Ashleigh Johnson is an American water polo goalkeeper, born on 12 September 1994 in Miami, Florida, to Jamaican parents. She attended Ransom Everglades School, played for Princeton University and later for the professional teams Orizzonte Catania and Ethnikos Piraeus. She was part of the United States teams that won gold at the 2015 and 2019 World Aquatics Championships, and in 2016 she became the first African-American woman on a United States Olympic water polo team. Playing in goal, she won Olympic gold in 2016 and 2020 and earned a place on the 2024 team, which placed fourth. Many observers rate her among the best women's goalkeepers of her era.
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is an American water polo player who competed for Princeton University
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Ashleigh Elizabeth Johnson (born September 12, 1994)
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In 2016, she became the first African-American woman to make the US Olympic team in water polo.
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is an American water polo player who competed for Princeton University
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is an American water polo player who competed for Princeton University
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she was part of the gold-medal winning 2016 and 2020 U.S. women's water polo Olympic teams
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she was part of the gold-medal winning 2016 and 2020 U.S. women's water polo Olympic teams
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