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Winning Balance by Shawn Johnson
The inspiring story of a pint-size American gymnast with a big smile and an even bigger heartYou've seen her perform gravity-defying gymnastics moves. You've seen her win Olympic medals in Beijing and the coveted mirror ball trophy on Dancing with the Stars. You've also seen her land on her feet--with her trademark smile--even when things haven't gone her way.
Despite achieving more success and celebrity in her first two decades than most people experience in a lifetime, things haven't been easy for Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson. Her first gymnastics coach told her family she lacked talent. Her modest upbringing in Iowa made elite competition unlikely. Although she won four medals at the Beijing Olympics, she was denied the big prize she'd dreamed of--the all-around gold medal. She had a terrifying experience with a stalker and would-be kidnapper. And after suffering a potentially career-ending injury, Shawn ultimately had to rethink what was truly important. What did she want most in life? What kind of success was worth pursuing? Would she ever find true faith, lasting hope, and real love?
In Winning Balance, for the first time Shawn reveals her journey so far: her against-the-odds quest to become a gymnastics world champion, her flirtation with Hollywood glamour, her growing faith, and her struggle to find herself. It's the full, behind-the-scenes story of how a young woman who won Olympic gold on the balance beam learned new lessons about balance-- as well as love, faith, and what winning really means.
What the World Is Saying about Shawn Johnson
Perhaps the best gymnast in the world--a compact, powerful package who is just as at home on the beam and bars as she is in the vault and floor events. . . . Shawn Johnson has an easy smile and confidence and rarely betrays the nervousness she says she feels at every competition.
--Time magazine
She packs the power of someone twice her size yet somehow manages to still look dainty. She tumbles without fear, whether it's on the floor or up on the balance beam, and makes the toughest tricks look easy. She's the type of gymnast one can't help but watch.
--ESPN.com
A powerful tumbler and nerveless competitor . . . Johnson smiles and bubbles while competing-- a 4' 9 firecracker.
--Sports Illustrated
Not only an extraordinary athlete, but also something altogether more profound and worthy of cele- bration: an uncommon human being . . . a young woman whose gifts stretch well beyond sports.
--The Christian Science Monitor
Johnson, Shawn: -
Shawn Johnson serves as lead pastor of Red Rocks Church in Denver, Colorado, a community he and a small group of people started in 2005 that has grown to include six different campuses. Red Rocks Church has been listed on both Outreach Magazine's Fastest Growing Churches list and Largest Churches list many times, most recently listed as the 14th largest church in America. Shawn has spoken at a variety of conferences, events, ministries, and other churches, including Leadership Network, Right Now Media, Experience Conference, C3 Conference, and many others. Shawn and his wife, Jill, have three active sons, Ethan, Austin, and Ashton, so when they're not at church, they're usually watching or playing sports.
| SKU | Nicht verfügbar |
| ISBN 13 | 9781414372105 |
| ISBN 10 | 1414372108 |
| Titel | Winning Balance |
| Autor | Shawn Johnson |
| Buchzustand | Nicht verfügbar |
| Bindungsart | Hardback |
| Verlag | Tyndale House Publishers |
| Erscheinungsjahr | 2012-06-05 |
| Seitenanzahl | 280 |
| Hinweis auf dem Einband | Die Abbildung des Buches dient nur Illustrationszwecken, die tatsächliche Bindung, das Cover und die Auflage können sich davon unterscheiden. |
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