Breezy Johnson
American alpine skier (born 1996)
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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.
January 19, 1996
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| Born | Breanna Noble Johnson January 19, 1996 Jackson, Wyoming, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Alpine skier ♀ | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Skiing career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disciplines | Downhill, Super-G | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Rowmark Ski Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup debut | December 4, 2015 (age 19) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 2 – (2018, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 1 (1 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Teams | 4 – (2017, 2021, 2023, 2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Medals | 2 (2 gold) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seasons | 9 – (2016–2018, 2020–2023, 2025-2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Podiums | 11 – (10 DH, 1 SG) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Overall titles | 0 – (17th in 2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline titles | 0 – (3rd in DH, 2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Life and career
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
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
Season standings
| 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 | 16 | — | — | 22 |  | |
- Season-ending injury in January 2022
- Standings through March 21, 2026
Race podiums
- 0 wins
- 11 podiums (10 DH, 1 SG), 36 top tens
| Season | ||||
| Date | Location | Discipline | Place | |
| 2021 | December 18, 2020 |  Val d'Isère, France | Downhill | 3rd |
| December 19, 2020 | Downhill | 3rd | ||
| January 9, 2021 |  St Anton, Austria | Downhill | 3rd | |
| January 22, 2021 |  Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Downhill | 3rd | |
| 2022 | December 4, 2021 |  Lake Louise, Canada | Downhill | 2nd |
| December 4, 2021 | Downhill | 2nd | ||
| December 18, 2021 | Val d'Isère, France | Downhill | 2nd | |
| 2025 | February 28, 2025 |  Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 3rd |
| 2026 | January 31, 2026 | Crans-Montana, Switzerland | Super-G | 3rd |
| March 6, 2026 |  Val di Fassa, Italy | Downhill | 3rd | |
| March 21, 2026 | Kvitfjell, Norway | Downhill | 2nd |
World Championship results
Olympic results
Personal life
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]
