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I have a healthy lifestyle, but there's nothing you can really do to prevent from rolling an ankle or something like that.
Shawn Johnson
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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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