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
prom ask-me wells
Well-I don't know if anyone would really ask me to prom.
gymnastics people
I fell in love with gymnastics. I love what I do now. I work with people that I love to be around. Success comes from that.
yoga reality phones
Hot yoga is the best. When you're in [class], there are no cell phones, no talking, no distractions. You're taking a leave from reality for an hour or so.
want muscles
I don't want to be all power and muscle.
funny lucky olympics
It sounds funny, but the 2008 Olympics were something that just kind of happened, and I was lucky they came at a point when I was uninjured and well prepared. As a gymnast, you can't ask for much more.
sleep want these-days
I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!
mom my-mom chaperones
I have a chaperone everywhere I go - my mom.
gymnastics thinking goal
I think about my goals. There were a lot of times in gymnastics when I really didn't want to go in and train, but you can't make it to the Olympics if you don't train!
funny young young-ones
I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one.
zero gymnastics basics
I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.
dream team goal
I have a lot of expectations and a lot of goals I want to fulfill, but the biggest dream is still to make the Olympic team for London.
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.