Seventeen-year-old Tess Johnson found out she would be competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics — her first time as an Olympian — just days before the games kicked off in South Korea. It was an unforgettable — and emotional — moment for the young Vail, Colorado, native.
“I remember my coach coming up to me and saying, ‘You’re going to be an Olympian,’ ” recalls Johnson, who became the youngest moguls skier ever named to the Us national team in 2014. “And I started crying and I called my parents and it was special, I’ll never forget it.”
Johnson, who’s also the niece of People Senior Editor Tina Johnson,...
“I remember my coach coming up to me and saying, ‘You’re going to be an Olympian,’ ” recalls Johnson, who became the youngest moguls skier ever named to the Us national team in 2014. “And I started crying and I called my parents and it was special, I’ll never forget it.”
Johnson, who’s also the niece of People Senior Editor Tina Johnson,...
- 2/25/2018
- by Adam Carlson
- PEOPLE.com
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