16-year-old Shawn Johnson winning 🥇 & 🥈🥈🥈 at Beijing 2008!

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At the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics, Johnson competed in all four events during the team competition, in which the United States won the silver medal. Johnson also won the silver medal in the individual all-around competition, receiving a score of 62.725. Johnson’s teammate Nastia Liukin, won the gold medal, receiving a score of 63.325. With Liukin taking gold and Johnson silver, this competition was the first time that the United States Women’s Gymnastics team took both the gold and silver medals in the individual all-around competition. The competition also marks the fourth time a country won both gold and silver medals in the individual all-around competition.

She won the silver medal in floor exercise, with teammate Liukin taking bronze. She won a gold medal on the balance beam apparatus becoming the second American to win gold on balance beam after Shannon Miller who won in 1996.

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