Bernard Henry (B.J.) Johnson (born April 20, 1987) is an American swimmer who specializes in breaststroke events.
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| Full name | Bernard Henry Johnson | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Baba Juice[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 20, 1987 Seattle, Washington, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 180 lb (81.5 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford Cardinal | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Tony Batis | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early and personal life edit
Johnson was born in Seattle, Washington, and is Jewish.[2][3] His parents are Sandra and Bernard Johnson, and he has a sister, Roxanne.[2] His nickname is Baba Juice.[1]
He attended Garfield High School in Seattle, Washington, and graduated in 2005.[2] He then attended Stanford University, graduating in 2009 with a major in Mechanical Engineering.[2]
Swimming career edit
At Garfield High School, Johnson was an All-American swimmer during both his junior and senior years.[4] At the 2005 Washington state championship, he finished second in the 100 fly and the 200 IM.[4]
Swimming for the Stanford Cardinal, in both 2007 and 2008 Johnson was Pac-10 All-Academic first-team.[4] In his junior season in 2007-08, his 2:04.07 time in the 200y breaststroke was the seventh-fastest time for Stanford ever, and his 57.25 time in the 100y breaststroke was the eighth-fastest.[4]
Johnson qualified for the FINA 2013 World Aquatics Championships after he placed 2nd in the 2013 US National Championships in the 200m breaststroke with a time of 2:10.09. He also placed 4th in the 100m breaststroke with 1:00.68.[2] In 2013 his personal best of 2:10.09 at the U.S. nationals led to him being ranked # 2 in the US, and # 9 in the world.[5]
In December 2014 Johnson won the 200y breaststroke at the King Marlin Elite Pro-Am in Oklahoma City with a time of 1:54.10.[6]
As of February 2015 Johnson had recorded the all-time 9th-fastest U.S. time in the 200m breaststroke, and was on the U.S. National Swim Team.[7] In July 2015 he represented Team USA at the 2015 Pan American Games, coming in 4th in the 200m breaststroke and 7th in the 100m breaststroke.[8][9]
In April 2016, he won the 200m breaststroke in 2:14.16 at the Arena Pro Swim meet.[10][11]
Johnson was on Team USA at the 2017 Maccabiah Games, having chosen not to compete in the World Trials so he could place his attention on the Maccabiah Games.[12][13] He won gold medals in the men's 100m breaststroke, with a time of 1:01.27 (a new Maccabiah record), as well as in the 200m breaststroke, with a time of 2:11.60.[14][15]
References edit
- ^ a b "Swimming Athlete Profile: JOHNSON BJ - Toronto 2015 Pan American Games," results.toronto2015.org.
- ^ a b c d e "BJ Johnson," teamusa.org.
- ^ "USA Swimming - Catching Up with BJ Johnson," February 2, 2017, usaswimming.org.
- ^ a b c d "Player Bio: BJ Johnson" - GoStanford.com | Stanford Athletics
- ^ "At 26, this Stanford swimmer may be just getting started", Palo Alto Online.
- ^ "Katie Meili Wins Two at King Marlin Elite Pro-Am," Swimming World Magazine.
- ^ SCVNews.com | "SCV Shares in African-American History" | 2-16-2015
- ^ "Pan American Games Swimming Preview: Men's Edition," Swimming World Magazine.
- ^ "Men 100m Breaststroke Swimming XVI Pan American Games Toronto (CAN) 2015 - Friday 17.07"
- ^ "Swimming: Phelps wins 200 fly at Arizona meet," The Salt Lake Tribune.
- ^ "Phelps wins 200m fly at Arizona swim meet"
- ^ "Ervin Opens Maccabiah Games With 100 Free Gold," SwimSwam Magazine.
- ^ "Maccabi USA Announces The Open Swimming Team For The 20th World Maccabiah Games," Maccabi USA.
- ^ "Ervin Opens Maccabiah Games With 100 Free Gold," SwimSwam Magazine.
- ^ "Records fall as Olympians shine at Maccabiah Games," The Jerusalem Post.
External links edit
- B J Johnson at World Aquatics
- BJ Johnson at USA Swimming (archived June 2, 2021)
- BJ Johnson – Stanford University athlete profile at GoStanford.com