, where she attended St Julie's Catholic High School and became close friends with future actress Jodie Comer,[9] before going on to study sports science at Liverpool John Moores University.[10][11]

Career

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Youth career

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Johnson-Thompson represents Liverpool Harriers, which is based in Liverpool's Wavertree district, and was formerly coached by Mike Holmes.[3] Her development was in part funded by the Wells Sports Foundation set up by Barrie Wells, which gave her access to the foundation's patron, Jessica Ennis (now Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill).

At the 2009 World Youth Championships in Athletics in Brixen, Italy, she won the gold medal in the heptathlon.[11] She missed most of the 2010 athletics season suffering from patellar tendinopathy, also known as jumper's knee.[12][13]

Johnson-Thompson broke Jessica Ennis' British junior record at the Multistars competition held in Desenzano del Garda, Italy in May 2012.[14] Her score of 6007 points was enough to take third position at the event behind Sofía Ifadídou of Greece and French athlete Blandine Maisonnier.[15] The score also meant she had surpassed the 'B' qualifying standard for the 2012 Olympics, however it fell short of the 6,150 points 'A' standard.[14] In June, Johnson-Thompson achieved the 'A' qualifying standard for the Games by scoring a new personal best of 6,248 points at the TNT – Fortuna Meeting held in Kladno, Czech Republic. At the meeting she set six new personal bests across the seven events to beat her previous best score by 241 points.[16]

At the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics held in Barcelona, Johnson-Thompson chose not to compete in the full heptathlon competition to save herself for the Olympics; instead she took part in the long jump—winning a gold medal with a jump of 6.81 metres—and the 100 metres hurdles.[17]

London Olympics and first World Championships

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Johnson-Thompson (C) at the 2012 London Olympic Victory Parade.

Johnson-Thompson competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the women's heptathlon alongside compatriots Jessica Ennis and Louise Hazel at the Olympic Stadium on 3–4 August 2012. She finished in 13th place with a score of 6267.[18]

In September, Johnson-Thompson was nominated for the "European Athletics Rising Star award".[19] In October, she won the "Lillian Board Memorial Award" (for junior women) at the 2012 British Athletics Writers' Association Awards.[20]

In the 2013 IAAF World Championships heptathlon, Johnson-Thompson finished in 5th place. After a first day which left her in 5th place, with a PB in the 200 m, she had an excellent second day with PB's in the long jump, javelin and the 800 m. However, she admitted afterwards that she wished she had set her target of finishing in the Top 8 with more ambition, having finished just 28 points away from bronze medallist Dafne Schippers.[21][22]

First World Indoor and European medals

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Johnson-Thompson won the pentathlon at the 2015 European Indoor Championships in Prague, becoming only the second woman to achieve 5,000 points or more in the event.

On 11 July 2014, Johnson-Thompson set a new long jump personal best of 6.92 m at the Glasgow Diamond League meeting, taking her to number 2 on the British all-time list for the event.[23] She won gold at the 2014 edition of the prestigious heptathlon Hypo-Meeting in Götzis[24] with a world leading personal best score of 6682 but missed the Glasgow Commonwealth Games and the European Championships after suffering a foot injury.[25]

Johnson-Thompson set a new British high jump record with a height of 1.97 metres at the British Indoor Championships in Sheffield on 14 February 2015,[26] surpassing her previous record of 1.96 metres set on 8 February 2014.[27] Prior to Johnson-Thompson, Debbie Marti's 1.95-metre jump had held the record since 1997.[28] On 21 February, she set a new British indoor long jump record with a distance of 6.93 m at the Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix.[29]

In August 2015, Johnson-Thompson finished in 28th place in the heptathlon at the 2015 World Championships in Beijing after three foul jumps in the long jump. She had been lying in second place to Jessica Ennis-Hill after the first day of events.[30]

Johnson-Thompson competed at the 2016 Hypo-Meeting in May of that year, her first major competition since undergoing knee surgery in the autumn of 2015: she finished the competition in sixth with a score of 6,304 points, securing her place at the 2016 Rio Olympics by beating the qualifying standard of 6,200 points.[31]

She missed out on a medal at the Games, taking sixth in the heptathlon, although her performance in the heptathlon high jump of 1.98 m set a new British high jump record and would have been good enough to take gold in the stand-alone Olympic high jump competition.[32]

In September 2016, UK Athletics confirmed that Johnson-Thompson had split with coach Mike Holmes, having been trained by him since 2008.[33]

She subsequently moved to Montpellier, France, to be coached by a team led by Bertrand Valcin, joining a training group including Olympic decathlon medalist Kevin Mayer and double European heptathlon champion Antoinette Nana Djimou.[34]

