21-year-old Gabby Douglas is a three-time Olympic champion. The American athlete does not stop there. She is always ready for new victories.
Gabby Douglas is a gymnast from the USA.She was born into a Christian family in Virginia in the city of Newport News. With her mother Natalie Hawkins and Pope Timothy Douglas, the girl lived up to fourteen years. Besides her, there are two other children in the family. Birthday athlete - December 31, 1995.
Full name Gabby - Gabriel Christina VictoriaDouglas. It means "a strong man of God." Thanks to her older sister Ariel, in 2001 the girl started attending gymnastics. At the age of 6 Gabrielle first entered the section. Her mentor was Dana Walker.
Gabby Douglas had a great desire forvictory and perseverance. The girl in two years of training was able to achieve good results. At the age of eight she already won her first gold medal. In 2004, Gabby performed in the gymnastic all-around championship in Virginia, where she won.
Gabby Douglas, whose biography since the middle of autumn2009 continues in the city of West Des Moines, Iowa, left home at the age of 14. The athlete changed her place of residence to enter a new, higher level of training. In West Des Moines, the gymnast was invited by the famous high-class coach Lian Chow.
Under the guidance of the new mentor, the girl was ablegreatly improve their abilities. She learned to perform complex elements. Since the training took a lot of time, Gabriel had to switch to home schooling. During his stay in the state of Iowa, Gabby Douglas was very much supported by her mother. She sent inspirational messages with Bible verses several times a day. The girl believed in God. She almost every night fell asleep with headphones in her ears, listening to passages of Scripture.
In 2010 Gabby Douglas first took partin the Supercup of Anastasia Lyukin, where she finished fourth in the all-around. She also competed at CoverGirl in Chicago and was on the ninth in the same sport. At the US Junior Championships gymnast again won the fourth place in the all-around.
In 2011, Gabrielle went to Italy for the tournament"Jesolo", where she achieved an excellent result. The athlete participated in team competitions and received gold. She took second place in the floor exercises, the third - in the performance on the balance beam, the fourth - in the all-around and support jumps. At the age of fifteen, the gymnast joined the US team. With her help at the World Championships in Tokyo, the American team won gold.
In 2012 Gabby Douglas successfully performed at theThe US Cup. Here the young athlete was recognized as the best gymnast among the girls. In these competitions on points she outstripped the world champion Jordin Weber. But, unfortunately, Gabriel's points were not included, since the girl was listed on the list of spare.
In the same year Gabby participated in the championshipPacific region. In the tournament she won gold in team competitions and individually on uneven bars. After a successful performance, the gymnast has the nickname "Flying squirrel". In 2012 Gabby Douglas was included in the list of participants of the US national team for the London Olympics. A photo of a young athlete immediately appeared on the covers of Time and Sports Illustrated magazines. She also appeared on the talk show of Brian Williams.
At the 2012 Olympics, Gabby Douglas won the titletwo-time champion. The American gymnast performed on all projectiles in team competitions and individually in all-around. Having won two gold, she was recognized as the first African American Olympic gymnastics champion. For victories in London, Douglas thanked God and her parents. At these international competitions, Gabby unsuccessfully performed only exercises on raznomysokie beams and on a log. She took the last and 7th place, respectively.
In 2015 at the World Championships athletehelped get the gold team of America. Also, the gymnast became a silver medalist in the all-around event. Gabby Douglas for twelve years of hard and hard training has kept the desire for victory. And in 2016 at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro she won the third gold medal. The athlete won the all-around in the team event.
Becoming a three-time Olympic champion, Gabbystarred in the reality show Douglas Family Gold for the television channel "Oxygen". She was also invited to enter the jury of the Miss America 2017 contest. In 2014 on the blue screens appeared an hour and a half film called "History of Gabriel Douglas." The film is based on real facts from the life of Gabby. The gymnast played herself in it.
The film shows the athlete's entire path to victory,details of its difficulties. The film highlights the gymnasts' daily, many hours of training, her traumas and experiences. Thanks to the film, many learned about the incredible fact of Gabby's life. As a child, the Olympic champion was diagnosed with a metabolic disorder and a rare blood defect. But the disease could not break the strong spirit of the athlete and was not an obstacle to victory.
