Dean Johnson became a Physical Training Instructor in the British Army in 1997, where he was responsible for the training and rehabilitation of over 300 soldiers. Upon leaving the Army in 2001, Dean obtained his qualifications as a Personal Trainer and Nutrition & Lifestyle Coach, and went on to open the Personal Training Studio in Leigh-on-Sea which he has been successfully running for over 15 years heading up a team of 7 trainers.
Even though Dean spent years training and instructing soldiers on Assault Courses, he did not begin to compete in OCR until 2005 when he entered his first Tough Guy – the world’s first OCR event. He then went on to compete in the winter Tough Guy event for 10 years consecutively, eventually achieving 16th place out of 3000 international competitors.
It was not until 2015 when Dean started to compete seriously by entering multiple national OCR events, including the Nuclear Races. That first year, he achieved 2nd place in the 40-44 age category at the UK OCR Championships, followed by 3rd in the 2016 European OCR Championships and 10th place in the World OCR Championships in Ontario, Canada.
2017 is still being written, but with 1st place at the OCR European Championships (40-44 division) in May, we will see what this year’s OCR World Championship has in store for Dean.
