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After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.
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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
Artistic Gymnast
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Des Moines
Iowa
Shawn Machel Johnson East
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