Johnson was coached by
Stein Jorgensen and competed in both 200 m and 500 m distances. She trained in San Diego. At the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens, she was eliminated in the semifinals of both the
K-1 500 m and the
K-4 500 m events. In the K-4 500 m her teammates were Kathy Colin,
Lauren Spalding and
Marie Mijalis. At the
2006 ICF Sprint Canoe World Championships, Johnson finished 6th in the K-1 500 m and 7th in the K-1 1000 m. At the
2007 ICF Sprint Canoe World Championships, Johnson finished 4th in the K-1 1000 m and 5th in the K-1 500 m. At the
2010 ICF Sprint Canoe World Championships, Johnson and her teammate
Krisztina Fazekas-Zur finished 10th in the K-2 500 m event, winning the B-final. She was the first US canoeist to qualify for the
2008 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the semifinals of the
K-1 500 m event. She went on to win the same event at the US Olympic trials in April 2012. At the
2012 Summer Olympics, she reached the semi-final of the
K-1 200 m, and the first round of the
K-1 500 m. == Personal life ==