House Resolution 101 - Introduced

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  1  1                HOUSE RESOLUTION NO.    
  1  2                       BY  JACOBS
  1  3 A Resolution honoring the remarkable achievements of
  1  4    Iowa's own Shawn Johnson.
  1  5    WHEREAS, the life and career of Iowa high school
  1  6 student Shawn Johnson is a testament to the value of
  1  7 hard work and a dedication to excellence; and
  1  8    WHEREAS, Ms. Johnson began a career in gymnastics
  1  9 at the age of three and through more than a decade of
  1 10 perseverance and hard work is now an elite
  1 11 international gymnast at the age of 15, already being
  1 12 compared to the United States' first female all=around
  1 13 world champion gymnast, Kim Zmeskal; and
  1 14    WHEREAS, under the guidance of coaches Liang Qiao
  1 15 and Liwen Zhuang, Ms. Johnson first appeared on the
  1 16 national scene in 2005, placing third in the junior
  1 17 division at the 2005 U.S.  Classic and in 2006 was the
  1 18 2006 U.S. Junior National All=Around Champion; and
  1 19    WHEREAS, in 2007, Ms. Johnson's fiery combination
  1 20 of power and skills catapulted her to world attention,
  1 21 winning the all=around at the 2007 Tyson American Cup,
  1 22 winning four gold medals and one silver medal at the
  1 23 2007 Pan American Games, and winning the 2007 Visa
  1 24 National Championships; and
  1 25    WHEREAS, in September 2007, along with teammates
  1 26 Nastia Liukin, Shayla Worley, Alicia Sacramone, Ivana
  1 27 Hong, and Samantha Peszek, Ms. Johnson placed first in
  1 28 the team competition in the 40th World Artistic
  1 29 Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart, Germany,
  1 30 and individually placed first in the all=around and
  2  1 the floor competition; and
  2  2    WHEREAS, as the 2007 World All=Around Champion, Ms.
  2  3 Johnson is now training in the hope of joining the
  2  4 United States women's gymnastic team at the 2008
  2  5 Beijing Olympics; NOW THEREFORE,
  2  6    BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
  2  7 That on behalf of all Iowans, the House of
  2  8 Representatives honors Shawn Johnson, a remarkable
  2  9 young athlete whose dedication, skill, poise, and
  2 10 grace have taken her to the world stage and will take
  2 11 her farther still in the future.
  2 12 LSB 5127HH 82
  2 13 jr/rj/5.1