 Johnson in 2017 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Breanna Noble Johnson (1996-01-19)January 19, 1996 (age 30) Jackson, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Occupation | Alpine skier ♀ |
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] |
| Sport | |
| Country |  United States |
| Skiing career | |
| Disciplines | Downhill,Super-G |
| Club | Rowmark Ski Academy |
| World Cup debut | December2015 (age 19) |
| Olympics | |
| Teams | 2 – (2018,2026) |
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) |
| World Championships | |
| Teams | 4 – (2017,2021,2023,2025) |
| Medals | 2 (2 gold) |
| World Cup | |
| Seasons | 9 – (2016–2018,2020–2023,2025-2026) |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podiums | 9 – (8DH, 1SG) |
| Overall titles | 0 –(17th in2021) |
| Discipline titles | 0 –(4th inDH, 2021) |
Medal record | |
Breezy Noble Johnson (bornBreanna Noble Johnson; January 19, 1996)[2] is an AmericanWorld Cupalpine ski racer on theU.S. Ski Team.[3] She competes in the speed events ofdownhill andsuper-G. A two-time Olympian, she won a gold medal at the2026 Milano Cortina Games.
Born inJackson, Wyoming, Johnson grew up in nearbyVictor, Idaho, and made her World Cup debut in December2015. She attendedWestern Washington University inBellingham, Washington, where she pursued a degree in English.[4] In her first World Cup season in2017, she finished 18th in the downhill standings. At the World Cup finals in March atAspen, Johnson crashed in the downhill and suffered atibial plateau fracture to her left leg.[5][6] Johnson quickly recovered from this injury and in the2018 season finished 11th in the downhill standings and competed in theWinter Olympics, finishing seventh in thedownhill and fourteenth in thesuper-G.
While training inChile in September 2018, Johnson partially tore her rightanterior cruciate ligament (ACL) and missed the2019 season.[7][8] After returning to snow, she tore her leftposterior cruciate ligament (PCL) andmedial collateral ligament (MCL) in her left knee in training in June 2019.
She returned to the World Cup circuit in January2020 with a 25th in the downhill atAltenmarkt and consecutive top tens atBansko. Her first World Cup podium came in December2020 at a downhill inVal d'Isère, France. She qualified to represent the United States at the2022 Winter Olympics,[9] but injured her knee in January 2022 and did not compete.[10]
Johnson served a 14-month competition ban issued by theUnited States Anti-Doping Agency from October 2023 to December 2024 for an anti-doping rule violation after missing three tests during a 12-month period ("Whereabouts Failures").[11] At the2025 World Championships, she won the gold medals in downhill and team combined. That was the inaugural race of the team combined, where Johnson skied the downhill andMikaela Shiffrin skied the slalom.[12][13] At the Toyota U.S. Alpine Championships, Johnson was awarded with the 2025 Stifel Alpine Best Comeback (Women) award.[14]
Johnson won the women'sdownhill at the2026 Winter Olympics at theOlimpia delle Tofane inCortina d'Ampezzo, earning the United States' first medal for the games with a time of 1:36.10.[15] She is the second American athlete to win gold in this event, followingLindsey Vonn in 2010.
| 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 | N/a |
| 2022 ^ | 26 | 28 | — | — | 24 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 27 | 35 | — | — | 38 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 28 | Suspension | |||||
| 2025 | 29 | 39 | — | — | 33 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 30 | 23 | — | — | 18 | 8 | |
| 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 | |
| 2025 | 28 Feb 2025 |  Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2026 | 31 Jan 2026 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Super-G | 3rd |
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined | |
| 2017 | 21 | — | — | 28 | 15 | DNS1 | N/a |
| 2019 | 23 | injured prior to season | |||||
| 2021 | 25 | — | — | 15 | 9 | DNF1 | |
| 2023 | 27 | — | — | 28 | DNF | DNF1 | |
| 2025 | 29 | — | — | 19 | 1 | N/a | 1 |
| Year | |||||||
| Age | Slalom | Giant slalom | Super-G | Downhill | Combined | Team combined | |
| 2018 | 22 | — | — | 14 | 7 | — | N/a |
| 2022 | 26 | Injured, did not compete | |||||
| 2026 | 30 | — | — | DNF | 1 | N/a | 4 |
Shortly before she finished high school, Johnson's parents legally changed her first name from Breanna to Breezy to match her nickname.[16] She came out asbisexual in 2022.[17] Johnson became engaged to construction professional Connor Watkins on February 12, 2026, on the ski slopes after completing her final event at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[18] Johnson and Watkins met on dating appBumble, and the box for herengagement ring featured a quote by singerTaylor Swift's song "The Alchemy": "Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy."[19]
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."
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