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 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 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.
running gymnastics years
After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
strong gymnastics broke
Gymnastics has made me strong. I feel like it broke me down to my lowest point, but at the same time, it has given me the greatest strength anyone could ask for.
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 complexes
Gymnastics is so complex.
gymnastics impossible comeback
A comeback in gymnastics is almost impossible in itself.
mom giving-up gymnastics
Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was tough to give up gymnastics, but so many great opportunities have come from it that I never expected. And those wouldn't have happened had I not accepted my injury as a way to try something new.
gymnastics people olympics
People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
sports gymnastics nerves
If you lose the nerves, you lose the sport.
good-day gymnastics judging
When it comes to gymnastics, you can be 30 points ahead going into that competition, but on that day, it's all about luck. It's about who has a good day, who stays healthy, it's how happy the judges are that day, there are so many different factors.
gymnastics beijing difficulty
My approach to gymnastics in Beijing was heavily based on the amount of difficulty I could do.
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.