Jenna Johnson

{{short description|American swimmer}}

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Jenna Johnson

| image =

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| fullname = Jenna Leigh Johnson

| nicknames =

| national_team = United States

| strokes = Butterfly, freestyle

| club = Industry Hills Aquatic Club

| collegeteam = Stanford University

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1967|9|11|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Santa Rosa, California, U.S.

| height = {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|139|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | the United States}}

{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1984 Los Angeles | 4x100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 1984 Los Angeles | 4x100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 1984 Los Angeles | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships (LC)}}

{{MedalSilver | 1986 Madrid | 100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 1986 Madrid | 4x100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalSilver | 1986 Madrid | 4x100 m medley}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan Pacific Championships}}

{{MedalGold | 1985 Tokyo | 100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 1985 Tokyo | 4x100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 1987 Brisbane | 4x100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 1989 Tokyo | 4x100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 1987 Brisbane | 100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalBronze | 1987 Brisbane | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalBronze | 1989 Tokyo | 100 m butterfly}}

{{MedalCompetition | Summer Universiade}}

{{MedalGold | 1985 Kobe | 4x100 m freestyle}}

{{MedalGold | 1985 Kobe | 4x100 m medley}}

{{MedalSilver | 1985 Kobe | 100 m freestyle}}

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Jenna Leigh Johnson (born September 11, 1967) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist.

As a 16-year-old, Johnson represented the United States at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. She won three medals: 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.

She attended and swam for Ursuline High School in Santa Rosa her freshman and sophomore years. She swam for the Santa Rosa Neptunes Swim Club in Santa Rosa from age 12-15.{{Cite web |url=http://www.inswim.net/gi100fl99.html |title=1998-99 GIRLS INDEPENDENT HIGH SCHOOL 100 YARD BUTTERFLY ALL-AMERICA |access-date=2007-11-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050119012136/http://www.inswim.net/gi100fl99.html |archive-date=2005-01-19 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/2510.asp Swimming World News - Lane 9 News] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207231938/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/2510.asp |date=2012-02-07 }} She is an alumna of Whittier Christian High School, where in 1984 she 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. While living in Southern California, she trained at the Industry Hills Aquatic Club in the City of Industry, California.{{Cite web |url=http://www.mtscmasters.com/jenna_johnson.htm |title=Jenna Johnson |access-date=2009-03-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304221515/http://www.mtscmasters.com/jenna_johnson.htm |archive-date=2009-03-04 |url-status=dead }} She received an athletic scholarship to attend Stanford University, where she swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Pacific-10 Conference competition. As a 19-year-old, she received the Honda Sports Award for Swimming and Diving, recognizing her as the outstanding college female swimmer of the year in 1985–86, was a runner-up for the award the following year and won again in 1988–89.Collegiate Women Sports Awards, [http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/swimdive Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving]. Retrieved December 3, 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/03/31/smit-named-nations-top-swimmer/|title=Smit named nation's top swimmer|date=2010-04-01|website=The Mercury News|language=en-US|access-date=2020-03-24}}{{Cite web|url=https://gostanford.com/sports/2003/11/7/208444743.aspx|title=Athletics News|website=Stanford University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2020-03-24}}

Johnson made Rivals.com's list for the "Top 100 Female Athletes In State History."[http://www.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=489270 Top 100 Female Athletes In State History]