Sheryl Johnson
Encyclopedia
Sheryl Ann Johnson is a former field hockey
player and coach from the United States
. She grew up in Cupertino, CA, and attended Monta Vista High School. She was a three sport athlete at the University of California Berkeley, playing field hockey
, basketball
and softball
.
field hockey team, although did not compete because the U.S. boycotted the games. Four years later, she competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
in Los Angeles, California
where she and the U.S. National Team won the bronze medal
.
hosted the Summer Games
, Johnson finished in eighth position with Team USA. She was named U.S. Field Hockey Athlete of the Year in 1986, 1987 & 1989.
1984-2002, and was an eight-time NorPac coach of the year.
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
player and coach from the United States
United States
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. She grew up in Cupertino, CA, and attended Monta Vista High School. She was a three sport athlete at the University of California Berkeley, playing field hockey
Field hockey
Field Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
.
Olympics
She was a member of the United States national team from 1978–1991 and was a three time Olympian. She was a member of the team in the 1980 Summer Olympics1980 Summer Olympics
The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...
field hockey team, although did not compete because the U.S. boycotted the games. Four years later, she competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...
in Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...
where she and the U.S. National Team won the bronze medal
Bronze medal
A bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
.
Pan American Games
In 1979, she competed in the Pan American Games where team USA finished second, winning a silver medal. Four years later, when SeoulSeoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
hosted the Summer Games
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...
, Johnson finished in eighth position with Team USA. She was named U.S. Field Hockey Athlete of the Year in 1986, 1987 & 1989.
World Record
She long held the Guinness Book of World Records record for the most capped international player, competing in 137 international matches.Awards
Johnson retired from the national team in 1991. She was inducted into the USFHA Hall of Fame in May 1994. She was honored in the spring of 2001 by the C-society when she was recognized as the only woman in the University of California Berkeley history to earn a Varsity letter in three sports. She coached the Women's field Hockey team at Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
1984-2002, and was an eight-time NorPac coach of the year.