Summer Olympics '08

Ah... Based on that and the other replies, I'm guessing the NBC broadcasted a whole bunch of her while the non-american channels didn't care, since I've never heard of her. This is probably particularly true outside of China/Romania/US, since they're the perennial gymnastics powerhouses...

And with a name like Shawn, you can't really blame me for thinking it's a guy... I've never heard of a female Shawn before. Is that somewhat of a normal female name or are her parents just weird? :-P

I think it's a nice name :o Wikipedia says it's both a girl's and a boy's name. Doesn't anyone else think the unisex names are lovely? Jordan, Taylor, Cameron... and Shawn...

My country doesn't even have an Olympic gymnastics team, and I certainly don't listen to American radio stations. But I knew of, and admired, Shawn Johnson. I'm not even into gymnastics all that much.

(EDIT: I'm in ClawofBeta's situation here.)