Breezy Noble Johnson (born Breanna Noble Johnson; January 19, 1996) is an American

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on the U.S. Ski Team. She competes in the speed events of downhill and

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. Born in

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, Johnson grew up in nearby

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, and made her World Cup debut in December

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. In her first World Cup season in

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, she finished 18th in the downhill standings. At the World Cup finals in March at

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, Johnson crashed in the downhill and suffered a

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to her left leg. Johnson quickly recovered from this injury and in the

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season she finished 11th in the downhill standings and competed in the

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, finishing seventh in the downhill and fourteenth in the

. While training in

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in September 2018, Johnson partially tore her right

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(ACL) and missed the After returning to snow, she tore her left

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(PCL) and

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(MCL) in her left knee in training in June 2019. She returned to the World Cup circuit in January

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with a 25th in the downhill at Altenmarkt and consecutive top tens at

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. Her first World Cup podium came in December

at a downhill in

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, France. She qualified to represent the United States at the

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, but was injured and did not compete. Johnson served a 14 month competition ban from October 2023 to December 2024 for an anti-doping rule violation after missing three tests during a 12 month period ("Whereabouts Failures"). 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

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skied the slalom. At the Toyota U.S. Alpine Championships, Johnson was awarded with the 2025 Stifel Alpine Best Comeback (Women) award.

World Cup results

Season standings

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Race podiums

* 8 podiums (8 DH), 27 top tens

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. She came out as

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in 2022.

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