A. J. Johnson (bowler)
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| Born | September 3, 1992 (age 33) Oswego, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2015–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Affiliation | PBA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rookie year | 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dominant hand | Right (power stroker delivery) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 1 PBA Tour 11 PBA Regional Tour 1 KPBA Tour | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sponsors | MOTIV Bowling, Turbo grips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Adam "A. J." Johnson (born September 3, 1992)[1] is an American professional bowler from Oswego, Illinois, now living in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He has been a member of the Professional Bowlers Association (PBA) since 2015.[2] He won his first PBA Tour title in 2023. He also competes internationally as a multi-year and current member of Team USA.[3]
Johnson is a member of the MOTIV Bowling pro staff. He is also sponsored by Turbo grips.[4]
Johnson bowled collegiately for McKendree University, where he earned first-team All-American and MVP honors in the 2013–14 season.[1] In 2013, he was a member of Junior Team USA. He won the 2013 Junior Gold Championships as a youth bowler for the United States. He has been a five-time member of Team USA. At the 2019 PABCON Championships in Lima, Peru,[2] he won gold in team and all events, and silver in singles.[5] He previously won gold in team and bronze in all events at the 2017 World Bowling Championships.[5]
In 2015, Johnson entered the USBC Masters as an amateur and earned the #1 seed in qualifying, but he would lose the final match to Jason Belmonte.[6][7]
Johnson was part of the rotating four-person team (with Jakob Butturff, Andrew Anderson and Kristopher Prather) that won the trios gold medal for Team USA at the 2021 International Bowling Federation (IBF) Super World Championships in Dubai. With the final match between USA and South Korea ending in a tie, Johnson was chosen by coach Bryan O'Keefe to roll the tenth frame of a ninth/tenth frame roll-off, which USA won 57–49.[8]
On August 23, 2022, Johnson and partner Kris Prather won gold medals in Doubles at the PanAm Bowling Champion of Champions event held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With an eight-game total of 1,921 pins (240.13 average), Johnson topped the men's field for the event. He and Prather were part of a USA sweep in Doubles, as Shannon O'Keefe and Bryanna Coté won Doubles gold in the women's event.[9] Johnson settled for bronze medals in the Singles and All Events categories, finishing third in both behind teammate Prather and Brazil's Bruno Costa.[10]