In 2004, Johnson competed in the Junior Olympics (U.S. Level 10) National Championships, finishing fourth in the all-around, first on beam, and second on floor.[12] As a youngster, Johnson was not scouted by USAG and her coach, Chow, had no interactions with the national staff. In 2005, Chow reached out to the National Team Coordinator, Marta Karolyi, sending her a video of Johnson, with the comment "I believe this kid will help the US team."[13] Karolyi felt the action was audacious, "Wow, this coach is pretty confident",[8] but she soon invited Johnson to national team training camps. Junior elite Johnson qualified Junior International Elite on her first attempt. She attracted widespread attention at the 2005 U.S. Classic, where she placed third. At the 2005 U.S. National Championships, Johnson fell from the beam on the first day of competition and finished tenth all-around. [14] In 2006, Johnson added several new tricks, including a Jaege! r on bars, and two top-difficulty (G) skills, a full-in back-out dismount off beam and a double-twisting double back on floor . She won the 2006 U.S. Junior National All-Around Championship with a score higher than any of her senior elite competitors.[15] Senior career 2007 pre-Worlds Johnson became a senior in 2007 and continued to show new skills, including a double-twisting double layout dismount off the uneven bars. She competed at the 2007 Tyson American Cup, winning the all-around over teammate Natasha Kelley. Johnson also competed in the 2007 Pan American Games, winning four gold medals (team, all-around, beam and bars) and a silver on floor. Johnson won the all-around at the 2007 Visa U.S. National Championships, beating Shayla Worley by more than three points. Johnson also finished more than five points ahead of two-time National Champion Nastia Liukin, in the first of a series of face-offs over the next two years.[citation needed] 2007 Pan Amer! ican Games Johnson took part in 2007 Panamerican Games. She wo! n the team title, the all around title, the balance beam title and the uneven bars title. She was the silver medalist on floor.[16] 2007 World Championships Johnson represented the U.S. at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships along with Nastia Liukin, Shayla Worley, Alicia Sacramone, Ivana Hong and Samantha Peszek. In prelims (qualification), Johnson scored 16.250 on beam, 15.150 on floor, 15.175 on vault, and (with a fall on her dismount) 14.625 on bars. The U.S. finished first in prelims and Johnson qualified to the all-around, beam and floor finals. Johnson performed all four events in the team finals; the only U.S. athlete to do this. Johnson scored 15.375 on bars and floor, and 15.150 on vault. She fell on the beam on her handspring-handspring-layout series and scored 15.025. The team won gold with 184.400 points, 0.950 ahead of silver-medal China. It was the second U.S. team gold in the World Championships.[17][18] In the all-around finals, Johnson scored ! a 15.175 on vault, 15.375 on bars, 15.900 on beam and 15.425 on floor. Her 61.875 total made her the fourth American woman to win the all-around gold medal.[19] During event finals, Johnson first competed on the balance beam, where she fell on her standing full and on her switch side leap, scoring a 14.475 and finishing last. In floor exercise, she went out-of-bounds on her first tumbling pass, but won the gold with a 15.250, just eclipsing teammate Sacramone.[20] 2008 pre-Olympics Johnson competed again in the American Cup on March 1, 2008 in Madison Square Garden. On vault, she fell on her Amanar vault, scoring a 15.175. [21] She stated[citation needed] that her attempt to "stick" the vault caused the fall. On the other apparatus, she scored 15.625 on bars, 16.325 on beam, and 15.975 on floor. Although Johnson scored first on the vault, balance beam, and floor, she finished second in the all-around. Nastia Liukin won gold with an uneven bars score nearly a point h! igher than Johnson.[22] One week later, Johnson represented the U.S. in! Jesolo, Italy against Italy, Spain, and Poland, along with Jana Bieger, Olivia Courtney, Chelsea Davis, Bridget Sloan, and Samantha Peszek. The U.S. won the junior and senior all-around team titles. Johnson won the all-around with a 61.7, earning the highest scores on vault (15.2), beam (16.2), and floor (15.0). Johnson finished first on floor, despite falling, on her double-double mount.[23][24] On June 7, 2008, Johnson won the 2008 U.S. Visa Championships. Johnson scored 127.5, winning the all-around title by one point ahead of Liukin. Johnson also won the floor exercise.[22] Two weeks later, Johnson won the all-around at the Olympic Trials in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, again finishing ahead of Liukin. Because of their top placements, Johnson and Liukin were named to the 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team immediately after the Trials. The other four 2008 team members earned their spots after two additional selection camps.