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Tanji Johnson
Tanji Johnson won the Arnold Classic fitness title in 2013 and finished on the Olympia podium six times without ever winning it. A professional contest is named after her.
Known for
Six Olympia podiums, all of them second or third: runner-up in 2009, 2011, 2015 and 2016, third in 2013 and 2014. Nobody in the fitness division has stood that close to the title that often without taking it.
2013 was her best season, with the Arnold Classic fitness title and the Arnold Classic Europe in the same year. She won the Vancouver Pro in 2015 and the Emerald Cup Pro back in 2005.
The Tanji Johnson Classic is a sanctioned professional show carrying her name, which is a form of recognition the placings do not capture.
Early career
Her recorded career opens in 2001 with a win in the short figure class at the Emerald Cup, and runs to 2016. Fifteen years is a long time to compete in a division judged on a gymnastic routine.
Championship record
Where the titles came from
Counted from the same results table below: an appearance is one contest entered (in the years the Olympia also judged weight classes, one appearance can carry two placings), an Olympia title is the overall win in that division, and Top 3 counts first, second and third together. The last row is every professional contest on record for Tanji Johnson.
Fitness Olympia
7Appearances
0Titles
6Top 3
Arnold Classic
2Appearances
1Title
1Top 3
All contests on record
19Contests
4Wins
11Top 3
Professional results
Every professional contest result on record for Tanji Johnson, 19 in all. The table opens on the first 15 and expands in place from there. Nothing sits on a separate page. Won by names the winner of the division Tanji Johnson competed in, and shows a dash where that winner cannot be pinned to one person in the database.
| Year | Contest | Division | Place | Won by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Arnold Classic Australia | Women's Fitness | #4 | Oksana Grishina |
| 2016 | Arnold Classic South Africa | Women's Fitness | #6 | Bethany Wagner |
| 2016 | Fitness Olympia | Women's Fitness | #2 | Oksana Grishina |
| 2015 | Arnold Classic Brasil | Women's Fitness | #3 | Bethany Wagner |
| 2015 | Fitness Olympia | Women's Fitness | #2 | Oksana Grishina |
| 2015 | Vancouver Pro | Women's Fitness | #1 | Winner |
| 2014 | IFBB Emerald Cup | Women's Physique | #4 | Sabrina Taylor |
| 2014 | Fitness Olympia | Women's Fitness | #3 | Oksana Grishina |
| 2013 | Arnold Classic | Women's Fitness (International) | #1 | Winner |
| 2013 | Arnold Classic Europe | Women's Fitness | #1 | Winner |
| 2013 | Fitness Olympia | Women's Fitness | #3 | Adela Garcia |
| 2012 | Arnold Classic | Women's Fitness | #5 | Adela Garcia |
| 2012 | Arnold Classic Europe | Women's Fitness | #4 | Oksana Grishina |
| 2012 | Flex Pro | Women's Fitness | #4 | Adela Garcia |
| 2012 | Fitness Olympia | Women's Fitness | #5 | Adela Garcia |
| 2011 | Fitness Olympia | Women's Fitness | #2 | Adela Garcia |
| 2009 | Fitness Olympia | Women's Fitness | #2 | Adela Garcia |
| 2007 | Tournament of Champions Pro | Women's Figure | #4 | Gina Aliotti |
| 2005 | Emerald Cup Pro | Women's Figure | #1 | Winner |
Showing 15 of 19 professional results.
Where these results come from. Each contest in the table was recorded from a named source, and for Tanji Johnson those sources are MuscleMemory and NPC Contests. Open any contest above and that page names its own source and links to it where the source is still reachable. MuscleMemory is the exception: the archive we recorded those older shows from no longer answers at the addresses we hold, so it is credited by name and not offered as a link.
Every professional season
Peak Year 2013 (2 wins)
Measured against Tanji Johnson’s own seasons, not against the field. See the full peak window →
Olympia
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
Other
- Pro Debut
- 2005
- Olympia Debut
- 2009
- Peak Year
- 2013
- Last Contest
- 2016
Tanji Johnson at the Olympia, year by year
| Year | Placement | Division |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 2 | Fitness |
| 2011 | 2 | Fitness |
| 2012 | 5 | Fitness |
| 2013 | 3 | Fitness |
| 2014 | 3 | Fitness |
| 2015 | 2 | Fitness |
| 2016 | 2 | Fitness |
Data updated
Amateur and other shows not counted above
1 result from amateur shows and other contests this archive does not class as professional. Every total on this page covers the professional career only, so these are listed here but never counted, and they have no contest page.
Show the list
| Year | Contest | Division | Place |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Emerald Cup | Women's Figure (Short) | #1 |
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Legacy
Johnson is the clearest case in the fitness division of a career defined by the title that did not come. Six podiums, an Arnold Classic, and a professional show named after her is a record that outlasts most championships.
Most-met rivals
Compare any two athletes →In 11 meetings, Oksana Grishina finished ahead of Tanji Johnson 9 times to 2.
Opponents are ranked by how often they shared a stage and how big the stage was, not by reputation. A meeting is one contest where both competed in the same division and both were placed.
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Sources
Competition placings on this page come from our own contest database and cover her record from 2001 to 2016.
Our corpus holds no height, weight or birth date for her.
Win rate here is first-place finishes as a share of all 19 professional contest results. It is published only where a career holds at least five, because below that a single placing moves the figure by twenty points or more.
Missing from this profile
No height, weight or birthdate on record.