How water polo MVP Ashleigh Johnson smashed stereotypes | Game Breakers

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Not only was Johnson the first ever African American woman to compete for Team USA in water polo, she was crowned tournament MVP in Rio.
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[@soapy_J]

i am a waterpolo goalkeeper myself and ashleigh johnson is a goddamn queen in my eyes

[@youtubecommenter37]

Bet I could score a backhanded donut on you (just kidding lol)

[@thiccboi8658]

She inspires me as a goalie for water polo thank u

[@especiallymediocre9711]

She went to my high school. Awesome person!

[@sulesoricon2977]

Ransom Everglades?

[@finishsniber6801]

She was amazing in the olympics and was the anchor of that GREAT USA TEAM

[@uniworkhorse]

She's amazing! Love the sound design and editing on this vid btw.

[@thecuteks2980]

This is such an inspiring story ❤️

[@deb7457]

Great story! Very inspiring!

[@hwlee4514]

I don't know too much about GK save percentage in water polo, but can somebody tell me if 64% that she recorded was a great record?? Thanks!

[@britbarbi3]

For that level of waterpolo that’s like god likr

[@hwlee4514]

brittany sanchez Thank you!

[@SophiaBunnellGoalie]

Billy Lee that’s amazing

[@katpebe9074]

Put yourself in a Water Polo goal that is 3m wide and nearly 1m high. You have to swim, eggbeat and jump for more than an hour in der water with some little breaks. Then ask yourself again if 64% of parades or blocks are good. This is legend in Womens Water Polo !

[@youtubecommenter37]

Yes. Water polo game scores typically are around 10 to 12 points. There are a lot of games where Ashleigh is the reason the team is held to 4 or 5 or 6 points while the US team has 11 or 12 or 14 points. Blocking 64% of all shots is crippling for the opposing team
And at that level of competition, the opposing team doesn’t miss the goal post entirely or hit the sides of the goal posts (the bars) very often

[@excxmoody]

Will love watching her play

[@yaboycurtis1103]

Its gonna be hard for anyone to score a goal over her yet along other womem.

[@frostyglass3738]

Barrier?

[@peazul3748]

She has my birthday😂😂

[@jawswasnevermyscene4258]

Congrats on your tokyo medal too.

[@OsekahTikaani]

Amazing!!!!!

[@laurentdebernon1136]

En plus elle est belle ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@g5pigott]

What a great role model

[@cameronfoster1126]

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[@stevesims2307]

The Jackie Robinson of water polo! You go girl!

[@honytawk5968]

You think ashleigh johnson is the jackie robinson of water polo are you out of your mind? What about players like Dénes Varga or Aleksandar Šapić or other goalkeepers like Soma Vogel or Branislav Mitrović

[@dsthanks5006]

"Great Challenge Ladies"
Great Thinking Always Leads"""Keep The Good Work""""Thanks""Great History Always Leads""♥️♥️♥️ Good Health And Good Heart Always Works.... Good 2018""""👣👣👣👣👣

[@robertbrownjr1960]

Cool. Thanks for profiling her.

[@jamo2006]

Ultimately here, everyone just becomes an American. Hopefully over time the prefixes people are using of late will fade away, and American will be the only description. Get here, work hard, be a good person.

[@MiloMostWanted]

I love this

[@valentinacarmini]

Hello

[@user-bm7ie7tk9m]

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