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Gabby's Birthday
Gabrielle Douglas was born in Virginia -
First Gymnastics Class
Gabby began her first gymnastics lesson in October of 2002 at the age of 6. She went to a gym called Gymstrada. -
TOPs
In the same fall as she started gymnastics, Gabby took a spot in the TOPs program that is affiliated with the USAG (USA Gymnastics). -
Junior Olympics
Gabby began competing level 4 gymnastics in the junior olympics. -
Virgninia State Champion
In 2004, just 2 years after Gabby began gymnastics, she was named the Virginia State Champion. -
Junior Nationals
Gabby competed at the Junior National Championships in 2008 and competed as a level 10 gymnast. -
National Team
In 2012 Gabby was named to the US National Gymnastics Team. -
Off National Team
Later in 2010 after Gabby was named to be on the National Team, she was kicked off after a mistake at a meet in Italy. -
Gabby Trains in Iowa
Gabby moves to Iowa with a host family to train with Laing Chow. -
World's Team
By 2011 Gabby was back on the World's Championship team and went on to win the team gold. -
Olympics
In August of 2012 Gabby Douglas made her dream of going to the Olympics. She took the gold all around medal and the USA won the team gold.