[25] 2008 Summer Olympics Johnson performs on the! floor at the 2008 Beijing Olympics At the 2008 Summer Olympics Johnson competed in all four events during the team competition,[26] in which the United States won the silver medal.[27] Johnson also won the silver medal in the individual all-around competition, receiving a score of 62.725.[28] Johnson's teammate and roommate at the Olympic Village,[29] Nastia Liukin, won the gold medal, receiving a score of 63.325.[30] With Liukin taking gold and Johnson silver, this competition was the first time that the United States Women's Gymnastics team took both the gold and silver medals in the individual all-around competition; this competition also marks the fourth time a country won both gold and silver medals in the individual all-around competition.[31] She won the silver medal in floor exercise, with teammate Liukin taking bronze. She won a gold medal on the balance beam apparatus.[32] Like the individual all-around, she and Liukin took the top two medals in this event.[33][3! 4][35] Comeback Shawn Johnson in San Diego just after her Olympic victo! ry In January 2010, Johnson tore her ACL while skiing. She had reconstructive knee surgery the following month. In May 2010, Johnson announced her return to gymnastics training with a goal of making 2012 U.S. Olympic team.[36] In August 2010, Johnson communicated that her knee recovered to allow full training and that she had learned a new difficult skill.[37] In September 2010, Johnson released videos showing the following skills (training status):[38] Vault Yurchenko 2.5 "Amanar" (into pit) Yurchenko 2.0 (into pit) Uneven bars double twisting double layout dismount (into pit) toe-on full pirouette, connected to Geinger salto Beam back handspring, back handspring, full twisting layout (floor line) standing full twisting back salto (floor line) back handspring, back handspring, layout (low beam) switch leap, layout step-out, back pike front tuck Floor exercise full twisting double layout (spotted onto pit mat, also unassisted on tumbletrack) double layout (unassisted onto p! it mat and on tumbletrack) whip, double twisting back layout (tumbletrack) double pike double layout (unassisted on the spring floor) In November 2010, Johnson performed her first post-Olympics National Team Training Camp. Although she expected to return to the "ranch" later in her comeback, Martha Karolyi requested she appear, based on her demonstrated progress in video. Johnson mentioned that her reconstructed knee still hindered high training volume.[39] In February 2011, Johnson became an official member of the USA Senior National team once again, this allows her to compete in international competitions. She has stated that she wishes to return to competition later in 2011.[40] In September 2011, Johnson was named as a non-traveling alternate to the 2011 USA Women's World Championships Team.[41] In October 2011, Johnson was named to the 2011 Pan American Games Team. She won a gold medal in the team competition and also won a silver medal for her uneven bars performance.! [42] Retirement On June 3, 2012, Johnson ended her comeback for the 201! 2 Olympic team and retired because of her constant problems regarding her left knee.[43] Honors Johnson was one of two female athletes to appear on AOL's 100 most searched females on the Internet for 2009, ranked 27th.[44][45] A scientific poll commissioned by Forbes magazine concluded Johnson was "America's Most-Liked Sports Figure" in 2009.[46] Johnson was also on the top of most appealing athletes on E-score Celebrity metric in 2010,[47] and she was ranked seventh of America's Favorite Female Sports Stars on Harris Interactive in 2010.[48] ESPN announced Johnson's nominations for the 2009 "Best Female U.S. Olympian" Johnson won an ESPY for "Best Female U.S. Olympian" and "Athlete – Female" Teen Choice Award, the latter for the second consecutive year.[49][50] On 15 April 2009, Johnson was awarded the prestigious AAU James E. Sullivan Award.[51] The annual award honors the USA athlete who best represents "the qualities of leadership, character, sportsmanship, and the id! eals of amateurism."[52] Johnson ranked fifth in the Associated Press' 2008 Female Athlete of the Year voting.[53] Johnson was the winner of the 2008 Teen Choice Award for best female athlete, although she was not able to accept the honor in person because of Olympic training commitments.[54] She was the first gymnast to be nominated for the award.[55] A life-sized bronze sculpture of Johnson honors the gymnast at the Iowa Hall of Pride in Des Moines.[56] On 7 September 2007, Johnson received the "Longines Prize for Elegance" in Stuttgart, Germany along with Japan's Hiroyuki Tomita. The prize is given in recognition of athletes who demonstrate remarkable elegance in the course of an international competition at world level; the decision was unanimous. In addition to the trophy, designed by the Swiss a
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