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Breezy Johnson
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Breezy Noble Johnson (born Breanna Noble Johnson; 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. A two-time Olympian, she won a gold medal at the 2026 Milano Cortina Games.
Key Information
Life and career
[edit]Born in Jackson, Wyoming, Johnson grew up in nearby Victor, Idaho, and made her World Cup debut in December 2015. She attended Western Washington University in Bellingham, Washington, where she pursued a degree in English.[4] In her first World Cup season in 2017, she finished 18th 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.[5][6] Johnson quickly recovered from this injury and in the 2018 season finished 11th 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.[7][8] 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,[9] but injured her knee in January 2022 and did not compete.[10]
Johnson served a 14-month competition ban issued by the United 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 the 2025 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 and Mikaela 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]
2026 Winter Olympics
[edit]Johnson won the women's downhill at the 2026 Winter Olympics at the Olimpia delle Tofane in Cortina 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, following Lindsey Vonn in 2010.
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 | N/a |
| 2022[a] | 26 | 28 | — | — | 24 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 27 | 35 | — | — | 38 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 28 | Suspension | |||||
| 2025 | 29 | 39 | — | — | 33 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 30 | 22 | — | — | 21 | 6 | |
- Standings through 1 March 2026
- ^ Season-ending injury in January 2022
Race podiums
[edit]- 0 wins
- 9 podiums (8 DH, 1 SG), 33 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 | |
| 2025 | 28 Feb 2025 |  Kvitfjell, Norway |
Downhill | 3rd |
| 2026 | 31 Jan 2026 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland |
Super-G | 3rd |
World Championship results
[edit]| 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 |
Olympic results
[edit]| 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 |
Personal life
[edit]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 as bisexual 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 app Bumble, and the box for her engagement ring featured a quote by singer Taylor Swift's song "The Alchemy": "Honestly, who are we to fight the alchemy."[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "Breezy Johnson". nbcolympics.com. NBCUniversal. Retrieved February 11, 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 February 20, 2017.
- ^ "2018: After the Olympics, back to the books | Window | Western Washington University". window.wwu.edu. Retrieved February 10, 2026.
- ^ 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 (January 22, 2022). "Team USA athlete roster for 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Archived from the original on January 24, 2022. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ "Breezy Johnson, a missed Olympics, and the consequences of a beautiful, brutal sport". The Washington Post. Retrieved February 14, 2022.
- ^ U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (May 13, 2024). U.S. Skiing Athlete Breezy Johnson Accepts Sanction for Whereabouts Rule Violation.
- ^ "Johnson wins world downhill title after ban". BBC Sport. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ^ "US skier Breezy Johnson wins gold in the women's downhill at the Alpine world championships". ABC News. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
- ^ Ryder, Sierra. "2025 Stifel Alpine Awards Announced". U.S. Ski & Snowboard. U.S. Ski & Snowboard. Retrieved April 27, 2025.
- ^ Becky Sullivan. "Breezy Johnson's downhill gold is America's first medal of 2026 Winter Olympics". NPR.
- ^ Loh, Stefanie (February 9, 2018). "WWU ski racer Breezy Johnson has made it to her first Olympics — but she's just getting started". The Seattle Times.
- ^ Weldon, Shelby (November 9, 2022). "Olympic skier Breezy Johnson comes out as bisexual". Outsports.
- ^ Svrluga, Barry (February 12, 2026). "Gold medal in the bag, Breezy Johnson gets more hardware: An engagement ring". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
- ^ Comiter, Jordana (February 12, 2026). "Who Is Breezy Johnson's Fiancé? All About Connor Watkins (Who Proposed at the 2026 Winter Olympics!)". People. Retrieved February 12, 2026.
External links
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- Breezy Johnson at TeamUSA.com
- Breezy Johnson at Olympedia
- Breezy Johnson at InterSportStats
- Breezy Johnson at Ski-DB Alpine Ski Database
- Breezy Johnson at Milano Cortina 2026
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Early life
Background and early years
Breezy Johnson was born on January 19, 1996, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. [1] [8] She grew up in the Jackson Hole area, where outdoor exploration formed a natural part of her childhood. [6] Johnson learned to ski in her parents' driveway as a young child, developing an early passion for the sport. [6] She competed in her first ski race at age five, approaching it with notable intensity that surprised those around her; she wore a purple bib and tucked a stuffed fox into her snow pants during the event. [6] Growing up watching ski racing, she has described herself as an intense kid who embraced the challenge of skiing and never considered pursuing any other path. [6] [1] She later trained and graduated from Rowmark Ski Academy, which provided structured development in alpine skiing during her formative years. [1] Breezy Johnson joined the U.S. Ski Team in 2014 and made her World Cup debut in the 2015-16 season. She earned promotion to the senior team in 2017 after a breakout 2016-17 season, where she finished 18th in the downhill standings and qualified for her first World Championships in St. Moritz (15th in downhill).[1] In the 2017-18 season, she moved to the A Team and achieved consistent top-15 results in speed events, including a 4th place in Garmisch-Partenkirchen downhill. She represented the United States at the 2018 PyeongChang Olympics, finishing 7th in downhill and 14th in super-G.[1] Johnson's World Cup career includes eight podium finishes, all in downhill, with her first podium (3rd) in Val d'Isère in December 2020. She had four podiums in 2020-21 (all 3rd places) and three in 2021-22 (all 2nd places, including back-to-back in Lake Louise). She finished 4th in the downhill standings in 2021.[1] Her career has been marked by significant injuries: a tibial plateau fracture in March 2017, partial ACL tear in September 2018, PCL and MCL tear in June 2019, and a season-ending injury in January 2022 that caused her to withdraw from the 2022 Beijing Olympics despite qualification. She also received a 14-month suspension from October 2023 to December 2024 by USADA for three whereabouts failures.[7][1] Johnson staged a strong comeback in the 2024-25 season, winning gold in downhill and team combined (with Mikaela Shiffrin) at the 2025 FIS Alpine World Ski Championships in Saalbach. She also earned a World Cup podium (3rd in Kvitfjell downhill) and was awarded the 2025 Stifel Alpine Best Comeback (Women).[1] Outside competition, Johnson has appeared as herself in media, including on Today (2018) and U.S. Army "Be All That You Can Be" commercials, and is credited as a U.S. alpine skier for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics coverage.[9]Filmography
Film credits
Breezy Johnson has appeared in skiing and sports-related films, primarily credited as herself reflecting her career as an elite alpine skier. Her most recent film appearance is in the 2025 Warren Miller Entertainment production SNO-CIETY, where she is featured among a cast of prominent skiers including Britta Winans, Daron Rahlves, and others, in a film celebrating the spirit of winter sports. [10] [11] These credits are largely documentary-style and tied to her athletic achievements rather than scripted acting roles. [1]Television credits
Breezy Johnson's television appearances have primarily been as herself, featuring in sports coverage, interviews, and Olympic-related programming reflecting her career as an alpine skier. Her known television credits, all as Self or archive footage, are listed below:| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Today | Self | 1 episode [9] |
| 2020 | ABC News Breakfast | Self (archive footage) | 2 episodes, uncredited [9] |
| 2025 | L'Équipe de choc | Self (archive footage) | 1 episode [9] |
| 2025 | L'Équipe de Greg | Self (archive footage) | 1 episode [9] |
| 2025 | L'Équipe du soir | Self (archive footage) | 1 episode [9] |