Cheswill Johnson (born 30 September 1997) is a South African athlete who predominantly competes in the

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

. He is a logistics/supply chain student at the

University of Johannesburg The University of Johannesburg (UJ) is a public university located in Johannesburg, South Africa. The University of Johannesburg came into existence on 1 January 2005 as the result of a merger between the Rand Afrikaans University (RAU), the Te ...

. Johnson jumped 8.20 in Johannesburg on 1 February 2020, which was the 9th longest senior outdoor long jump in the world in 2020. Johnson qualified for the delayed

2020 Tokyo Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

when he leapt to 8.26m at the Athletics Gauteng North Bestmed Tuks Track and Field meeting in

Pretoria Pretoria () is South Africa's administrative capital, serving as the seat of the Executive (government), executive branch of government, and as the host to all foreign embassies to South Africa. Pretoria straddles the Apies River and extends ...

on February 27, 2021. When he made the jump it was the leading jump in the world that year. Johnson joins fellow long-jumpers, African champion Ruswahl Samaai and

Zarck Visser Zarck Visser (born 15 September 1989) is a South African athlete specialising in the long jump. He won silver medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as t ...

, in the South Africa Olympic squad, where he failed to register a jump in the qualifying round. He won the long jump at the South African national championships in

Pietermaritzburg Pietermaritzburg (; Zulu: umGungundlovu) is the capital and second-largest city in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. It was founded in 1838 and is currently governed by the Msunduzi Local Municipality. Its Zulu name umGungundlovu ...

in April 2024.

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* Living people 1997 births South African male long jumpers South African male sprinters Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade Competitors at the 2019 Summer Universiade Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for South Africa 21st-century South African people {{SouthAfrica-athletics-bio-stub