Breezy Johnson

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Breezy Johnson
Alpine skier ♀
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Johnson in 2018
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G
ClubRowmark Ski Academy
BornBreanna Noble Johnson
(1996-01-19) January 19, 1996 (age 25)
Jackson, Wyoming, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
World Cup debutDecember 2015 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2017, 2021)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons6 – (2016–18, 2020–22)
Wins0
Podiums7 – (7 DH)
Overall titles0 – (17th in 2021)
Discipline titles0 – (4th in DH, 2021)

Breanna Noble "Breezy" Johnson (born January 19, 1996)[2] is an American World Cup alpine ski racer on the U.S. Ski Team.[3] She competes in the speed events of downhill and super-G.

Born in Jackson, Wyoming, Johnson grew up in nearby Victor, Idaho, and made her World Cup debut in December 2015. In her first World Cup season in 2017, she finished eighteenth in the downhill standings. At the World Cup finals in March at Aspen, Johnson crashed in the downhill and suffered a tibial plateau fracture to her left leg.[4][5] Johnson quickly recovered from this injury and in the 2018 season she finished eleventh in the downhill standings and competed in the Winter Olympics, finishing seventh in the downhill and fourteenth in the super-G.

While training in Chile in September 2018, Johnson partially tore her right anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and missed the 2019 season.[6][7] After returning to snow, she tore her left posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and medial collateral ligament (MCL) in her left knee in training in June 2019.

She returned to the World Cup circuit in January 2020 with a 25th in the downhill at Altenmarkt and consecutive top tens at Bansko. Her first World Cup podium came in December 2020 at a downhill in Val d'Isère, France.

World Cup results[]

Season standings[]

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super G Downhill Combined
2016 20 125 — — — 50 —
2017 21 53 — — 36 18 —
2018 22 39 — — 44 11 —
2019 23 Injured in summer: out for entire season
2020 24 38 — — 41 20 30
2021 25 17 — — 30 4 —
2022 26 5 — — 15 2 —
Standings through 18 December 2021

Race podiums[]

  • 7 podiums (7 DH); 18 top tens
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2021 18 Dec 2020 France Val d'Isère, France Downhill 3rd
19 Dec 2020 Downhill 3rd
9 Jan 2021 Austria St. Anton, Austria Downhill 3rd
22 Jan 2021  Switzerland  Crans-Montana, Switzerland Downhill 3rd
2022 3 Dec 2021 Canada Lake Louise, Canada Downhill 2nd
4 Dec 2021 Downhill 2nd
18 Dec 2021 France Val-d'Isère, France Downhill 2nd

World Championship results[]

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super G Downhill Combined
2017 21 — — 28 15 DNS1
2019 23 injured prior to season
2021 25 — — 15 9 DNF1

Olympic results[]

Year
Age Slalom Giant
Slalom 		Super G Downhill Combined
2018 22 — — 14 7 —

References[]

  1. ^ "Breezy Johnson". nbcolympics.com. NBCUniversal. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
  2. ^ Stefanie Loh (February 9, 2018). "WWU ski racer Breezy Johnson has made it to her first Olympics — but she's just getting started". seattletimes.com. Heather and her husband, Greg Johnson, named the baby girl who was born in the ski town of Jackson Hole, Wyo. on Jan. 19, 1996, “Breanna Noble Johnson.”
  3. ^ "Profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
  4. ^ Hall, Gabbi (March 17, 2017). "Johnson injured in final World Cup downhill". Ski Racing. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  5. ^ Zaccardi, Nick (March 17, 2017). "American Breezy Johnson suffers leg fracture in downhill crash". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
  6. ^ Graham, Pat (September 18, 2018). "She breezed to 7th at the Olympics, but an ACL tear will slow down this WWU student". Bellingham Herald. (Washington). Retrieved December 16, 2018.
  7. ^ "Downhill skier Breezy Johnson out for season with torn ACL". ESPN. Associated Press. September 13, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.

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