Breezy Johnson
Johnson in 2018
Personal information
Birth nameBreanna Noble Johnson
Born (1996-01-19) January 19, 1996
Jackson, Wyoming, U.S.
OccupationAlpine skier 
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Skiing career
DisciplinesDownhill, Super-G
ClubRowmark Ski Academy
World Cup debutDecember 2015 (age 19)
Olympics
Teams1 – (2018)
Medals0
World Championships
Teams2 – (2017, 2021)
Medals0
World Cup
Seasons6 – (201618, 202022)
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.

She qualified to represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics,[8] but was injured and did not compete.

World Cup results

Season standings

Season
Age Overall Slalom Giant
slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
20162012550
201721533618
201822394411
201923Injured in summer: out for entire season
20202438412030
20212517304
  2022^2628249
^ Season-ending injury in January 2022

Race podiums

  • 7 podiums (7 DH); 18 top tens
Season
Date Location Discipline Place
2021 18 Dec 2020France Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill3rd
19 Dec 2020Downhill3rd
9 Jan 2021Austria St. Anton, AustriaDownhill3rd
22 Jan 2021 Switzerland  Crans-Montana, SwitzerlandDownhill3rd
2022 3 Dec 2021Canada Lake Louise, CanadaDownhill2nd
4 Dec 2021Downhill2nd
18 Dec 2021France Val d'Isère, FranceDownhill2nd

World Championship results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
2017212815DNS1
201923injured prior to season
202125159DNF1

Olympic results

Year
Age Slalom Giant
slalom
Super G Downhill Combined
201822147
202226Injured, did not compete

Personal life

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

  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.
  8. 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.
  9. https://www.atomic.com/en/athletes/breezy-johnson
  10. Weldon, Shelby (November 9, 2022). "Olympic skier Breezy Johnson comes out as bisexual". Outsports.




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