On 5–6 August 2017, Johnson-Thompson competed in the heptathlon at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics held in London. After moving to Montpellier, she was expected to land a podium position but was not able to surpass the 1.86 barrier in the heptathlon's high jump, with a successful jump at 1.80 m, which gave her 978 points. In a post heptathlon Day 1 interview, she stated: "High jump is one of my best events, I lost 200 points in just one event so that's massive. I'm massively disappointed but I'm trying to move on. In Day 2, long jump is one of my good events so hopefully I can do well there".[35] Johnson-Thompson finished in 5th place with 6558 points. She also competed in the single high jump event, finishing fifth with a season's best jump at 1.95 m.[1]

World and Commonwealth titles and Olympic medal

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Johnson-Thompson competes in the long jump event at the 2018 European Championships in Berlin.

In 2018, Johnson-Thompson won the World indoor pentathlon and the Commonwealth Games heptathlon titles,[36] before going on to win a silver medal behind World and Olympic champion Nafi Thiam in the heptathlon at the European Championships, recording a personal best score of 6759 points,[37] to move into the world all-time Top 25.

In May 2019, at the 45th Hypomeeting in Götzis, Johnson-Thompson recorded a new personal best of 6,813 in the heptathlon, taking her up to 18th on the world all-time list.[38]

She won gold in the heptathlon at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar with a British record of 6981 points.[39]

She was less successful at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo: a ruptured Achilles tendon threatened to disrupt her preparation for the tournament, which she came close to missing entirely. Having made enough of a recovery to participate, and in fifth place after the first three events (including her favoured high jump), she suffered a tear in her calf muscle during the 200m and fell. She got up and raced to the end only to be disqualified on the technicality of having stepped (or rather fallen) out of her lane: in any case she was unable to compete in the remaining events.[40][41]

Johnson-Thompson competed at the 2022 World Championships; finishing eighth.[42] won the heptathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[43]

Johnson-Thompson won gold again in the heptathlon at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, her second World Champion title.[44]

In 2024, Johnson-Thompson competed at the European Championships, however she withdrew due to injury before the 200 m.[45] At the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, she obtained a silver medal, her first Olympic medal, coming a close second to Nafissatou Thiam. Her performance included personal bests in the shot put and 800 m.[46]

Media career

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Since 2023, Johnson-Thompson has been one of several British Olympians and Paralympians to feature in adverts for British Gas.[47]

Personal life

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Since 2016, Johnson-Thompson has divided her time between her native Liverpool and the French city of Montpellier. She began dating fellow athlete Andrew Pozzi in 2018.[48] She is a lifelong fan of her hometown football team Liverpool FC.[49]

Statistics

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Katarina at the Anniversary Games in London, July 2016.
Johnson-Thompson (R) with Anouk Vetter at the 2017 World Championships held in London.
Johnson-Thompson won the 800 m run to claim the pentathlon title at the 2018 World Indoor Championships in Birmingham.

All information from World Athletics profile.[1]

Personal bests

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Outdoor
Event Record Points Meeting Venue Date Notes
100 m hurdles 13.09s 1111 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 2 October 2019
High jump 1.98m 1211 2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 12 August 2016 NR
Shot put 14.44m 823 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 8 August 2024
200 metres 22.79s 1100 2016 Hypo-Meeting Götzis, Austria 28 May 2016
Long jump 6.92m 1145 2014 Glasgow Grand Prix Glasgow, United Kingdom 11 July 2014
Javelin 46.14m 785 2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 20 August 2023
800 metres 2:04.90min 1041 2024 Olympic Games Paris, France 9 August 2024
Heptathlon 6981 pts PB total: 7216 2019 World Championships Doha, Qatar 4 October 2019 NR, 6th of all time
Indoor
Event Record Points Meeting Venue Date Notes
60 m hurdles 8.18 s 1088 2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 6 March 2015
High jump 1.97 m 1198 2015 British Indoor Championships Sheffield, United Kingdom 14 February 2015
Shot put 13.15 m 737 2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 1 March 2019
Long jump 6.93 m 1149 2015 Birmingham Indoor Grand Prix Birmingham, United Kingdom 21 February 2015
800 metres 2:09.13 min 977 2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 1 March 2019
Pentathlon 5000 pts PB total: 5149 2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 6 March 2015 NRi, 5th of all time
60 metres 7.50 s — 2014 Northern U17/U20/Senior Championships Sheffield, United Kingdom 18 January 2014

