page_title: Steele Johnson
section_title: College diving career (2014-2018)
hierarchical_section_title: Steele Johnson / College diving career (2014-2018)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Plongée sous-marine aux Jeux olympiques de 2016 d'été - tour synchrone, 10 mètres (hommes) Português: Saltos ornamentais nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016 - Plataforma 10 m sincronizado masculino Русский: Прыжки в воду на летних Олимпийских играх 2016 — синхронная вышка, 10 метров (мужчины) English: Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform - Steele Johnson and David Boudia
context_page_description: Steele Alexander Johnson is an Olympic silver medal-winning American diver. He has won multiple national titles at both the junior and college levels. Johnson made his Olympic debut at the 2016 Rio Games, where he won a silver medal with David Boudia in the men's 10 m synchronized platform diving competition.
context_section_description: Johnson attended college at Purdue University. In 2015, Johnson became the first diver since Purdue alumnus David Boudia in 2009 to win NCAA titles on springboard and platform in the same year. Johnson also won CSCAA Diver of the year, Big Ten Diver of the Year, Purdue Male Athlete of the Year, Two-time All American (1-meter and platform diving), and Honorable Mention All-American (3-meter Diving); he was also a World Championships Qualifier (Synchronized 10-meter). Johnson was selected as the Big 10 Diver of the Week eight times during the 2014-2015 season and was named Diver of the Year for 2015.
  Johnson redshirted the 2015-2016 diving season to train for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
  In December 2016, Johnson received a silver medal on the one-meter springboard at the USA Diving Winter National Championships and qualified for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary. During the 2016 season, Johnson won bronze on three-meter and finished in the top four of all three diving events at the Big 10 Diving Championships. Steele scored a 470.05 points on one-meter, surpassing Boudia's previous record of 468.55 set in 2010.  Additionally, Johnson won his first Big 10 conference title for platform diving with a score of 547.8. Johnson was also named First Team All-Big Ten.
  In March 2018, Johnson won his fifth NCAA championship, scoring 499.35 points to win his second championship in a row on the three-meter board.
  Johnson underwent surgeries in September 2018 and February 2019 to remedy stress fractures in his right foot and subsequent complications. The foot injury and ensuing surgeries caused him to miss the entire college diving season. Johnson opted out of his final year of college diving eligibility to turn professional.
caption: Steele Johnson and David Boudia at the Rio Olympics
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