
deekkan johns (athlatt)

chaals nicolas "deekkan" johns (august 31,1934-septambar 7,2007) oru american steepleches oottakkaaranaayirunnu. 1956lum 1960lum olimbiksil malsaricha addeham yathaakramam onpathum ezhum sthaanangalil finish cheythu. moonnu thavana ooo chaambyanaayirunna addeham 1959leeii paan american gamesil vellimedal nedi.
oottajeevitham.
cheruppam.
13-aamm vayassil, nebrascayile boys tounil 4:35-nuu nadanna oru intraamural track meteil johns oru mile rays nedi. street shoosil rays oodi, prathyekichu mikacha rays finishermaarkkulla prathifalamaayi iscream prachodippichu. 1954ll haiskool vidyaarthiyenna nilayil mylil 4:17.6 enna oru samayam addeham poost cheythu, ithu akkaalathe deseeya haiskool recordaayirunnu. trackinu purame, boys taunn haiskool football teaminu vendi haff backayum avarude basketball teamil garda addeham kalichu, koodaathe baseball teamil raitt fielderaayum kalichu. addeham kalicha basketball team nebrascayude stettu haiskool chaambyanshippil idam nedi, koodaathe football oru samsthaana prakadanam kazhchavekkukayum cheythu. njaan kandittullathil vachu ettavum mikacha oolroundu athlattaayirunnu johns" ennu addehathinte pariseelakan jorjju fifer paranju."
haiskoolinte avasaanavarshathil resukalil pankedukkaanulla yogyatha nashtappetta addeham haiskoolinte seeniyar varshamaaya august 31nuu 19 vayass thikanju. baseball geyimukalil ambayaraayi pravartthikkunnathinu purame addeham oru varsham oodiyappool bob gibsoninoppam baseball baaskatbolum kalichu.
koleju.
ayowa sarvakalaashaalayaan jonsine niyamichathu. 1955ll nadanna enn. sii. eiii. eiii cross kantri chaambyanshippil purushanmaarude 6.40 kilometer oottathil addeham vijayikkukayum cheythu. ithaadyamaayaanu oru sophomor chaambyanshippu nedunnathu. ayovayil ninnu birudam nedumbozhekkum, 3000 meter steeppilchesil <aii. dii. 1> enna school record addeham sthaapichu.
poost-koleju.
1956leeii venalkkaala olimbiksil purushanmaarude 3000 meter steeppilchesil avasana heatinu yogyatha nediya eaka amerikkakkaaranaayirunnu johns. mothatthil onpathaam sthaanathaanu addeham finish cheythath. 
1959leeii paan american gamesil 3000 meter steeppilchesil purushanmaarude rannarappaayirunnu addeham. eee malsarathilaanu johns thante peru mohammed alii ennu maattunnathin munbu cassius kalimannine kandumuttiyath. kuttikkaalathu barberaayirunna johns niravadhi aalukalkk mudi murikkan nalki. kalimannu thante kidappumuriyilekku chennu mudi murikkan aavasyappettu. johns mudi murichathinushesham kalimannu thripthikaramallaathaavukayum avar chavattukuttakalodu samsaarikkukayum cheythu. athinaal johns addehathodu marupadi paranju, "ningalkk mikacha mudi murikkanamenkil, ningal mikacha mudiyumaayi ivideyethanam."

