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Gabby Douglas
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- Three-time Olympic Gold Medalist
- First African-American to Win Olympic Gold for Gymnastics
- Author of New York Times Bestseller "Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith"
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Gabby Douglas Speaker Biography
Gabby Douglas began formal gymnastics training at the early age of 6 years old. By the age of 8, she had won her first major title as the 2004 Virginia State Champion. At the age of 16, she was selected to be a member of the U.S. Olympic Women’s Gymnastics team to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England. There she became the first African-American woman, as well as the first woman of color of any nationality to win an Olympic Gold medal as the All-Around Individual Champion. In addition, while winning a Team Gold medal, she became the first American gymnast to win Gold in both the All-Around individual and team competitions at the same Olympics. At the 2012 U.S. National Championships, Gabby won the Gold medal in Uneven Bars, Silver in All-Around, and Bronze in Floor. She was also a member of the Gold-winning team at the 2011 World Championships.
After the London Games, Gabby was one of the most influential female athletes Gabrielle Douglas
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Daughter of Timothy Douglas and Natalie Hawkins...Has two sisters, Arielle and Joyelle, and one brother, Johnathan...Hobbies include reading and knitting...Began gymnasticsat age 6...After taking a nine-month break from competitive Gymnastics following the 2012 Olympic Games in London, she returned to training in May 2013 to pursue her second Olympic berth...Favorite events are floor exercise and beam...Has written two books, Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith and Raising the Bar.Olympic Experience
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Gabby Douglas
(1995-)
Who Is Gabby Douglas?
Gabby Douglas, is an American gymnast who became the first African American in Olympic history to win the individual all-around event at the 2012 Summer Games. Douglas, standing at 5' 2", also won team gold medals at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. Douglas began formal gymnastics training at six years old and won a state championship by the time she was eight. In 2016, Gabby Douglas unveiled a Barbie Shero doll just before the Summer Olympics in Rio.
Early Life
Douglas was born on December 31, 1995, in Virginia Beach, Virginia to Timothy Douglas and Natalie Hawkins. Her first experience with gymnastics came at the age of three when she perfected a straight cartwheel using a technique that she learned from her older sister, Arielle, a former gymnast. By age four, Douglas had taught herself how to do a one-handed cartwheel.
With encouragement from Gabby's sister, Douglas' mother allowed Gabby to begin taking formal gymnastics classes at the age of six. Only two years later, in 2004, she was named a Virginia State Gymnastics Champion.
Gymnastic Career
When Douglas turned 14, she left her hometown and family, and moved to West Des Moines, Iowa, to train with renowned coach Liang Chow, known for molding American gymnast Shawn Johnson into a world champion and Olympic gold medalist. Travis and Missy Parton volunteered to be Douglas' host family in West Des Moines. According to Douglas' official website, she became like a big sister to the Parton's four daughters, one of whom was also a student of Chow's.
At the 2010 Nastia Liukin SuperGirl Cup — a televised meet held in Massachusetts — Douglas made her debut on the national scene, placing fourth all-around. She also placed third on the balance beam, sixth on vault and ninth all-around in the junior division of her first elite meet, the 2010 CoverGirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois.
Douglas went on to win the silver medal on balance beam and fourth all-arou American artistic gymnast (born 1995) Douglas at the 2016 Olympic Games Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas (born December 31, 1995) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around champion and the 2015 World all-around silver medalist. She was a member of the gold-winning teams at both the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, dubbed the "Fierce Five" and the "Final Five" by the media, respectively. She was a member of the gold-winning American teams at the 2011 and the 2015 World Championships. She was also the 2012 U.S. champion on uneven bars. Additionally, she was the 2016 American Cup all-around champion. Douglas is the first African American to win an Olympic individual all-around title, and the first U.S. gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics in 2012. With a total of six Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the eleventh most decorated U.S. female gymnast of all time. As a public figure, Douglas' gymnastics successes have led to her life story adaptation in the 2014 Lifetimebiopic film, The Gabby Douglas Story, as well as the acquisition of her own reality television s
Gabby Douglas
Gabby Douglas
OLYFull name Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas Nickname(s) Gabby Born (1995-12-31) December 31, 1995 (age 29)
Newport News, Virginia, U.S.Hometown Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S. Height 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics Country represented United States Years on national team 2008–2012, 2014–2016 (USA) Level Senior international elite Gym WOGA
Buckeye Gymnastics
Chow's GymnasticsFormer coach(es) Christian Gallardo
Kittia Carpenter
Dena Walker
Gustavo Moure
Liang Chow
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