Shawn Johnson

Birth Name:

Shawn Machel Johnson East

Birth Place:

Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Profession

Actress

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

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