Grace Gold and Glory My Leap of Faith Timeline

By taylor_eckenrode

  • 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.