Breezy Johnson
 Johnson in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Breanna Noble Johnson |
| Born | January 19, 1996 Jackson, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Occupation | Alpine skier ♀ |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G |
| Club | Rowmark Ski Academy |
| World Cup debut | December 2015 (age 19) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 1 – (2018) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 2 – (2017, 2021) |
| Medals | 0 |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 6 – (2016–18, 2020–22) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 7 – (7 DH) |
| Overall titles | 0 – (17th in 2021) |
| Discipline titles | 0 – (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.
She qualified to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics,[8] but was injured and did not compete.
World Cup results[edit]
Season standings[edit]
| 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 | 28 | — | — | 24 | 9 | — |
- ^ Season-ending injury in January 2022
Race podiums[edit]
- 7 podiums (7 DH); 18 top tens
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2021 | 18 Dec 2020 |  Val d'Isère, France |
Downhill | 3rd |
| 19 Dec 2020 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| 9 Jan 2021 |  St. Anton, Austria |
Downhill | 3rd | |
| 22 Jan 2021 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2022 | 3 Dec 2021 |  Lake Louise, Canada |
Downhill | 2nd |
| 4 Dec 2021 | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| 18 Dec 2021 | Val d'Isère, France |
Downhill | 2nd |
World Championship results[edit]
| 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[edit]
| Year | ||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom |
Super G | Downhill | Combined | |
| 2018 | 22 | — | — | 14 | 7 | — |
| 2022 | 26 | Injured, did not compete | ||||
Personal life[edit]
When turned 18, Johnson legally changed her first name from Breanna to Breezy, her long-time nickname which combines her given name and the word freezy.[9] She came out as bisexual in 2022.[10]
References[edit]
- ^ "Breezy Johnson". nbcolympics.com. NBCUniversal. Retrieved 11 February 2018.
- ^ 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."
- ^ "Profile". fis-ski.com. Retrieved 20 February 2017.
- ^ Hall, Gabbi (March 17, 2017). "Johnson injured in final World Cup downhill". Ski Racing. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (March 17, 2017). "American Breezy Johnson suffers leg fracture in downhill crash". NBC Sports. Retrieved March 21, 2017.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Downhill skier Breezy Johnson out for season with torn ACL". ESPN. Associated Press. September 13, 2018. Retrieved December 16, 2018.
- ^ OlympicTalk (2022-01-22). "Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Archived from the original on 2022-01-24. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
- ^ https://www.atomic.com/en/athletes/breezy-johnson
- ^ Weldon, Shelby (November 9, 2022). "Olympic skier Breezy Johnson comes out as bisexual". Outsports.
External links[edit]
- Breezy Johnson at FIS (alpine)
- Breezy Johnson at Olympics.com
- Breezy Johnson at Olympedia
- Breezy Johnson at the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (archived)
- Breezy Johnson at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Breezy Johnson at the U.S. Ski Team
- Breezy Johnson at Jackson Hole Resort
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