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
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.
zero gymnastics basics
I started from zero and went back to the basics in gymnastics.
sports drama anything-can-happen
That's the drama of our sport. Our margin of error is so small that anything can happen.
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.
normal calm quiet
My other life keeps me calm and grounded and normal.
gymnastics movement timing
Everything is about your movements and precision and timing, which is what gymnastics is about.
secret
It's nearly every country's tactic to keep their greatest competitors a secret.
reality joy anxiety
I'm trying to stay as calm as possible and focus one day at a time, but when reality sets in, I feel everything: anxiety, excitement, nerves, pressure and joy.
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 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.
girl men guy
I feel like if you compare the commentary, what's covered with female athletics, as with men. On any given day, if a guy competes, you're going to critique his technique and his performance, training. With a girl, you don't do the same thing. You might mention a little bit of that, but you're also going to get what she was wearing, how she performed, what she looked like. I feel like it should be the same.
thinking looks helping
I always have someone to look up to, and I think it helps me with motivating myself.
want muscles
I don't want to be all power and muscle.
home practice decision
When I was younger, my coach, Liang Chow, made all the decisions. I would go to the gym for practice, do exactly what Chow told me to do, go home, come back and start all over again. If Chow told me to do 50 squat jumps, I did 50 squat jumps.