Английская Википедия:Felisha Johnson
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Felisha Nayomie Johnson (born July 24, 1989) is an American track and field athlete who specialises in the shot put. She was the 2015 national indoor champion in the weight throw. She won two NCAA collegiate titles in that event for the Indiana State Sycamores.
Early life and college
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana to Ronald and Loesker Johnson, she attended Lawrence North High School and joined the school's track and field team. Johnson broke the school record for the shot put and the discus and was a high school state champion. She gained a scholarship to study sports management at Indiana State University. She redshirted her first academic year and only began competing athletically for the Indiana State Sycamores from 2010 onwards.[1]
In her first year for the Sycamores she was a Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) finalist but did not reach the NCAA level. She broke through in the 2011 season, winning the weight throw at the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships with a personal best of Шаблон:T&Fcalc. She competed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships that season in both shot put and hammer throw. She did not achieve the same success in 2012: she was third at the MVC Indoor Championships in both shot and weight throw, then did not defend her NCAA title, coming fourth in the weight throw. Outdoors she took third places in shot put and discus throw at the MVC Championships and was fifth in the shot and 22nd in discus at the NCAA Outdoors. She competed at the 2012 United States Olympic Trials and though she did not make the final, she came 13th overall in shot put.[1]
Johnson's final year at Indiana State was her most successful. She won the weight throw at the NCAA Indoor Championships for a second time with a new best of Шаблон:T&Fcalc – this moved her up to tenth on the all-time lists.[2] Johnson's title win came ten years after her coach, Erin Gilreath, had won the same title.[3] She was also eighth in shot put at the NCAA Indoor Championships and came fourth in the weight throw at the 2013 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, her best senior national placing at that point. She also won her first MVC Indoor title in the weight throw and was the shot put runner-up. A school record of Шаблон:T&Fcalc in the shot put came at the Indiana Relays. She improved the outdoor shot put school record with a throw of Шаблон:T&Fcalc in May. At the MVC Outdoors she won both shot put and discus events, as well as taking fourth in the hammer. In her final collegiate nationals, she was third in shot put and 23rd in the hammer at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[1] Her last appearances as a college athlete came at the 2013 Summer Universiade, where on her international debut for the United States she placed seventh in the shot put.[4]
Professional
Leaving college, she began competing in the shot put as a professional athlete. At the 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships she placed fifth.[5] In the 2014 season she signed a contract with Nike, Inc. and placed herself among the world's top shot putters. She came third at the 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships behind Michelle Carter and Jeneva Stevens, then improved to second place to Carter at the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, setting a new personal record of Шаблон:T&Fcalc in the process.[6][7] She placed seventh on the global lists that year, and was the second best American behind Carter.[8]
Johnson achieved her first national title at the 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, edging Jeneva Stevens in the weight throw by two centimetres through a personal record of Шаблон:T&Fcalc.[9] She competed on the international Diamond League circuit for the first time and set her season's best mark of Шаблон:T&Fcalc in Beijing, where she was third.[10] She dropped down the order at the USA Outdoor Championships, however, managing only sixth and failing to make the national selection.[11]
She returned to top form in the 2016 season. A personal record of Шаблон:T&Fcalc in the weight throw at the 2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships brought her only third behind Gwen Berry and Amber Campbell in a high quality competition.[12] In the outdoor season she threw a shot put best of Шаблон:T&Fcalc then came close to that mark to place third at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, earning her first place on an American Olympic team.[13]
Personal records
- Shot put – Шаблон:T&Fcalc (2016)
- Indoor – Шаблон:T&Fcalc (2016)
- Discus throw – Шаблон:T&Fcalc (2012
- Hammer throw – Шаблон:T&Fcalc (2011)
- Weight throw – Шаблон:T&Fcalc (2016)
All information from All Athletics[14]
International competitions
2013 | Universiade | Kazan, Russia | 7th | Shot put | 17.47 m |
2016 | Olympic Games | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 14th (q) | Shot put | 17.69 m |
National titles
- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
- Weight throw: 2015
- NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
- Weight throw: 2011, 2013
References
External links
Шаблон:Footer US NC Indoor Weight Throw Women Шаблон:Footer USA Track & Field 2016 Summer Olympics Шаблон:Authority control
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 1,2 Felisha Johnson Шаблон:Webarchive. Indiana State Sycamores. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Lee, Kirby (2013-03-10). Collegiate records by Brooks and Arkansas 4x400m at NCAA Indoor Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Jenison, Kevin (2013-03-08). Felisha Johnson Wins Second National Indoor Weight Throw Title; Swift Advances . Go Sycamores. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Felisha Johnson. Kazan2013. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ 2013 USA Track & Field Championships - 6/19/2013 to 6/23/2013 Drake Stadium - Des Moines, Iowa Results Шаблон:Webarchive. USATF. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Carter and Kovacs claim shot put titles at California State Capitol. USATF (2014-06-25). Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ 2014 USA Track & Field Championships - 6/25/2014 to 6/29/2014 Hornet Stadium - Sacramento, California Results Шаблон:Webarchive. USATF. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Rorick, Jim (2015). 2014 World Absolute List - Women Шаблон:Webarchive. Track & Field News. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Jenison, Kevin (2015-02-28). Former Sycamore Felisha Johnson Wins USATF Women's Indoor Weight Throw. Go Sycamores. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Felisha Johnson. Diamond League. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ USATF Championships - 6/25/2015 to 6/28/2015 Hayward Field, Eugene, Ore. Results Шаблон:Webarchive. USATF. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Three World Leads on Day one of USA Indoors, A view from Europe, by EME News. RunBlogRun (2016-03-16). Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Lawrence North grad Felisha Johnson clinches Olympic bid. Indy Star (2016-07-07). Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
- ↑ Felisha Johnson. All Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-07-15.
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