
Sport: Gymnastics
Discipline: All-Around, Floor Exercise, Balance Beam, Uneven Bars, Vault, Team
Height: 4’9”
Current Residence: West Des Moines, Iowa
Olympic Experience:
- 2008 Olympic Games, gold medal in women's balance beam, silver medals in women's team, women's individual all-around, women's floor exercise, 11th in women's uneven bars
Career Highlights:
- 2011, Pan American Games team gold medalist, uneven bars silver medalist
- 2009, 79th Amateur Athletic Union (All Around) Sullivan Award recipient
- 2008, Visa U.S. National Championships, national champion
- 2008, American Cup vault, floor exercise and balance beam gold medalist, all-around silver medalist
- 2007, World Championships all around, floor exercise and team gold medalist
- 2007, Pan American Games all-around, balance beam, uneven bars and team gold medalist, floor exercise silver medalist
- 2007, Visa Championships all-around, floor exercise and balance beam gold medalist, uneven bars bronze medalist
- 2007, American Cup all-around gold medalist
Fun Facts: Enjoys scrap-booking and shopping ... Won season 8 of Dancing with the Stars and is competing in the season 15 all-star edition ... Has a balance beam trick named after her
Learn more:
USA Gymnastics
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A Look Back At The 17 Most-Read TeamUSA.org Stories Of 2017
Lisa Costantini Dec. 27, 2017
This year was full of some amazing highs, as well as sad lows.
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Shawn Johnson Posts Candid Video About Her Pregnancy And Miscarriage
Karen Price Oct. 21, 2017
The Olympic champion and her husband documented their experience on their YouTube channel.
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Red, White & Trending: August 18-24
Jamie MacDonald Aug. 25, 2017
Team USA's take on the eclipse, from dozens of angles, ranging from blunders to best in show; former Little League star reps Team USA; gymnasts offer Hall of Fame behind-the-scenes from induction night; a last look back at one-year Rio anniversaries; Shalane Flanagan dances her way though an informal medal upgrade ceremony; three Team USA stars share newborn pics; skiers work the the #snowfarm in New Zealand; curling takes over Omaha; Team USA's significant impact on a prestigious award and more.
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Red, White & Trending: May 12-18
Jamie MacDonald May 19, 2017
Laurie Hernandez and Aly Raisman reunite for some laughs; Keni Harrison, with her broken hand, reminds us she's a gamer; behind-the-scenes graduation highlights from Tamika Catchings, Allyson Felix, Mary Lou Retton and Amanda Everlove; Lolo Jones gets Bananas; the gym of Jayson Terdiman's dreams and a whitewater rafting trip for USA Luge; Shawn Johnson learns a painful lesson; Travis Ganong changes his latitude; the very best of Team USA's Mother's Day posts, including from Katie Ledecky, Lindsey Vonn and Michael Phelps.
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Red, White & Trending: March 10-16
Jamie MacDonald March 17, 2017
How well did Mikaela Shiffrin channel Taylor Swift? Brilliantly. How did Squaw Valley react to Shiffrin’s home-country win? They went nuts. Will Daron Rahlves’ son fly? Almost. And … Can USC alum Janet Evans root for UCLA? Can Shawn Johnson East have even more fun without gravity? Can Carlo Valdes talk his bobsled buddies into growing mustaches? Plus Cody Miller’s continued nerd cred, Ashlyn Harris’ unusual cross-training, Tatyana McFadden lands a historic cover, Trey Hardee’s hair-razing adventure and much more.
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Red, White & Trending: Jan. 20-27
Jamie MacDonald Jan. 27, 2017
Even Lindsey Vonn's dog is a speedy downhiller, Michael Phelps golfs sans spikes, Nathan Chen wows Team USA with his skates, Kerri Walsh Jennings wows the beach volleyball world, Robby Kelley delights 50,000 slalom fans at a night-race crash, Emily Day’s hat tricks, Steven Holcomb’s photo journalism skills, Tucker West’s lack thereof, Ryan Hall’s remarkable running feat of ... seven ... marathons ... this week, Andy Roddick’s humbling hall pass, Carlin Isles’ wall pass, Team USA takes in the X Games Aspen scene, Sage Kotsenburg and Kaitlyn Farrington are up to their ears in powder, the king and queen of talking trash meet in Indy, Shawn Johnson is too prepared for the Super Bowl and more.
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Red, White & Trending: Nov. 25-Dec. 1
Jamie MacDonald Dec. 02, 2016
It's beginning to look a lot like the holidays for Kerri Walsh Jennings, Shawn Johnson, Kara Goucher and Nathan Adrian's cat (less so for Kara Goucher after a tree fail); Chris Mazdzer threads a treacherous needle; Lindsey Vonn rips off a no-big-deal set of broken-arm pull-ups; with her 95-year-old grandmother, Mikaela Shiffrin celebrates another win; Melissa Stockwell overcomes an orange moment; Alicia Sacramone shares perhaps the most adorable workout moment ever; and much more.
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Red, White & Trending: Nov. 18-24
Jamie MacDonald Nov. 25, 2016
Like the holiday itself, there was a lot from which to choose on Thanksgiving — where else are you going to see bobsledders stuck in the snow, Team USA stars lighting up parades in New York and Houston, Allyson Felix running in the snow, Scout Bassett proving there are #NoDaysOff, turkey traditions, non-traditional Thanksgivings around the globe, and so much gratitude in one place? Plus keys to the city for two Rio Olympians from Roswell, New Mexico, Laurie Hernandez crossing over to become a DWTS star, Golden Goggles means high praise for Team USA, a dog treat, Lindsey Vonn is working through her gruesome injury and more.
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Red, White & Trending: Nov. 11-17
Jamie MacDonald Nov. 18, 2016
New Mannequin Challenge efforts arrive from Team USA gymnastics, soccer and judo stars; softball star Jennie Finch earns a Hall pass; Lindsey Vonn shares shots from her gruesome injury; Lex Gillette earns a starring TedX role; Allyson Felix, Janet Evans and Angela Ruggiero earn a starring role in Doha; the 6-foot-9 Phil Dalhausser wishes for a bigger world; Olympians are feted in New York and Austin; UFC captivates Team USA; Conor Dwyer is on a pretty good run; it’s ninja time again for gymnast Jonathan Horton; and more.
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Red, White & Trending: Oct. 28-Nov. 3
Jamie MacDonald Nov. 04, 2016
Relive the real-time, nail-biting (right, Elena Delle Donne?), tension-driven key moments of Game 7 of the World Series through Team USA's eyes -- including those of Conor Dwyer, who was in attendance, and Dexter Fowler, the baseball Olympian who helped break a 108-year drought; Dara Torres adds another accolade; Alise Post finds that her rehabbing fiance can throw a punch, plus more rehabbing from significant injuries for Jonathan Horton and Amy Purdy; Tyler Clary's wild ride and wedding bells for two of Team USA's best.