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I was always trying to be leaner and thinner to fit the standard and the mold.
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
Shawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnson
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I was always known as that stocky, muscular, powerful, short, athlete. People always wondered if I was on steroids, and it was because I wasn't that long and lean, flexible, artistic gymnast. It didn't affect me too much but it got to the point where I tried to be that long and lean gymnast, and it just wasn't possible.
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I always feel like I'm the young one, I'm the small one.
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People put too much emphasis on looks.
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I get less and less sleep these days, so when I have any down time all I want to do is sleep!
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I told myself after 2008 that I was done for good. But they say you can't keep a gymnast away from her sport.
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