She has not competed since the Rio Games. Douglas won three Olympic golds across her two appearances at the Games. In London, Douglas put on a dazzling performance in the all-around competition, scoring a Douglas' all-around win in cemented her in history books as the first Black U. She was also the first American to win both an individual all-around gold and a team gold in the same year.
More than young gymnastic enthusiasts joined Douglas, shattering the previous record of Female Olympian. Douglas also helped the U. But why did Gabby quit gymnastics and where is she now? Below is everything you need to know She has not officially announced her retirement but did not take part in the US Olympic team trials for Tokyo. Olympians file paperwork to take their names out of a US Anti-Doping Agency testing pool when they officially retire.
At the London Games , she won two gold medals, in the team and all-around, but failed to medal in an individual event. Her performance at that event also placed Douglas at fifth all-around and her performance helped the U. Douglas was a member of the U. She also won the Olympic Trials, which took place in San Jose, California, and was selected as a member of the national team that represented the United States at the Summer Olympics in London.
Douglas is the first African American to make the U. Olympic women's gymnastics team since Dawes in Douglas' high-flying skills and high difficulty score on bars not only likened her to Dawes, but caught the attention of U.
Fans worldwide watched as judges announced the team's medal win — the first gold medal for the American women's gymnastics team since Douglas went on to compete in the individual all-around and became the first African American to win gold in the prestigious event. Following her two golds, she competed in the individual uneven bars and individual beam events, but failed to medal in either, placing eighth and seventh, respectively.
By , year-old Douglas had proven herself a champion, going from underdog to Olympian in a short time. She was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in early July of , along with the rest of the U. Olympic women's gymnastics team, and on one of five covers released by TIME Magazine that same month. She was also a featured Olympian on Kellogg's special edition box of Wheaties corn flakes.
After her historic Olympic win, Douglas moved to Los Angeles in In , she returned to training with Chow and later that year began training under coach Kittia Carpenter.
Douglas did not compete in but returned to international competition in She placed 4th all-around at the City of Jesolo Trophy, second in the all-around at the U. She was named to the Senior National Team and was selected for the U.
Women's World Championship team. At the Olympic trials in July , Douglas finished seventh, after two falls from the balance beam. Regardless, she earned a spot on the Olympic team, with fellow gymnasts Simone Biles , Laurie Hernandez , Madison Kocian and Raisman, to become the first reigning all-around Olympic champion to return to compete in a second Olympic Games since Nadia Comaneci in She and teammate Raisman, also a member of the gold medal-winning team in , were the first American women gymnasts to return to the Olympics since Dawes and Amy Chow in Gabby Douglas competes on the balance beam during the Sr.
Women's Secret U. On August 9, , Douglas helped the U.
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