U.S. Olympic Athletes
Shawn Johnson
 Biography
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| Johnson is the daughter of Doug and Teri. She is an honor roll student and has had three short stories published. She hopes to someday become a doctor or a gymnastics coach. | |
| Personal Information
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| Hometown: West Des Moines, IA Began Gymnastics In: 1995 How did you get involved?: My mom says, "The wild child just needed something to do!" Favorite Gymnastics Thing: My faovrite parts about gymnastics are the interesting places you get to go and all of the different people and friends you get to make. Favorite Event: Balance Beam Goals: I hope to compete in the 2008 Olympic Games. School: Valley High School Grade: 10th (Fall '07) Favorite School Subject: English |
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| Interests Outside the Gym
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| Favorite Music/Book: Rascal Flatts/You Go Girl Favorite TV Show: Dharma and Greg, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing With The Stars Favorite Food: Steak and chicken kabobs, and peaches and cr?me corn on the cob Hobbies: scrapbooking, shopping Charity: walking animal shelter dogs |
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| National Competition Results
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| 2007 Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif.: 1st-AA, BB, FX; 3rd-UB 2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn.: 1st-AA & VT & BB & FX; 2nd-UB (Jr. Div) 2006 U.S. Classic, Kansas City, Kan.: 1st-AA; 2nd-VT & FX; 3rd(t)-BB (Jr. Div) 2005 Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.: 10th-AA, 4th-V, 9th-UB (Jr. Div) 2005 U.S. Classic, Virginia Beach, Va.: 3rd-AA & BB 2004 Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Kissimmee, Fla.: 1st-BB; 2nd-FX; 4th-AA; 4th-VT |
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| International Competition Results
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| 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China: 1st- BB; 2nd- Team, AA, FX 2008 Tyson American Cup, New York, N.Y.: 2nd-AA 2008 Italy-Spain-Poland-USA competition, Jesolo, Italy: 1st-Team, AA 2007 World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany: 1st-Team, AA, FX; 8th-BB 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 1st-Team, AA, UB, BB; 2nd-FX 2007 Tyson American Cup, Jacksonville, Fla.: 1st-AA 2007 USA vs Great Britain International Competition, Lisburn, Ireland: 1st-AA; 1st-BB; 1st-Team; 2nd-VT 2006 Junior Pan American Championships, Gatineau, Que., Canada: 1st-Team, BB, AA; 2nd-UB & FX (Jr. Div) 2006 International Gymnix, Montreal, Que., Canada: 3rd-AA 2nd-Vt 5th-UB 1st-FX 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships, Honolulu, Hawaii: 1st-AA , 1st-team, 1st-Vt, 1st-FX ; 2nd-BB (Jr. Div) 2006 USA/Japan/New Zealand Competition, Houston, Texas: 1st-AA 1st-Vt 3rd-UB 1st-BB 2nd-FX 2005 Top Gym Competition, Charleroi, Belgium: 1st-AA 1st-Vt 1st-FX |