Shawn Johnson
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Shawn Machel Johnson East (born January 19, 1992)[1][2] is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic women's balance beam gold medalist.
Johnson East is the daughter of Doug and Teri Johnson. Her parents put her in a gymnastics class after they saw her climbing up cabinets and jumping down from tables. When she was six, Liang Chow opened a gymnastics school in her city. She was one of Chow's first students when he opened the school.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Shawn Johnson". United States Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
- ↑ Shawn Johnson at USA Gymnastics Retrieved 2010-09-20.
Other websites
[change | change source] Media related to Shawn Johnson at Wikimedia Commons