Description
Courtney Johnson is an American water polo player, who competed in the 2000 Olympics where women's water polo made its debut. She won a silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She competed at the 1998 World Championships in Perth, Australia and the 2001 World Championships In Fukuoka, Japan. She won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Canada.
Courtney Johnson attended the University of California, Berkeley. She competed on University of California, Berkeley's first Varsity Women's Water Polo team in 1996. She was coached by soon to be Olympic teammate Maureen Mendoza and led the team to a second place finish at the Collegiate National Championship Tournament. Johnson was named the Collegiate National Championship Most Valuable Player. She was also honored as the MPSF Northern Division Player of the Year, Western Regional Most Valuable Player and NCAA First Team All-American. She was named the Daily Californian Female Athlete of the Year. Johnson was the Most Valuable Player for the California Golden Bears for three-straight years. In 2010 Johnson was inducted in the University of California Hall of Fame.
Born
May 7th, 1974 in Salt Lake City (Age 50)