Shawn Johnson
Shawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnsonis an American retired artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist. Johnson is also a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist, winning the team titles in 2007 and 2011, as well as titles in the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam in 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAthlete
Date of Birth19 January 1992
CountryUnited States of America
fitness-motivational healthy consistent
Staying healthy and consistent is paramount.
turkeys sushi meat
I love lean meats like chicken, turkey. I'm obsessed with sushi and fish in general. I eat a lot of veggies and hummus.
gymnastics class parent
When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it.
gymnastics blessing tears
In some ways the ACL tear was a blessing. I had hesitated to return to elite gymnastics after the 2008 Olympics. I told myself I had already accomplished so much, and the road was just going to get harder if I continued.
gymnastics people olympics
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
training gold olympics
Of course, when you're training your whole life to get to the Olympics, you train for gold.
gymnastics complexes
Gymnastics is so complex.
gymnastics movement timing
Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.
gymnastics heartbreaking might
It might have been easier to retire, to say my knee couldn't handle it and let that be that. At the same time, the prospect of not being able to compete in gymnastics anymore was heartbreaking.
retirement giving-up gymnastics
Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected.
gymnastics two training
I'm doing four hours of gymnastics training a day, six days a week and then an extra two to three hours in a fitness center as well.
teammate whole-life competing
I've never had a teammate competing with me my whole life.
gymnastics beijing difficulty
My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.
closer parents
The only way we could be closer is if we had the same parents.