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| Full name | Jenna Leigh Johnson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-09-11)September 11, 1967 (age 58) Santa Rosa, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 139 lb (63 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Butterfly,freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Industry Hills Aquatic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jenna Leigh Johnson (born September 11, 1967) is an American former competitionswimmer and Olympic gold medalist.
As a 16-year-old, Johnson represented the United States at the1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She won three medals: a gold medal in thewomen's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, a gold medal in the4×100-meter medley relay, and a silver medal in the100-meter butterfly.
She attended and swam for Ursuline High School in Santa Rosa her freshman and sophomore years. She swam for the Santa Rosa Neptunes Swim Club in Santa Rosa from age 12-15.[1][2] She is an alumna ofWhittier Christian High School, where in 1984 she set the national record of 53.95 seconds in the 100-yard butterfly and the D1 record of 23.07 seconds in the 50-yard freestyle. While living in Southern California, she trained at theIndustry Hills Aquatic Club in the City ofIndustry, California.[3] She received an athletic scholarship to attendStanford University, where she swam for theStanford Cardinal swimming and diving team inNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) andPacific-10 Conference competition. As a 19-year-old, she received theHonda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year in 1985–86, was a runner-up for the award the following year and won again in 1988–89.[4][5][6]
Johnson made Rivals.com's list for the "Top 100 Female Athletes In State History."[7]
