Biography
Height
5' 3" (1.6 m)
Mini Biography
Shannon Maree Walsh was born in Hong Kong to Australian parents Julie and Christian Walsh. She graduated from Georgetown University with a Bachelor's degree in Economics. Until age seventeen, Shannon trained as a competitive gymnast under Ukranian national coaches Vladimir and Valentina Kovalenko. She won three all-around national gold medals before ending her gymnastics career. Within three months of quitting the sport, Shannon was cast as Melanie Pratt in Wes Craven's "My Soul to Take."
Trivia
Dual citizenship in US and AustraliaThree time YMCA National Gymnastics Gold MedalistBorn and raised in Hong Kong.