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May 4, 2024 · Ashleigh Johnson was the first Black athlete to make the U.S. Olympic team in water polo, back in 2016. Mike Coppola / Getty Images. While she desperately wants to win a third gold medal in Paris ...
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Aug 7, 2021 · Ashleigh Johnson, the first African American woman to make a U.S. Olympic water polo team, blocked 11 out of 15 shots from Spain during the gold medal match – a rate of 73%.
Personal. Daughter of Donna and Winston Johnson, both of whom were born in Jamaica. She has three brothers, Blake, Julius and William, and one sister, Chelsea, who also played water polo at Princeton University. Hobbies include cooking, baking and reading. Named 2014 Female Water Polo Player of the Year by Swimming World Magazine.
Aug 2, 2021 · Ashleigh Johnson in action during the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 on July 24, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. TOKYO — A few years ago, at the water polo world championships, an opposing player tried to surprise American goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson. Late in the game, with Team USA holding on to a narrow lead, the Dutch team earned a penalty shot.
May 6, 2021 · Ashleigh JOHNSON Water Polo. (Getty Images) Ashleigh Johnson is known as the best water polo goalie in the world, and competes for a reason far greater than personal glory. As the first African American woman to represent the USA, she plays for those that have been denied the chance to shine in the pool because of their skin colour.
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Biography. Considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world, she helped lead Team USA to gold at the 2020 & 2016 Olympics...She is the all-time career saves leader at Princeton University...In 2016, she became the first African-American woman to make a U.S. Olympic Women’s Water Polo Team...Supports learn to swim and water polo programs in ...
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Aug 8, 2024 · Ashleigh Johnson is a water polo veteran. Now, she's learning how to be a role model. Ashleigh Johnson in the women's quarterfinal match between Hungary and the United States on day 11 of the ...
