Shawn Johnson Research Paper

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Shawn Johnson is an influential person because she is a hard-working athlete who earned two Olympic gold medals in gymnastics. Early life
Her birthday is January 19, 1992(Source #3).Shawn Johnson is 26 years old.Shawn Johnson was born in Des Moines , Iowa United states (Source #2). Shawn Johnson's full name is Shawn Machel Johnson (Source #1). Her nickname was SJ to represent her because she didn't like her name at first (Source #4). When Shawn was little , she was signed up for ballet and tumbling (Source #2).Shawn used to jump off of her furniture to remind her of gymnastics (Source #3). She decided to get up to do gymnastics full time (Source #4). Who is she
She began gymnastics in 1995 (Source #4). She went to olympic training

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