18 years
She stared when she was 3. She started because her parents said she had to much energy around the house.
Shawn's parent put her in a gymnastics class when she was 3 because she had so much energy and she really liked gymnastics and continued with it.
7 years old. Wolves gymnastics club xxx
As of the 2009-2010 school year, Shawn Johnson is a High School Senior. She will be taking online classes to finish out her senior year due to her travel and appearance schedule. She really wanted to go to Valley High School in West Des Moines, IA for her senior year, but could not find a way to make it happen.
Shawn Johnson accomplished being an olympian champion on the beam for two years in a row
Shawn Johnson was 16 years old during the Olympics in Beijing.
Shawn Johnson has been on the international team for four years since 2004-2008
Chow Is Shawn Johnson's Trainer (Chow is A Chinese guy who had been a champion for a long time but then stopped and didn't go back for years!) Shawn Johnson has a Book called WINNING BALANCE and it tells all about her life :)
Lauren Mitchell has been doing gymnastics since she was 7 so she has done it for 13 years.
Yes you see people in the Olympics doing gymnastics where the minimum age is 16 years.
about 8 years
20 years old