Josie
Johnson
Josie Johnson is a ski jumper born and raised in Park City, Utah, who now lives and trains in Lillehammer, Norway. She won silver at the 2024 Youth Olympic Games, which USA Ski Jumping called the first U.S. Youth Olympic medal in ski jumping, competed at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics and placed ninth in a World Cup in February 2026. She is the only woman on the A team of the 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Ski Jumping Team.
Who is Josie Johnson?
Josie Johnson from Park City, Utah competes in ski jumping for the U.S. Ski Jumping Team. 2024 Youth Olympic silver; 2025 Junior Worlds mixed team silver; 2026 Olympian; individual World Cup best ninth (Willingen, 2026)
Born and raised in Park City
U.S. Ski & Snowboard, USA Ski Jumping and Team USA print Johnson's hometown as Park City, Utah, and her club as Park City Ski & Snowboard. TownLift reported that she was born and raised in Park City and graduated from the Winter Sports School, and KPCW reported that she started ski jumping through a Youth Sports Alliance after-school program. She now lives and trains in Lillehammer, Norway, TownLift reported in 2026.
A Youth Olympic first
At the 2024 Youth Olympic Games in Gangwon, South Korea, she won silver on the normal hill on Jan. 20, 2024, which USA Ski Jumping called the first-ever U.S. medal in ski jumping at the Youth Olympic Games. A year later, at the 2025 Junior World Championships in Lake Placid, she was part of the U.S. mixed team that won silver.
Olympics and World Cup
On Feb. 1, 2026, she placed ninth in the large-hill World Cup at Willingen, Germany, FIS results show, the top-10 World Cup finish U.S. Ski & Snowboard cited when it promoted her. At Milano Cortina 2026 she was 27th on the normal hill and 29th on the large hill. She finished 2025-26 29th in the World Cup standings. Read the full profile story.
The 2026-27 season
U.S. Ski & Snowboard named her the only woman on the A team of the 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Ski Jumping Team on Oct. 12, 2026, saying she moved up after a top-10 World Cup finish and spent the summer recovering from a knee injury suffered at the Olympics. The women's World Cup comes to Lake Placid, New York, on Feb. 5-7, 2027. She is one of the Utah athletes followed on the Utah 2034 Olympics hub.
At a glance
Key achievements
- Youth Olympic silver, normal hill, Gangwon 2024 (Jan. 20, 2024), the first U.S. Youth Olympic ski jumping medal per USA Ski Jumping
- Junior World Championships silver, mixed team, Lake Placid 2025
- 2026 Olympian: 27th normal hill, 29th large hill, Milano Cortina
- Ninth in the Willingen large-hill World Cup, Feb. 1, 2026
- 29th in the 2025-26 World Cup standings (140 points)
- Only woman on the A team of the 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Ski Jumping Team (Oct. 12, 2026)
Official sources
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- U.S. Ski & Snowboard: 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Ski Jumping Team announced (Oct. 12, 2026)usskiandsnowboard.org
- USA Ski Jumping: Josie Johnson athlete pageusaskijumping.com
- USA Ski Jumping: 2024 Youth Olympic Games recap (Jan. 22, 2024)usaskijumping.com
- FIS: Josie Johnson athlete biography and resultsfis-ski.com
- TownLift: Josie Johnson, Paige Jones, Kevin Bickner to ski jump in Milan Cortina (Jan. 28, 2026)townlift.com
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What each source confirms
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard: 2026-27 Stifel U.S. Ski Jumping Team announced (Oct. 12, 2026)
- Read 2026-11-01 in a browser. A Team, women (the only woman listed): 'Josie Johnson (Park City, UT; Park City Ski & Snowboard; 10/3/2006)'; moves up to the A Team after a top-10 World Cup finish, 'before suffering a knee injury at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games. She spent the summer rehabilitating and returning to full strength.' This is the affiliation source.
- USA Ski Jumping: Josie Johnson athlete page
- Read 2026-11-01: home town Park City, UT.
- USA Ski Jumping: 2024 Youth Olympic Games recap (Jan. 22, 2024)
- Silver on the normal hill, 100.0 m and 107.0 m, 207.2 points; 'the first-ever medal for the United States in Ski Jumping at the Youth Olympic Games'.
- FIS: Josie Johnson athlete biography and results
- Read 2026-11-01: Youth Olympic Games Gangwon Jan. 20, 2024, second; Junior Worlds Lake Placid mixed team Feb. 15, 2025, second; World Cup Willingen HS147 Feb. 1, 2026, ninth; Olympics Predazzo normal hill Feb. 7, 2026, 27th, large hill Feb. 15, 29th; 2025-26 World Cup standings 29th (140 points).
- TownLift: Josie Johnson, Paige Jones, Kevin Bickner to ski jump in Milan Cortina (Jan. 28, 2026)
- Graduate of the Winter Sports School; currently resides in Lillehammer, Norway.
- TownLift: Josie Johnson is a triple threat at ski jumping Jr. Nationals (March 15, 2021)
- Born and raised in Park City.
- KPCW: Park City sends rising ski jumper to 2026 Olympics (Feb. 6, 2026)
- Park City native; started through a Youth Sports Alliance after-school program.
- KSL: Utah's 2026 Winter Olympians (Feb. 4, 2026)
- 'Josie Johnson; Park City native and resident, Winter Sports School, Park City Ski & Snowboard.'
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