Seasonal bests

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International competitions

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Year Competition Venue Position Event Result
Representing  Great Britain /  England
2009 World Youth Championships Brixen, Italy 1st Heptathlon 5750 pts
European Junior Championships Novi Sad, Serbia 8th Heptathlon 5375 pts
2011 European Junior Championships Tallinn, Estonia 6th Heptathlon 5787 pts
2012 World Junior Championships Barcelona, Spain 1st Long jump 6.81 m
Olympic Games London, United Kingdom 13th Heptathlon 6267 pts
2013 European U23 Championships Tampere, Finland 1st Heptathlon 6215 pts
World Championships Moscow, Russia 5th Heptathlon 6449 pts
2014 World Indoor Championships Sopot, Poland 2nd Long jump 6.81 m
2015 European Indoor Championships Prague, Czech Republic 1st Pentathlon 5000 pts
World Championships Beijing, China 28th Heptathlon 5039 pts
11th Long jump 6.63 m
2016 Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 6th Heptathlon 6523 pts
2017 World Championships London, United Kingdom 5th High jump 1.95 m
5th Heptathlon 6558 pts
2018 World Indoor Championships Birmingham, United Kingdom 1st Pentathlon 4750 pts
Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia 1st Heptathlon 6255 pts
European Championships Berlin, Germany 2nd Heptathlon 6759 pts
2019 European Indoor Championships Glasgow, United Kingdom 1st Pentathlon 4983 pts
World Championships Doha, Qatar 1st Heptathlon 6981 pts NR
2021 Olympic Games Tokyo, Japan – Heptathlon DNF
2022 World Indoor Championships Belgrade, Serbia – Pentathlon DNF
World Championships Eugene, OR, United States 8th Heptathlon 6222 pts
Commonwealth Games Birmingham, England 1st Heptathlon 6377 pts
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary 1st Heptathlon 6740 pts
2024 European Championships Rome, Italy – Heptathlon DNF
Olympic Games Paris, France 2nd Heptathlon 6844 pts

Detailed heptathlon scores

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Key:   Lifetime best

Competition 100 m hurdles High jump Shot put 200 metres Long jump Javelin throw 800 metres Heptathlon[50] Notes
2012 Olympic Games 13.48 s =PB 1.89 m PB 11.32 m 23.73 s PB 6.19 m 38.37 m 2:10.76 min PB 6267 pts NJR
2013 World Championships 13.49 s 1.83 m 11.52 m 23.37 s PB 6.56 m PB 40.86 m PB 2:07.64 min PB 6449 pts PB
2014 Glasgow Grand Prix — 6.92 m —
2015 World Championships 13.37 s PB 1.89 m =PB 12.47 m PB 23.08 s NM 39.52 m 2:50.73 min 5039 pts SB
2016 Hypo-Meeting 13.37 s =PB 1.92 m PB 11.55 m 22.79 s 6.17 m 36.66 m 2:16.81 min 6304 pts
2016 Olympic Games 13.48 s 1.98 m NR 11.68 m 23.26 s 6.51 m 36.36 m 2:10.47 min 6523 pts SB
2017 World Championships 13.33 s 1.80 m 12.47 m 22.86 s 6.56 m 41.72 m 2:08.10 min 6558 pts
2018 Commonwealth Games 13.54 s 1.87 m 11.54 m 23.56 s 6.50 m 40.46 m 2:21.24 min 6255 pts
2018 European Championships 13.34 s 1.91 m 13.09 m 22.88 s 6.68 m 42.16 m PB 2:09.84 min 6759 pts PB
2019 World Championships 13.09 s 1.95 m 13.86 m 23.08 s 6.77 m 43.93 m PB 2:07.26 min 6981 pts WL NR
2021 Olympic Games 13.27 s 1.86 m 13.31 m DQ DNS DNS DNS DNF
2022 World Championships 13.55 s 1.83 m 12.92 m 23.62 s 6.28 m 39.18 m 2:19.16 min 6222 pts SB
2022 Commonwealth Games 13.83 s 1.84 m 12.94 m 23.70 s 6.33 m 44.33 m 2:13.93 min 6377 pts SB
2023 Hypo-Meeting 13.88 s 1.89 m 13.92 m 23.26 s 6.32 m 44.14 m 2:12.40 min 6556 pts
2023 World Championships 13.50 s 1.86 m 13.64 m 23.48 s 6.54 m 46.14 m 2:05.63 min 6740 pts SB
2024 European Championships 13.66 s 1.83 m 12.44 m DNS DNS DNS DNS DNF
2024 Olympic Games 13.40 s 1.92 m 14.44 m 23.44 s 6.40 m 45.49 m 2:04.90 min 6844 pts SB

National titles

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See also

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