Shawn Johnson

Shawn Johnson

Shawn Johnson (born January 19, 1992) is an American gymnast who won the Gold Medal in Women's Balance Beam and the Women's Individual All-Around Silver Medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Shawn Johnson has since made many... [more]

Shawn Johnson (born January 19, 1992) is an American gymnast who won the Gold Medal in Women's Balance Beam and the Women's Individual All-Around Silver Medal at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Shawn Johnson has since made many television appearances, including a stint as a competitor on "Dancing with the Stars" in 2009.

 
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As announced by ABC, in alphabetical order, here are the 13 stars making their ballroom dancing debut in 2009 on Dancing with the Stars:

BELINDA CARLISLE
80's pop singer Belinda Carlisle
-- The lead singer of the Go-Go's, the most successful all-female band of all time.








DAVID ALAN GRIER
TV actor David Alan "DAG" Grier
-- TV actor from In Living Color, Life with Bonnie, and Chocolate News for Comedy Central.








JEWEL
Singer and song-writer Jewel
-- Singer and songwriter









SHAWN JOHNSON
Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson
-- Olympic gold medalist in balance beam at the 2008 Summer Olympics.








LIL' KIM
Female Rapper Lil' Kim
-- Grammy Award winning multi-platinum rapper.









GILLES MARINI
Sex and the City actor Gilles Marini
-- An actor from the movie Sex and the City.










TY MURRAY
Rodeo ringer Ty Murray
-- The most accomplished rodeo athlete in the century-long history of the sport.








STEVE-O
Comedian and producer Steve-O
-- Starred in his own show for MTV - Wildboyz.









NANCY O'DELL
TV personality Nancy O'Dell
-- The co-Anchor of Access Hollywood.









DENISE RICHARDS
Actress Denise Richards
-- Actress known for her roles in films such as Wild Things and Starship Troopers.








LAWRENCE TAYLOR
Football great Lawrence Taylor
-- Widely regarded as the greatest defensive player in the history of the National Football League.








CHUCK WICKS
Singer Chuck Wicks
-- A gifted songwriter and vocalist.









STEVE WOZNIAK
Computer guy Steve Wozniak
-- A Silicon Valley icon and philanthropist.
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Gymnast Shawn Johnson attends the 29th annual Salute to Women in Sports Awards presented by the Women's Sports Foundation at The Waldorf-Astoria Hotel on October 14, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images North America) A 34-year-old man concealing two loaded guns was arrested early Tuesday morning after attempting to sneak onto the set of Dancing With the Stars . According to TMZ , Robert O'Ryan was obsessed with 17-year-old contestant and Olympic gymnast Shawn Johnson , and apparently thought the two were "meant to be." O'Ryan is currently in police custody and being held on $35,000 bail. Johnson's mother, ... Read Full Story
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Florida man who drove cross-country to meet Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson was ordered on Tuesday to stand trial on accusations of stalking her, but a judge dropped a charge of attempted kidnapping against the man. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Carter said prosecutors met the burden of proof for the stalking charge against Robert O'Ryan, who was arrested in March trying to get onto the set of ABC television's "Dancing with the Stars" show where Johnson, 17, was performing. Police say O'Ryan, 34, had zip ties, duct tape and two guns, but the judge said on ... Read Full Story
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A judge says there's enough evidence against a man accused of stalking Shawn Johnson for the case to go to trial. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Michael Carter made the ruling after concluding a preliminary hearing for Robert O'Ryan, who has been jailed since his arrest in March. Authorities say he trespassed on the lot where "Dancing With the Stars" is taped and tried to contact Johnson. The 17-year-old Olympic gold-medal gymnast won the dancing competition earlier this year. Johnson and her parents have obtained a civil restraining order against the 34-year-old Florida man. Authorities said they found a pair of loaded guns in ... Read Full Story
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Iowa native and Olympic gold medalist gymnast Shawn Johnson will be a judge of the 2010 Miss America Pageant. Johnson will join Vivica A. View post: Shawn Johnson set as Miss America judge (The Gazette) Read Full Story
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Olympic champion Nastia Liukin won't be competing at the world gymnastics championships in October. Liukin took herself out of the mix for the U.S. team on Monday, saying she needs more time to get in shape. Liukin has spent much of the past year on the road, and returned to competition only in late July. She did one event at the national championships two weeks ago, finishing fourth on balance beam. The worlds are Oct. 12-18 in London. The first of two training camps that will be used to determine the U.S. team begins next week. Liukin insists her decision is not the end ... Read Full Story
Following Pitt's win over No. 13 Iowa State, Rutgers and Brockport, Panther sophomore Alicia Talucci has been named the East Atlantic Gymnastics League Gymnast of the Week and freshman Meaghan Biros is the EAGL Rookie of the Week.  
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STANFORD freshman Ashley Morgan and OREGON STATE junior Becky Colvin merited Pac-10 Gymnast of the Week and Special Performance of the Week honors, respectively for Feb. 1-7, Commissioner Larry Scott announced today.  
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Reverted 1 edit by Livestrong85 identified as vandalism to last revision by MBK004. (TW) ← Previous revision Revision as of 08:57, 7 February 2010 Line 115: Line 115: Liukin currently updates a blog on her official website and regularly posts on Twitter as @NLiukin. She has a line of GK Gymnastics Leotards and grips and a line of pink gymnastics equipment from AAI. Liukin currently...  
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Jim and Hannah Holt, the co-coaches of the Bellevue High School gymnastics team, have fashioned careers as freelance international gymnastics coaches. They have coached in Zimbabwe, Nigeria, Egypt, Bolivia and Chile, to name a few countries.  
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Olympic gold medalist gymnast Shawn Johnson will be a judge of the 2010 Miss America Pageant. … The pageant takes place at the Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 30, 2010 at 7:00PM CST. You can watch it on TLC. KCRG Great honour? … Rush Limbaugh is one of the other judges.  
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After a whirlwind two years following the 2008 Olympics, Shawn Johnson—women's balance beam gold medalist and individual all-around silver medalist—has joined the McDonald's Champion Kids program as its ambassador to help sponsor her fellow  
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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson is back in the gym as she considers returning to competition and making a run at the 2012 Olympics in London.  
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From USAG Gymnast Shawn Johnson will be carrying the Olympic torch in the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Torch Relay TODAY at 12:15 p.m. ET. You can watch LIVE at this link. She’s celebrating her 18th birthday. By the way, we’ve been informed that all Canadian Olympic athletes were given a chance to carry the torch. Not so, as [...]  
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Shawn Johnson is getting Olympic fever. Again. The gold medal gymnast will carry the Olympic torch when it passes through Calgary on Jan. 18-19, and will be at the Vancouver Games with one of her sponsors. She also teamed up with short track ...  
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Blythe Lawrence on Gymnastics Examiner posted an excellent “look back at the scandals and milestones of 2009.” Photo gallery: The gymnastics year in review The biggest story of last year was Shawn Johnson winning Dancing With the Stars. Sad, but true. The most important story of last year to me, however, was the emergence of Kohei Uchimura [...]  
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