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{{Short description|American pole vaulter (born 1983)}}

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| birth_place = Atascadero, California| height = | website = United States}}Athletics (sport)>Athletics| event = Pole vault2009 World Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault>2nd at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics| regionals = | nationals = | olympics = | pb = Pole vault:4.73m (2008)| medaltemplates ={{MedalSport | Women's athletics}} {{MedalCountry |the {{USA}} }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}{{MedalSilver|2009 Berlin|Pole vault}} }}Chelsea Johnson (born December 20, 1983, in Atascadero, California) is a former American pole vaulter. She is the daughter of Jan Johnson, who won three NCAA championships and a bronze medal in the pole vault at the 1972 Summer Olympics. She won the silver medal at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but retired from the sport two years later.

Career

Coached by her father while at Atascadero High School in central California, Chelsea won the pole vault at the 2002 CIF California State Meet.WEB,weblink State Finals - 2002, 2011-02-26,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110710160519weblink">weblink 2011-07-10, dead, Two years earlier she had placed fifth in the 300 hurdles, behind future World Championship performers Lashinda Demus and Nichole Denby.WEB,weblink 2000 Entries, 2011-02-26,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110710160611weblink">weblink 2011-07-10, dead, As a college athlete at UCLA, Johnson is a two-time NCAA champion, having won the pole vault at the 2004 NCAA Track and Field Championship and the 2006 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship. At the 2009 World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Johnson tied for silver alongside Monika Pyrek of Poland with a jump of 4.65 metres.NEWS,weblink Chelsea Johnson ties for silver in pole vault, Hersh, Philip, Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2009,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121102143207weblink">weblink November 2, 2012, September 25, 2010, dead, The following year, she won at the Millrose Games and was selected for the 2010 World Indoor Championships. Johnson did not qualify to compete in the pole vault final, finishing in 11th place in the qualification round.WEB,weblink 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships: Women's pole vault qualifying round, International Association of Athletics Federations, IAAF, September 25, 2010, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110604200051weblink">weblink June 4, 2011, She decided to retire from the sport at the age of 27, saying that her enthusiasm for competition had waned.NEWS,weblink News briefs from around the world - June 18, Track Alerts, June 18, 2011, July 3, 2011, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110622034422weblink">weblink June 22, 2011,

Personal bests {| class"wikitable"

!Event!Best (m)!Venue!Date|Pole vault (outdoor)|4.73Los Gatos, California>Los Gatos|June 26, 2008|Pole vault (indoor)|4.62Flagstaff, Arizona>Flagstaff|February 19, 2010

References

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External links

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• {{USATF|Chelsea-Johnson}}
• weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20120308171226weblink">Player Bio: Chelsea Johnson - Women's Track - UCLA official athletic site

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