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Johnson competed in the American Cup on March 1, 2008 in [[Madison Square Garden]]. On vault, she fell on her Amanar vault and received a score of 15.175. She stated{{Fact|date=July 2008}} that her attempt to "stick" the vault caused her to stumble. She scored 15.625 on uneven bars, 16.325 on balance beam, and 15.975 on floor exercise. In the All-Around, Johnson ranked first on the vault, balance beam, and floor. Nastia Liukin |
Johnson competed in the American Cup on March 1, 2008 in [[Madison Square Garden]]. On vault, she fell on her Amanar vault and received a score of 15.175. She stated{{Fact|date=July 2008}} that her attempt to "stick" the vault caused her to stumble. She scored 15.625 on uneven bars, 16.325 on balance beam, and 15.975 on floor exercise. In the All-Around, Johnson ranked first on the vault, balance beam, and floor. Nastia Liukin{{Fact|date=July 2008}}, won the All-Around title. Johnson won the silver medal. |
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One week later, Johnson competed |
One week later, Johnson competed in [[Jesolo, Italy]] against Italy, Spain, and Poland, with teammates [[Jana Bieger]], Olivia Courtney, Chelsea Davis, [[Bridget Sloan]], and [[Samantha Peszek]]. The U.S. won the junior and senior all-around team titles, and Johnson won the individual all-around title with a score 61.7 points. also earned the highest scores on three of four events, on vault (15.2), beam (16.2), and floor (15.0.). |
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On June 7, 2008, Johnson won the 2008 U.S. National Championships. |
On June 7, 2008, Johnson won the 2008 U.S. National Championships. earned a score of 127.5, winning the all-around title by one point also won the floor exercise. |
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Two weeks later, Johnson won the All-Around Olympic Trials in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] |
Two weeks later, Johnson won the All-Around Olympic Trials in [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]. Johnson and Liukin were named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team after the Trial because they finished 1-2 in the all-around.<ref>{{cite news | url= http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ilD9shFI_gUITG0tdGSMmxcbV4ogD91FQIEO0 | title = Johnson, Liukin advance to Beijing |first= NANCY |last= ARMOUR |publisher= Associated Press|date= 2008-06-23 |accessdate=2008-07-19 }} </ref> |
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==Skills== |
==Skills== |
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Full name | Shawn Machel Johnson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | West Des Moines, Iowa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 143 cm (4 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's Artistic Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Liang Meow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Liwen Zhuang | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Music | August Rush | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Shawn Johnson (born January 19, 1992) is an American gymnast. She is the 2007 World All-Around Champion and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. All-Around Champion. She is a member of the United States' 2008 Olympic women's gymnastics team.[1]
Personal life
Shawn Johnson was born in West Des Moines, Iowa. She is a student at Valley High School (West Des Moines, Iowa).[2] On August 4th 2008, Johnson was named Choice Female Athlete at the Teen Choice Awards.
Junior career
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 point 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[citation needed], 15.15 on floor exercise[citation needed], and 15.175 on vault[citation needed]. She fell on her uneven bars dismount and scored 14.625.[citation needed] 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 season
Johnson competed in the American Cup on March 1, 2008 in Madison Square Garden. On vault, she fell on her Amanar vault and received a score of 15.175. She stated[citation needed] that her attempt to "stick" the vault caused her to stumble. She scored 15.625 on uneven bars, 16.325 on balance beam, and 15.975 on floor exercise. In the All-Around, Johnson ranked first on the vault, balance beam, and floor. Nastia Liukin[citation needed], won the All-Around title. Johnson won the silver medal.
One week later, Johnson competed in Jesolo, Italy against Italy, Spain, and Poland, with teammates Jana Bieger, Olivia Courtney, Chelsea Davis, Bridget Sloan, and Samantha Peszek. The U.S. won the junior and senior all-around team titles, and Johnson won the individual all-around title with a score 61.7 points. She also earned the highest scores on three of four events, on vault (15.2), beam (16.2), and floor (15.0.).
On June 7, 2008, Johnson won the 2008 U.S. National Championships. She earned a score of 127.5, winning the all-around title by one point, and she also won the floor exercise.
Two weeks later, Johnson won the All-Around Olympic Trials in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Johnson and Liukin were named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team after the Trial because they finished 1-2 in the all-around.[3]
Skills
As of 2008, Johnson often competed the following skills, listed per apparatus.
- 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.
Competitive history
Senior career history
2008 season
Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
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2008 | U.S. Championships | Boston | All Around | 1 | |||
Floor Exercises | 1 | ||||||
Balance Beam | 2 | ||||||
Uneven Bar | 5 | ||||||
American Cup | New York | All Around | 2 |
2007 season
Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
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2007 | World Championships | STUTTGART | All Around | 1 | 61.875 | 3 | 61.200 |
Balance Beam | 8 | 14.475 | 3 | 16.250 | |||
Floor Exercise | 1 | 15.250 | 4 | 15.150 | |||
Team | 1 | 184.400 | 1 | 245.025 | |||
Uneven Bar | 41 | 14.625 | |||||
U.S. Championships | San Jose | All Around | 1 | ||||
Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
Floor Exercise | 1 | ||||||
Uneven Bar | 3 | ||||||
Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro | Team | 1 | ||||
All Around | 1 | ||||||
Uneven Bar | 1 | ||||||
Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
Floor Exercise | 2 | ||||||
American Cup | Jacksonville | All Around | 1 |
Junior career history
Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
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2006 | U.S. Championships | St. Paul | All Around | 1 | |||
Vault | 1 | ||||||
Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
Floor Exercise | 1 | ||||||
Uneven Bar | 2 | ||||||
Pan American Championships | Gatineau, Quebec | Team | 1 | ||||
Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
All Around | 1 | ||||||
Uneven Bar | 2 | ||||||
Floor Exercise | 2 | ||||||
Pacific Alliance Championships | Honolulu | All Around | 1 | ||||
Team | 1 | ||||||
Vault | 1 | ||||||
Floor Exercise | 1 | ||||||
Balance Beam | 2 | ||||||
2005 | U.S. Championships | Indianapolis | All Around | 10 | |||
Vault | 4 | ||||||
Uneven Bar | 9 |
References
- ^ "Olympians At Last." NBCOlympics.com. July 19, 2008. Accessed on July 19, 2008.
- ^ Gruen, Seth. "Shawn Johnson: America's Next Great Gymnast". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ ARMOUR, NANCY (2008-06-23). "Johnson, Liukin advance to Beijing". Associated Press. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
External links
- Official site
- Shawn Johnson at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Shawn Johnson at USA Gymnastics
- Shawn Johnson at Team USA (archived)
- Shawn Johnson: Coverage from The Des Moines Register
- "Shawn Johnson", n°7 on Time’s list of "100 Olympic Athletes To Watch"