Game On! Stacey Johnson

Episode 5 * April 1, 2024 * 33:54

Olympic fencer and former SA Sports board member Stacey Johnson joins Game On! with Mary Ullmann Japhet and Jenny Carnes to talk about her trailblazing path to the Olympics, but with a twist. Stacey’s fight to get women’s sabre fencing in the 2004 Olympics couldn’t be stopped even when her life was threatened. Fighting for equitable opportunities for all fueled her drive to found  SA Sports’ youth programs.

Stacey Johnson Bio

As a foil fencer, Stacey Johnson was an Olympian, a national champion and a collegiate champion. A graduate of San Antonio’s Robert E. Lee High School, Johnson began fencing at age eleven. She was a four-time All-America selection at San Jose State University where she established the curre ...