I really want to feel that I'm in a very balanced and good place in my life. And I do feel that. But I think it's always important to learn and draw little bits of inspiration from wherever we can.

Shewfelt was unable to reach the top eight in either of his specialties (the cut-off for admission to the Olympic finals) finishing ninth in vault and 11th in floor. 75). In the individual events Shewfelt placed first on vault and floor.

His gold medal in the men's floor exercise competition at the 2004 Athens Olympics was the first medal ever by a Canadian in an artistic gymnastics event and was the first Canadian gold of the 2004 Olympics. He also has a vault named after him.