Moesha Johnson Ethnicity

Moesha Johnson is an Australian professional swimmer. She usually takes part in marathon swimming events at various competitions.

She was born on 19 September 1997 in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, Australia. Aged 26, she won a silver medal for Australia in women’s 10km at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Quick Info

Real NameMoesha Jae Johnson
Age26 [as of August 2024]
BirthplaceTweed Heads, NSW, Australia
EducationSouthern Cross University
Height5 feet 8 inches [approx.]
WeightN/A

Ethnicity

Moesha Johnson belongs to a diverse heritage. Her parents are Peter and Paula Johnson.

She has a younger brother named Seth Johnson. He is a musician who goes by the stage name ADXY. His song Convolve has 20k streams on Spotify.

Personal Life

Johnson studied at the Tweed River High School. She graduated from Southern Cross University in Gold Coast with a bachelor’s in biomedical science in 2019.

She currently resides in Magdeburg, Germany.

Career

Moesha Johnson has been actively competing since 2013. Initially, she took part in events held in Australia and New Zealand. Her first competition outside Oceania was the 30th Summer Universiade 2019 in Italy.

She was a 2019 World University Games silver medalist in 1500m freestyle event. Also, she won gold in the 4×200 freestyle relay at the 2019 Australian National Championships and won two medals at the 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup.

In 2021, she won a gold and a silver medal in 800m and 1500m freestyle at the NSW State Open Championships. Two years later, she participated in multiple events at the 2023 World Aquatic Champions and won gold in the mixed 4x1500m event.

She repeated the same at the 2024 World Aquatic Champions, winning gold in the same event at 15:32.30.

Though she missed the 2020 Tokyo qualification by a small margin, she qualified for the 2024 Paris by earning silver in trials. She came 6th in Women’s 1500m freestyle but was a silver medalist in the 10km event.

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Photo credit: @swimmer_moe – Instagram.