saraspain Posted August 16, 2008 Posted August 16, 2008 Shawn Johnson (born January 19, 1992) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic individual all-around silver medalist,[1] the 2007 all-around World Champion, and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. all-around champion. Personal life Johnson currently attends Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa. Career Early years Shawn Johnson qualified to Junior International Elite status on her first attempt. She first attracted widespread attention at the 2005 U.S. Classic, where she placed 3rd in the junior division. At the 2005 U.S. National Championships, Johnson struggled on the first day of competition, falling from the beam and on the floor. She placed tenth in the All-Around. By 2006, Johnson was ready with new skills, including a Jaeger on bars, and two top-difficulty skills: full-in beam dismount and double-twisting double back floor exercise mount. She won the 2006 U.S. Junior National All-Around Champion with a score higher than any of the senior elite competitors that year.[citation needed] Senior career 2007 season Johnson entered the senior division in 2007, and continued to showcase new skills, including a double twisting double layout dismount off the uneven bars. She competed at the 2007 Tyson American Cup, winning the All-Around title over teammate Natasha Kelley. Johnson also competed in the 2007 Pan American Games, winning four gold medals in the team finals, the individual all-around, and the balance beam and uneven bar finals, and the silver in the floor exercise final. She won the All-Around at the 2007 Visa U.S. National Championships, beating two-time National Champion Nastia Liukin by more than 5 points, and Shayla Worley by more than 3 points. Johnson represented the U.S. at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships with teammates Nastia Liukin, Shayla Worley, Alicia Sacramone, Ivana Hong and Samantha Peszek. They won the team competition with a score of 184.400 points, 0.95 points ahead of the silver medalist Chinese team. Johnson competed on all four apparatus in the team competition. In the qualification round, Johnson earned a score of 16.25 on beam, 15.15 on floor exercise, and 15.175 on vault. She fell on her uneven bars dismount and scored 14.625.[2] The U.S. finished first in the qualifying round. Johnson's scores qualified her for the all-around finals, along with Liukin. Johnson also qualified to the beam and floor event finals. In the team competition, Johnson scored 15.375 on uneven bars and floor exercise, and a 15.150 on vault. She fell on the beam on her handspring-handspring-layout series and scored 15.025. The U.S. team won the gold medal. It was the second team gold medal for the United States.[citation needed] In the individual all-around competition, Johnson performed a double-twisting Yurchenko vault and scored 15.175. She scored 15.425 on floor exercise, 15.9 on beam, and 15.375 on uneven bars. Her total score of 61.875 earned her the gold medal. She became the fourth American woman to win the All-Around. During event finals, Johnson first competed on the balance beam, where she fell on her standing full and on her switch side leap, earning a score of 14.475. She finished in last place. In floor exercise, she went out-of-bounds on her first tumbling pass and won the gold with a score of 15.25. 2008 Summer Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics Johnson competed in all four events during the team competition, in which the United States won the silver medal. Johnson also won the silver medal in the Individual All-Around competition, receiving a score of 62.725. Johnson's teammate Nastia Liukin won the gold medal, receiving a score of 63.325.[3] With Liukin taking gold and Johnson silver, this competition was the first time that the United States Women's Gymnastics team took both the gold and silver medals in the Individual All-Around competition; this competition also marks only the fourth time any country has won both the gold and silver medals in the Individual All-Around competition. [4] Skills As of 2008, Johnson often competed the following skills, listed per apparatus. Vault - Amanar - 2 1/2 twisting, laid out Yurchenko Bars - Toe-on full pirouette; Jaeger; Gienger; bail handstand; double twisting double layout dismount. Floor - Double twisting double tuck; whip immediate triple full; front full punch layout rudi; double full; tucked full-in. She also changed her music for this routine from Highway Blues to the soundtrack from August Rush. Beam - Front Pike; standing tucked full; switch split leap to layout step out to pike back; 2 back handsprings to a back layout; full-in tuck dismount. fdsa.bmp fdsa.bmp Quote
PinkCouture Posted August 27, 2008 Posted August 27, 2008 Of all the American gymnasts, she was the only one who has class and showmanship Quote
ILUVAdrianaLima Posted September 1, 2008 Posted September 1, 2008 Agreed, she was just amazing, nothing but talent for sure, plus she is cute'r then a pile of bunnys. Quote
saraspain Posted October 4, 2008 Author Posted October 4, 2008 Democratic National Convention /monthly_10_2008/post-16455-0-1446089898-27354_thumb.jpg" data-fileid="3855190" alt="post-16455-0-1446089898-27354_thumb.jpg" data-ratio="150.53"> /monthly_10_2008/post-16455-0-1446089898-33558_thumb.jpg" data-fileid="3855195" alt="post-16455-0-1446089898-33558_thumb.jpg" data-ratio="156.74"> Quote
sofinghood Posted October 7, 2008 Posted October 7, 2008 My brain and penis are having a conflict of interests on weather or not this chick is cute. Quote
Agenty Posted October 13, 2008 Posted October 13, 2008 I think shawn should have won more gold medals, but the judge always give liukin high scores, that's confusing........... Quote
christine Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 is she gonna be in the 2012 olympics Quote
victoria's_secret Posted February 26, 2010 Posted February 26, 2010 yeah a lot of gymnasts are really short, but she's so cute!! Quote
tranced rabbit Posted May 11, 2011 Posted May 11, 2011 she looks like the adult star christie lee to me imho. looks cute but i keep associating her with christie and its messing with my tiny man brain Quote
Dorkside Posted December 15, 2011 Posted December 15, 2011 Shawn Johnson - Visa Championships Day 1 (August 18, 2011) http://www.filesonic.com/file/4191676644/S....08.18.2011.mp4 File Size: 62.1 MB Resolution: 1280x720 Duration: 3min 0sec Format: MP4 Quote
mainman Posted November 17, 2012 Posted November 17, 2012 Not my usual hi-res, but just priceless for what she is "showing" Quote
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