Childhood
Shawn Johnson was born on January 19th, 1992 in Des Moines Iowa and grew up there. She is an only child. Shawn had a rough start, she had apgar score of 0. She loved to climb and do any pyscial things so her parents had to try some sports. She did dance and soccer but feel in love with gymnastics instead. At age 7 she started to compete in gymnastics. Shawn had the passion and heart for gymnastics in the start, she just loved to jump around and have a safe place to do that. Her parents motivated her to start gymnastics and she feel in love with it ever since.