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Moesha Johnson

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Moesha Johnson
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1997-09-19) 19 September 1997 (age 27) [1]
Tweed Heads
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubSC Magdeburg
Coached byBernd Berkhahn
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris 10 km open water
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Doha Team open water
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Fukuoka Team open water

Moesha Johnson (born 19 September 1997) is an Australian swimmer. She won a silver medal in the 10km open swim at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Career

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She competed at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest in the Women's 1500 metre freestyle.[2]

She was a bronze medalist at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in the open water team event. She also competed at the Women's 1500 metre freestyle at the Championships in Japan.[3]

She was a gold medalist at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships in the open water Team event. She also finished in fourth place in the individual open water women’s 10km at the Championships.[4][5]

She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in the Women's 1500 metres freestyle, as well as the 10km marathon.[6] In open water she won the silver medal behind her training partner Sharon van Rouwendaal (Netherland). Both are in the training group of SC Magdeburg (Germany).[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Moesha Johnson". olympics.com. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ "GOUGH, YANG, AND JOHNSON BOOK TICKETS TO BUDAPEST". Swimswam. May 21, 2022. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  3. ^ Ross, Andy (December 5, 2023). "Australia takes down World Champion Italy to close out 2023 Open Water Swimming World Cup in Funchal". World Aquatics. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  4. ^ "World Aquatics Championships: Moesha Johnson Joins A New Wave Of Australian Distance Swimmers On The Road To Paris". Swimming World Magazine. 4 February 2024. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  5. ^ Chadband, Ian (February 3, 2024). "'Bashed' Johnson just misses world open water medal". theleader.com.au. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
  6. ^ "Chelsea Gubecka, Caitlin Parker, Charlie Senior, Stingers headline Australians in action on day 13 of the Paris Olympics". Herald Sun. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Gold & Silber für die Magdeburger Trainingsgruppe beim Freiwasserschwimmen der Damen". Landessportbund Sachsen-Anhalt. 8 August 2024. Retrieved 10 August 2024.