Jenna Leigh Johnson

Jenna Leigh Johnson: Biography in Details

Who is Jenna Leigh Johnson?

Jenna Leigh Johnson is an American former competition swimmer. She is also an Olympic gold medalist.

Jenna Leigh Johnson: Birth Facts, Family, and Childhood

Johnson was born Jenna Leigh Johnson on September 11, 1967, in Santa Rosa, California, the United States of America. Her nationality is American and her ethnicity is North American.

Other than her date of birth and place of birth, the mainstream media knows nothing much information about Jenna Leigh Johnson, to date. This includes the info on the whereabouts of her parents, siblings, early childhood and teenage days, etc.

In which school did Jenna Leigh Johnson attend?

Jenna Leigh Johnson attended and swam for Ursuline High School in Santa Rosa during her freshman and sophomore years. Leigh Johnson is also an alumna of Whittier Christian High School. She received an athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University.

Jenna Leigh Johnson: Professional Life and Career

Nothing much is known about the exact onset of the career of Jenna Leigh Johnson to the mainstream media until date. She must have been a swimming passionate and hence, learned swimming from her early days.

As a 16-year-old, Leigh Johnson represented the United States of America at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

Jenna Leigh Johnson won a total of three medals in the event: a gold medal in the women’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay, a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay, and a silver medal in the 100-meter butterfly. Johnson also swam for Ursuline High School in Santa Rosa, which she attended, in her freshman and sophomore years.

An alumna of Whittier Christian High School, Johnson 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, in the year 1984. While living in Southern California, Johnson trained at the Industry Hills Aquatic Club in the City of Industry, California.

She received an athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in various National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competitions.

As a 19-year-old, Johnson received the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year in 1985–86 and was a runner-up for the award the following year.

In the 1986 FINA World Aquatic Championships, Johnson won three medals: a silver medal each in 100 m freestyle, 4×100 m freestyle, and 4×100 m medley.

Likewise, at the Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, she won seven medals: gold medal in 100 m freestyle (1985), 4×100 m freestyle (1985), 4×100 m freestyle (1987), 4×100 m medley (1989); silver in 100 m freestyle (1987), and bronze in 100 m butterfly (1987), 100 m butterfly (1989).

Johnson made Rivals.com’s list for the “Top 100 Female Athletes In State History.”

What is Jenna Leigh Johnson’s net worth?

Her net worth is $1 million as of 2023, but her salary is not known.

Jenna Leigh Johnson: Rumors and Controversy

There are not many significant rumors and controversies regarding Jenna Leigh Johnson in the mainstream media, to date.

Jenna Leigh Johnson: Social Media Profile

Currently, there is no information about her body measurements as she has not shared any of the information.

Jenna Leigh Johnson: Social Media Profile

Jenna Leigh Johnson is currently inactive on social sites. She does not hold an account on any of the social sites including Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

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