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{{Infobox Gymnast
|gymnastname= Shawn Johnson East
|image= Shawn Johnson.jpg
|imagesize=
|caption= Shawn Johnson on top of the all-around podium at the 2008 U.S. National Championships.
|fullname= Shawn Machel Johnson East
|nickname=
|country= [[United States]]
|formercountry=
|birthdate= {{birth date and age|1992|01|19}}
|birthplace= [[West Des Moines, Iowa|West Des Moines]], [[Iowa]], [[USA]]
|hometown= 
|deathdate= 
|deathplace=
|height= 4 ft 9 in
|discipline= Women's Artistic Gymnastics
|level= Senior International Elite
|natlteam= 2004 –
|club= [[Liang Chow|Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute]]
|gym=
|collegeteam=
|headcoach= [[Liang Chow]]
|assistcoach= Liwen Zhuang
|formercoach=
|choreographer=
|music= August's Rhapsody <small>from [[August Rush]]</small>
|eponymousskills=
|retired=
|medaltemplates= <!-- see [[Template:MedalRelatedTemplates]] -->
{{Medal|Sport|[[Gymnastics]]}}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Summer Olympics]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's balance beam|Balance beam]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's artistic individual all-around|All-around]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's artistic team all-around|Team competition]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's floor|Women's floor]]}}
{{Medal|Competition | [[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 Stuttgart]]|Team competition}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 Stuttgart]]|All-around}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 Stuttgart]]|Floor}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro 2007]]|Team competition}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro 2007]]|All-around}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro 2007]]|Uneven Bars}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro 2007]]|Balance Beam}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[2007 Pan American Games|Rio de Janeiro 2007]]|Floor}}
}}

'''Shawn Machel Johnson East''' (born January 19, 1992)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://gymnastics.teamusa.org/athletes/shawn-johnson|title=Shawn Johnson |publisher=United States Olympic Committee|accessdate=2010-09-20}}</ref><ref>{{USAGymnastics name|id=330449|name=Shawn Johnson}} Retrieved 2010-09-20.</ref>  is an [[Americans|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.

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