Michael Johnson carrying the Olympic Torch in Salisbury

Michael Johnson is a hugely accomplished athlete. He won 4 Olympic Gold medals (at both 200m and 400m), and 8 World Championship Golds.

He has recently been in the news for making a documentary about the relationship between elite athletics and race. The Telegraph summarizes as follows:

athletes like him and Bolt, who are descended from West African slaves have a “superior athletic gene” due to selective breeding by slave owners and appalling conditions that meant only the strongest slaves survived.[1]

Here’s his Wikipedia page:

• Michael Johnson (sprinter) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia