Coaches: Aleksiy Kuznetsov
Family: Mother Sharon Rogers, brother True and sister Merit
Hobbies: Science, math, running and hiking
How She Started Fencing: At a fencing summer camp
Favorite Fencing Memory: Winning the Junior Pan American Championships in El Salvador
Who Has Influenced Her Career: Her coaches as well as fencers such as Kamali Thompson and Becca Ward, who have proved it's possible to be a great athlete aspiring for the Olympics as well as and a great mind pursuing education at the highest level, and a great professional blazing trails on the career front. Also, Kat Holmes is an alumna from her high school and Johnson interviewed her in sixth grade after the Rio Games, and it was a very motivating conversation.
Something People Would Be Surprised to Know: She is interested in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region and is learning Arabic as a hobby.
Current U.S. Ranking: No. 1 (Junior), No. 12 (Senior)
Current World Ranking: No. 8 (Junior)
Junior World Championship Teams: 2021 (Silver - Team), 2020
Cadet World Championship Teams: 2020, 2019 (Bronze), 2018

Results

2021:

Silver - Junior World Championships (Team)
Fifth - April North American Cup (Division I)
Sixth - Junior World Championships (Individual)

2020:

Gold - Junior Pan American Championships
Silver - Segovia Junior World Cup (Team)
Sixth - January North American Cup (Division I)
Seventh - Plovdiv Junior World Cup
18th - January North American Cup (Junior)
29th - Dormagen Junior World Cup
54th - Segovia Junior World Cup (Individual)

2019:

Gold - Sosnoweic Junior World Cup
Gold - Godollo Cadet European Cup
Bronze - Cadet World Championships
Bronze - Segovia Junior World Cup (Team)
Bronze - October North American Cup (Division I)
Fifth - July Challenge (Junior)
Fifth - January North American Cup (Junior)
Ninth - Sofia Cadet European Cup
11th - Plovdiv Junior World Cup
12th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
18th - November North American Cup (Junior)
29th - Segovia Junior World Cup (Individual)

2018:

Bronze - July Challenge (Junior)
Fifth - Sochi Junior World Cup
Fifth - July Challenge (Division I)
Sixth - Sofia Cadet European Cup
Eighth - Eislingen Cadet European Cup
Ninth - October North American Cup (Division I)
11th - Cadet World Championships
11th - November North American Cup (Junior)
14th - Godollo Cadet European Cup
23rd - December North American Cup (Division I)
49th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)

2017:

Silver - Konin Cadet European Cup
Silver - October North American Cup (Cadet)
Eighth - Moedling Cadet European Cup
Eighth - October North American Cup (Division I)
Ninth - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
10th - July Challenge (Cadet)
13th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
14th - January North American Cup (Junior)
15th - July Challenge (Division I)
21st - Eislingen Cadet European Cup
25th - USA Fencing National Championships (Division I)
28th - July Challenge (Junior)
42nd - January North American Cup (Division I)

2016:

Silver - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Junior)
Seventh - November North American Cup (Cadet)
Seventh - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
11th - November North American Cup (Junior)
13th - July Challenge (Cadet)
24th - Konin Cadet European Cup
24th - July Challenge (Junior)
24th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
30th - October North American Cup (Cadet)
32nd - October North American Cup (Division I)
34th - December North American Cup (Division I)

2015:

Bronze - USA Fencing National Championships (Y12)
Sixth - November North American Cup (Y14)
13th - April North American Cup (Y12)
16th - November North American Cup (Cadet)
21st - USA Fencing National Championships (Y14)
37th - USA Fencing Junior Olympic Championships (Cadet)
51st - April North American Cup (Y14)
58th - October North American Cup (Cadet)

2014:

Gold - March North American Cup (Y10)
Bronze - July North American Cup (Y10)
11th - July North American Cup (Y12)
31st - November North American Cup (Y14)
32nd - March North American Cup (Y12)

2013:

10th - April North American Cup (Y10)
22nd - July North American Cup (Y10)

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