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{{short description|American swimmer}}
{{for|the American ballroom dancer|Jenna Johnson (dancer)}}
{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Jenna Johnson
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| fullname       = Jenna Leigh Johnson 
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| national_team  = United States
| strokes        = [[Butterfly swimming|Butterfly]], [[freestyle swimming|freestyle]]
| club           = [[Industry Hills Aquatic Club]]
| collegeteam    = [[Stanford Cardinal|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}}
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|4x100 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4x100 m medley]]}} 
{{MedalSilver | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre butterfly|100 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]] | 100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]] | 4x100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1986 World Aquatics Championships|1986 Madrid]] | 4x100 m medley}} 
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1985 Tokyo]] | 100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1985 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1985 Tokyo]] | 4x100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1987 Brisbane]] | 4x100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalGold | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | 4x100 m medley}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1987 Brisbane]] | 100 m freestyle}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1987 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1987 Brisbane]] | 100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1989 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1989 Tokyo]] | 100 m butterfly}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Summer Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]] | [[Swimming at the 1985 Summer Universiade|4x100 m freestyle]]}} 
{{MedalGold | [[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]] | [[Swimming at the 1985 Summer Universiade|4x100 m medley]]}} 
{{MedalSilver | [[1985 Summer Universiade|1985 Kobe]] | [[Swimming at the 1985 Summer Universiade|100 m freestyle]]}}
}}

'''Jenna Leigh Johnson''' (born September 11, 1967) is an American former competition [[swimming (sport)|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 [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay]], a gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay|4×100-meter medley relay]], and a silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre butterfly|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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref><ref>[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 }}</ref>  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]].<ref>{{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 }}</ref>  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.<ref>Collegiate Women Sports Awards, [http://www.collegiatewomensportsawards.com/archives/swimdive  Past Honda Sports Award Winners for Swimming & Diving].  Retrieved December 3, 2014.</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

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

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]]
* [[List of Stanford University people]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{cite Sports-Reference|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/jenna-johnson-1.html |title=Jenna Johnson |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150523081151/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/jo/jenna-johnson-1.html |archivedate=2015-05-23 |df= }}

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[[Category:American female butterfly swimmers]]
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[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States]]
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