2021 Heavyweight Rowing Roster
Johnson, Gordon
Gordon Johnson
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Greenwich, Conn.
- High School:
- Deerfield Academy
Bio
2021: Rowed at 2V in the regular season before helping the 1V to eighth-place at the IRA Championships
2020: Season was canceled due to COVID-19
2019: Raced at 2V the entire season … Helped 2V earn wins vs. Georgetown, Navy, Columbia and Penn … Led 2V to a bronze medal at Easterns and sixth place spot at IRAs
2018: won gold in the 2V at Eastern Sprints; Tigers came in as the top seed and beat Yale by half a second … helped the 2V return to the grand final at the IRA Championships; boat finished sixth … rowed in the 2V for the majority of the season and led boat to a 10-0 record.
Before Princeton: Stroked the USA Junior Men's 8+ to a silver medal at the 2016 Junior World Championships … won gold at the 2017 Youth National Championship, and bronze medal at the 2015 and 2016 Youth National Championships … led Deerfield to three straight New England Championships … raced in the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at the 2017 Royal Henley Regatta … also played water polo at Deerfield Academy … finished in the Top 4 twice at the New England Water Polo Championships … served as captain for both the rowing and water polo teams.
Personal: Son of Marc Johnson and Julia Thomas … has three older siblings: Annie, Campbell, and Blair … interested in history, political science, and economics … undecided on course of study at Princeton.
2020: Season was canceled due to COVID-19
2019: Raced at 2V the entire season … Helped 2V earn wins vs. Georgetown, Navy, Columbia and Penn … Led 2V to a bronze medal at Easterns and sixth place spot at IRAs
2018: won gold in the 2V at Eastern Sprints; Tigers came in as the top seed and beat Yale by half a second … helped the 2V return to the grand final at the IRA Championships; boat finished sixth … rowed in the 2V for the majority of the season and led boat to a 10-0 record.
Before Princeton: Stroked the USA Junior Men's 8+ to a silver medal at the 2016 Junior World Championships … won gold at the 2017 Youth National Championship, and bronze medal at the 2015 and 2016 Youth National Championships … led Deerfield to three straight New England Championships … raced in the Prince Albert Challenge Cup at the 2017 Royal Henley Regatta … also played water polo at Deerfield Academy … finished in the Top 4 twice at the New England Water Polo Championships … served as captain for both the rowing and water polo teams.
Personal: Son of Marc Johnson and Julia Thomas … has three older siblings: Annie, Campbell, and Blair … interested in history, political science, and economics … undecided on course of study at Princeton.
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