Olympian- Shawn Johnson
3-15-17
Keirsten Heflin Shawn Johnson is an American gymnast, she’s performed in the Olympics many times. She was training to go to the 2012 Olympics, but she had to stop training due to her knee injury. She tore her ACL, MCL and meniscus, and her hamstring. Unfortunately, her knee never returned to its full strength, and she had to retire. She was the all-around World Champion in 2007, they say she is very good at the balance beam, she is called the balance beam queen. She won a gold medal for the competition of balance beam in 2008 in Beijing, she was sixteen at the time. Shawn won four gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was officially enrolled in gymnastics when she was only three years old.
Shawn Johnson was born in Des Moines, Iowa on January 19th, 1992. Shawn was born an only child …show more content…
Her two books that she has wrote are: “The Flip Side” and “Winning Balance”. They are mostly about gymnastics, because you know she does gymnastics so much that that’s probably all that’s on her mind TWENTY FOUR SEVEN. Many people are inspired by her books, there are many gymnasts who were inspired by her. Shawn is very inspiring for many people who want to become what she is today. Shawn has a 17 years’ experience in gymnastics. I bet if Shawn would’ve never got that knee injury, then she would still be at the gym at this very time.
In between gymnastics Shawn didn’t only write books, she also went to school. She went to school at Valley High School, there she was an honor roll student. It must’ve been pretty hard to balance school and gymnastics. Eventually, she went to college. Shawn Johnson went to college at Vanderbilt University. When she was in ninth grade, she didn’t go to the same high school because they only taught 10-12th grade. Her parents probably told her to get good grades or drop gymnastics. Shawn Johnson was probably stressed because she had a lot to
3-15-17
Keirsten Heflin Shawn Johnson is an American gymnast, she’s performed in the Olympics many times. She was training to go to the 2012 Olympics, but she had to stop training due to her knee injury. She tore her ACL, MCL and meniscus, and her hamstring. Unfortunately, her knee never returned to its full strength, and she had to retire. She was the all-around World Champion in 2007, they say she is very good at the balance beam, she is called the balance beam queen. She won a gold medal for the competition of balance beam in 2008 in Beijing, she was sixteen at the time. Shawn won four gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She was officially enrolled in gymnastics when she was only three years old.
Shawn Johnson was born in Des Moines, Iowa on January 19th, 1992. Shawn was born an only child …show more content…
Her two books that she has wrote are: “The Flip Side” and “Winning Balance”. They are mostly about gymnastics, because you know she does gymnastics so much that that’s probably all that’s on her mind TWENTY FOUR SEVEN. Many people are inspired by her books, there are many gymnasts who were inspired by her. Shawn is very inspiring for many people who want to become what she is today. Shawn has a 17 years’ experience in gymnastics. I bet if Shawn would’ve never got that knee injury, then she would still be at the gym at this very time.
In between gymnastics Shawn didn’t only write books, she also went to school. She went to school at Valley High School, there she was an honor roll student. It must’ve been pretty hard to balance school and gymnastics. Eventually, she went to college. Shawn Johnson went to college at Vanderbilt University. When she was in ninth grade, she didn’t go to the same high school because they only taught 10-12th grade. Her parents probably told her to get good grades or drop gymnastics. Shawn Johnson was probably stressed because she had a lot to