Ben Johnson
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Canadian sprinter
Why Is Ben Johnson Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Benjamin Sinclair Johnson, is a Canadian former sprinter. During the 1987–88 season he held the title of the world's fastest man, breaking both the 100m and the 60m indoor World Records. He won the 100 metres at the 1987 World Championships in Athletics; and at the 1988 Summer Olympics, but was disqualified for doping and stripped of the gold medal; and later he also lost most of the other medals he had achieved while being doped - with anabolic steroids . He was the first man who beat 9.9 and 9.8 seconds .
