At the 2012 Summer Olympics, artistic gymnast Gabby Douglas became the first African American and woman of color to win the all-around individual gold medal.
Douglas won multiple other regional championships after taking first place in the Level 4 all-around competition at the Virginia Gymnastics Championships in 2004. She joined Liang Chow’s gym in West Des Moines in 2010 after meeting him at an Excalibur camp. At multiple national and international events that year, including the Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup, the CoverGirl Classic meet in Chicago, the U.S. Junior National Championships, and sharing team gold at the Pan American Championships in Mexico, she competed and assisted her team in winning medals.
Who is better Gabby or Simone?
In terms of difficulty, Gabby is most likely still outperforming Simone, a first-year senior. Even if you apply Gabby’s 2012 routines to the 2013 code, which is a little more complex, she still outperforms Simone by a single tenth in terms of difficulty.
Who is older Gabby Douglas or Simone Biles?
The United States Women’s Gymnastics team has officially accepted Simone Biles, 19, and Gabby Douglas, 20.
To defend the team’s gold medal from the London Games in 2012, the young women and their teammates will go to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in August for the Olympics.
The current all-around champion is Douglas. Her presence on the squad is pretty exceptional. She took a break after London in 2013 and 2014 for two years before returning to take home a silver medal at the world championships in 2015.
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