If a ballroom routine or two is in his future, Stephen would join a long list of Olympians-turned-Dancing with the Stars contestants. In fact, gymnasts are popular members of the pipeline. Team USA women’s gymnastics members Simone Biles and Suni Lee each competed on season 24 and season 30, respectively.
And former gymnastics greats like Shawn Johnson, 32, and Laurie Hernandez, 24, are among the youngest winners of the competition show’s history. Shawn—who now shares kids Drew, 4, Jett, 2, and Barrett, 9 months, husband Andrew East—took the trophy in season 8 at 17 years old, and came back and scored runner-up for the show’s all-star season in 2012.
For her part, Laurie is currently the youngest person to ever win the competition, nabbing the Mirrorball in season 23 at just 16 years old.
During Laurie’s run on the show, she quickly captured audiences and impressed the judges. At one point during her season, Carrie summed up why she was a frontrunner on her season from the start.
“You represent the American Dream,” the judge told her during a season 23 episode. “And you also represent the Dancing With the Stars dream.”