1. Steele Alexander Johnson was born on June 16,1996 and is an American former Olympic silver medal-winning diver.
27 Facts About Steele Johnson
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Steele Johnson has won multiple national titles at both the junior and college levels.
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Steele Johnson is a six-time senior national champion with USA Diving.
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Steele Johnson won the 10-meter platform at the 2013 USA Diving Winter Nationals, was a 15-time junior national champion, and was a four-time champion at the Junior Pan American Games.
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Steele Johnson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, to Bill and Jill Steele Johnson.
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Steele Johnson has an older brother named Race and a younger sister named Hollyn.
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Steele Johnson earned his high school diploma from Laurel Springs School, an accredited private online school based in Ojai, California.
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Steele Johnson suffered a potentially fatal head injury on January 21,2009, at the age of 12.
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Steele Johnson has stated that he was hospitalized, that his scalp wound was stapled shut, and that he was diagnosed with only a minor concussion.
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In 2016, Steele Johnson revealed that he still suffered from short- and long-term memory loss due to the accident.
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In 2015, Steele Johnson became the first diver since Purdue alumnus David Boudia in 2009 to win NCAA titles on springboard and platform in the same year.
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Steele Johnson won CSCAA Diver of the year, Big Ten Diver of the Year, Purdue Male Athlete of the Year, Two-time All American, and Honorable Mention All-American ; he was a World Championships Qualifier.
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In December 2016, Steele Johnson received a silver medal on the one-meter springboard at the USA Diving Winter National Championships and qualified for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.
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Steele Johnson scored a 470.05 points on one-meter, surpassing Boudia's previous record of 468.55 set in 2010.
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Additionally, Steele Johnson won his first Big Ten Conference title for platform diving with a score of 547.8.
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In March 2018, Steele Johnson won his fifth NCAA championship, scoring 499.35 points to win his second championship in a row on the three-meter board.
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Steele Johnson underwent surgeries in September 2018 and February 2019 to remedy stress fractures in his right foot and subsequent complications.
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Steele Johnson opted out of his final year of college diving eligibility to turn professional.
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In June 2021, Steele Johnson withdrew from the 2020 Olympic trials due to a right foot injury.
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Steele Johnson has not ruled out participating in the 2024 Olympics.
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In 2019, Steele Johnson started diving with Ben Bramley on the platform synchro.
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On December 2,2024, Steele Johnson uploaded a video on his YouTube channel and Instagram announcing his retirement from the sport of diving.
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At the age of 15, Johnson began posting daily vlogs onto his YouTube channel, TheSteeleJohnson.
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Steele Johnson made his acting debut in a student film entitled "Blood And Water".
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Steele Johnson appeared on ABC's To Tell the Truth game show hosted by Anthony Anderson on June 4,2020, as himself.
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Steele Johnson married Hilary Nussbaum in Colorado on June 23,2017.
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Steele Johnson has stated that his Christian faith affected his perspective on his 2009 injury:.