Shawn Johnson Biography

Fast Facts

• Best known for winning season eight of musical reality television show "Dancing with the Stars" with her partner Mark Ballas in 2009
• She won four medals during the 2008 Summer Olympics, as she was the balance beam gold medalist and earned three silver medals for the team, all-around and floor exercise disciplines
• Her parents enrolled her in gymnastics class at age three when they found her always climbing on furniture and jumping off tables and chairs
• She was a special guest on the improvisational television show "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" in 2013