Johanna Griggs
| Personal information | |
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| Birth name | Johanna Leigh Griggs |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born |
17 October 1973 Harbord, New South Wales |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Employer | Seven Network |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Spouse(s) | Todd Huggins (since 2006) Gary Sweet (1994–1997) |
| Website | Better Homes and Gardens |
| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Australia
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| Women's Swimming | ||
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1990 Auckland | 100 m backstroke |
Johanna Leigh Griggs (born 17 October 1973) is an Australian television presenter and a former competitive swimmer. She won a bronze medal at the 1990 Commonwealth Games and has been the host of Better Homes and Gardens on the Seven Network since 2005.
Griggs represented Australia at the Auckland Commonwealth Games in 1990—winning a bronze medal in the 100m backstroke event.
In winning the 50-metre backstroke race at the Australian Swimming Championships in 1993, Griggs recorded the fastest time in the world (that year) for the event. The day following that swim, she announced her retirement from competitive swimming.
Her career was cut short after a battle with chronic fatigue syndrome that began when she was 17. She had previously attempted a comeback in 1992, however the exertion of that comeback hospitalised her with pleurisy, and ultimately caused her to withdraw from the 1992 Olympic trials.
Griggs was the first guest on the long-running ABC programme Live and Sweaty. As part of the programme, sporting guests were asked to donate various body parts to the "Sporting Hall of Fame". Griggs donated her appendix.
She appeared as a Swedish tourist in an episode of Home and Away in 1992.
Griggs built a solid career in media, and in the late 1990s was a regular panelist on the Network Ten program Beauty and the Beast. At this time she was also dating rugby league footballer Luke Ricketson.
She later joined the Seven Network. From 2001 to 2006, Griggs hosted Australia's longest-running sports program, Sportsworld with Matthew White on Sunday mornings.
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