- Hometown: West Des Moines, Iowa
- Birth date: Jan. 19, 1992
- Club: Chow’s Gymnastics
- Coach: Liang Chow, Liwen Zhuang
- School: Valley High School, 11th (Fall 2008)
- Began gymnastics: 1995
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Personal Info
Johnson automatically qualified for her first Olympic Games after finishing first at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
Trials – Gymnastics. She was named USA Gymnastics’ Women’s Athlete of the Year for 2008. At the 2008 Visa
Championships, Johnson won her second consecutive U.S. senior all-around title. Johnson helped the U.S. women
win the team gold medal at the 2007 World Championships, which was just the second world team title in U.S.
history and the first won at a World Championships held outside of the United States. With her victory in the
women’s all-around finals, Johnson joined Kim Zmeskal (1991), Shannon Miller (1993-94) and Chellsie Memmel
(2005) as the only U.S. women to win a world all-around title. She also added a gold medal on floor exercise. It was
the first time the USA won both the team and all-around gold medals at the same World Championships. Johnson
is the daughter of Doug and Teri Johnson. She is an honor roll student and has had three short stories published.
Her favorite athlete is Lance Armstrong.
How did you get involved in gymnastics?: My mom says, "The wild child just needed something to do!"
Favorite thing about gymnastics: My favorite parts about gymnastics are the interesting places you get to go and
all of the different people and friends you get to make.
Favorite event: Balance beam
Goals: To compete in the 2008 Olympic Games.
Favorite music: Rascal Flatts
Favorite books: You Go Girl! Winning the Woman's Way by Kim Doren and Charlie Jones, and The Eight by
Katherine Neville
Favorite TV show: Dharma and Greg, So You Think You Can Dance, Dancing With The Stars
Favorite food: Steak and chicken kabobs, and peaches and crème corn on the cob
Hobbies: Scrapbooking, shopping
Charity: Walking animal shelter dogs
Favorite school subject: Language and literature
Past Results
2008 - U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, Philadelphia, Pa.: 1, AA, BB, FX; 2, VT; 4, UB
2008 - Visa Championships, Boston, Mass.: 1, AA, FX; 2, BB; 5, UB
2008 - Italy-Spain-Poland-USA competition, Jesolo, Italy: 1, team, AA
2008 - Tyson American Cup, New York, N.Y.: 2, AA
2007 - World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany: 1, team, AA, FX; 8, BB
2007 - Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif.: 1, AA, BB, FX; 3, UB
2007 - Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 1, team, AA, UB, BB; 2, FX
2007 - USA vs. Great Britain International Competition, Lisburn, N. Ireland: 1, team, AA, BB; 2, VT
2007 - Tyson American Cup, Jacksonville, Fla.: 1, AA
2006 - Junior Pan American Championships, Gatineau, Que., Canada: 1, team, AA, BB; 2, UB, FX (Jr.)
2006 - Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn.: 1, AA, VT, BB, FX; 2, UB; 5, VT (Jr.)
2006 - U.S. Classic, Kansas City, Kan.: 1, AA; 2, VT, FX; 3, UB; T3, BB (Jr.)
2006 - Pacific Alliance Championships, Honolulu, Hawaii: 1, team, AA, VT, FX; 2, BB (Jr.)
2006 - Gymnix International, Montreal, Que., Canada: 1, FX; 2, VT; 3, AA; 5, UB
2006 - USA/Japan/New Zealand Competition, Houston, Texas: 1, team, AA, BB, VT; 2, FX; 3, UB
2005 - Top Gym Competition, Charleroi, Belgium: 1, AA, VT, FX
2005 - Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.: 4, VT; 9, UB; 10, AA (Jr.)
2005 - U.S. Classic, Virginia Beach, Va.: 3, AA, BB; 5, VT, FX; 10, UB (Jr.)
2005 - Jr Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Kissimmee, Fla.: 1, BB; 2, FX; 4, AA; T4, VT
Legend: AA=all-around; VT=vault; UB=uneven bars; BB=balance beam; FX=Floor Exercise
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