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When I was 3 my parents put me in gymnastics because I was a bundle of energy and they just didn't know what to do with me! They put me in a Tots class and I just fell in love with it.
Shawn Johnson
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Shawn Johnson
Age: 32
Born: 1992
Born: January 19
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