Felisha Johnson
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | United States |
| Born |
July 23, 1989 Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event(s) | Shot put, weight throw |
| College team | Indiana State Sycamores |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | Shot put: 19.26 m (63 ft 2 1⁄4 in) Weight throw: 23.53 m (77 ft 2 1⁄4 in) |
| Updated on July 2016. | |
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.
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.
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 22.69 m (74 ft 5 1⁄4 in). 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.
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