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Jennifer Johnson
Personal information
Birth nameJennifer Ellen Brown
Full nameJennifer Ellen Johnson
Born (1948-10-25) October 25, 1948 (age 76)
Mandeville, Jamaica
Home townPort Chester, New York, U.S.
Sport
Country United States
SportPara table tennis
DisabilityPolio
Disability classC4
ClubWestchester Table Tennis Center and Burke Table Tennis Club
Coached byRawle Alleyne
Pei Zhen Shao
Medal record
Wheelchair basketball
Representing  Jamaica
Paralympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1972 Heidelberg Women's teams
Para table tennis
Representing  United States
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Women's open singles
Gold medal – first place 1988 Seoul Women's teams C4
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Women's singles C4
Silver medal – second place 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Women's singles C3
Silver medal – second place 1984 Stoke Mandeville/New York Women's teams 1A-C
Silver medal – second place 1988 Seoul Women's singles C4
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Women's teams C3-5
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Assen Women's singles C4
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Assen Women's teams C4-5
Para Pan-American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2003 Brasilia Women's singles C4
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Buenos Aires Women's open wheelchair
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Buenos Aires Women's singles C4-5
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Brasilia Women's open wheelchair
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Margarita Island Women's singles C4-5
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1999 Mexico City Women's singles C4
Silver medal – second place 1999 Mexico City Women's open wheelchair
Silver medal – second place 1999 Mexico City Women's teams C4-5
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Toronto Women's teams C4-5

Jennifer Ellen Johnson (née Brown, born October 25, 1948)[1] is a former wheelchair basketball player and a para table tennis player.[2] She developed polio at the age of five in Jamaica. She has represented Jamaica at the Paralympics from 1968 to 1980 and then represented the United States at the Paralympics from 1984 to 2004.[3] She was married to Denton Johnson before his death.

Sporting career

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Johnson first started playing ball sports in her teens, she was introduced to a lot of sports and was interested in table tennis. She participated for home nation Jamaica at the 1972 Summer Paralympics in Heidelberg, Germany and won a silver medal in wheelchair basketball. Johnson's family immigrated to the United States after the 1972 Summer Paralympics, she joined the Paralympic table tennis team in 1983 and one year later won two silver medals in the 1984 Summer Paralympics along with Pamela Fontaine.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Athens 2004 Paralympic Games - Table Tennis - Official Results Book". ipc-services.org. International Paralympic Committee. September 19, 2004.
  2. ^ "IPTTC Profile – Jennifer Johnson". International Para Table Tennis Federation. April 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Athlete Bio – Jennifer Johnson". Team USA. April 17, 2019. Archived from the original on July 6, 2017.
  4. ^ "Where Are They Now?". Women's Sports Foundation. February 7, 2013. Archived from the original on April 17, 2019. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
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