Gabrielle Douglas
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Gabrielle Douglas is an elite artistic gymnast who is a two-time member of the U.S. National Gymnastics Team and has been named to the U.S. team (that won the gold medal in the team finals) for the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships
in Tokyo
, Japan
.
Douglas began competing as a Level 4 Gymnast in 2003, and went on to earn the 2004 State Championship title in Virginia.
, Massachusetts
, where Douglas placed fourth all-around.
Her first elite meet was the 2010 CoverGirl Classic in Chicago
, Illinois
, where Douglas placed third on balance beam, 6th on vault and 9th all-around in the junior division.
At the 2010 U.S. Junior National Championships, Douglas won the silver medal on balance beam, placed fourth all-around and on vault, and tied for eighth on floor exercise.
In the 2010 Pan American Championships in Guadalajara
, Mexico
, Douglas won the uneven bars title, and she won a share of the U.S. team gold medal. She also placed fifth all-around.
during March, Douglas won a share of the U.S. team gold medal. She also placed second on floor, tied for third on beam, and placed fourth in the all-around and on vault.
At the 2011 CoverGirl Classic in Chicago
, Illinois
, Douglas earned the silver medal on the uneven bars.
In St. Paul, Minnesota
, at the 2011 National Championships, Douglas tied for third on bars and placed 7th all-around.
After two selection camps at the Karolyi Ranch in New Waverly, Texas
, Douglas was named to the 2011 U.S. World Championships Team, scheduled for October in Tokyo, Japan.
In the preliminary round of competition at the 2011 World Championships, Douglas delivered a strong performance on every event, placing fifth (57.6570) all-around. Nonetheless, because teammates Jordan Wieber (who placed second) and Alexandra Raisman (who placed fourth) notched higher finishes in the all-around, Douglas is ineligible to compete in the all-around final due to the "two [athlete] per country" rule for finals competitors. Douglas qualified to the uneven bars final with a sixth-place finish (14.866), with skills including a Tkatchev, a Pak salto and a full-twisting, double-back dismount. Her skills on beam included a standing full and a tucked double back dismount. The U.S. team finished the preliminary round in first place (234.253), ahead of Russia (231.062), China (230.370) and Romania (227.228).
During the women's team final competition, Douglas contributed to the U.S. effort on uneven bars (14.733), where her skills included a Tcatchev and a tucked full-in dismount. The U.S. won the team gold medal (179.411) over second-place Russia (175.329) and third-place China (172.820).
World Gymnastics Championships
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in Tokyo
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, Japan
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.
Douglas began competing as a Level 4 Gymnast in 2003, and went on to earn the 2004 State Championship title in Virginia.
2010
Douglas made her debut on the national scene at the 2010 Nastia Liukin SuperGirl Cup, a televised Level 10 meet held in WorcesterWorcester
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, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
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, where Douglas placed fourth all-around.
Her first elite meet was the 2010 CoverGirl Classic in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
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, where Douglas placed third on balance beam, 6th on vault and 9th all-around in the junior division.
At the 2010 U.S. Junior National Championships, Douglas won the silver medal on balance beam, placed fourth all-around and on vault, and tied for eighth on floor exercise.
In the 2010 Pan American Championships in Guadalajara
Guadalajara
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, Mexico
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, Douglas won the uneven bars title, and she won a share of the U.S. team gold medal. She also placed fifth all-around.
2011
In the 2011 City of Jesolo Trophy in ItalyItaly
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during March, Douglas won a share of the U.S. team gold medal. She also placed second on floor, tied for third on beam, and placed fourth in the all-around and on vault.
At the 2011 CoverGirl Classic in Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, Douglas earned the silver medal on the uneven bars.
In St. Paul, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
, at the 2011 National Championships, Douglas tied for third on bars and placed 7th all-around.
After two selection camps at the Karolyi Ranch in New Waverly, Texas
Texas
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, Douglas was named to the 2011 U.S. World Championships Team, scheduled for October in Tokyo, Japan.
In the preliminary round of competition at the 2011 World Championships, Douglas delivered a strong performance on every event, placing fifth (57.6570) all-around. Nonetheless, because teammates Jordan Wieber (who placed second) and Alexandra Raisman (who placed fourth) notched higher finishes in the all-around, Douglas is ineligible to compete in the all-around final due to the "two [athlete] per country" rule for finals competitors. Douglas qualified to the uneven bars final with a sixth-place finish (14.866), with skills including a Tkatchev, a Pak salto and a full-twisting, double-back dismount. Her skills on beam included a standing full and a tucked double back dismount. The U.S. team finished the preliminary round in first place (234.253), ahead of Russia (231.062), China (230.370) and Romania (227.228).
During the women's team final competition, Douglas contributed to the U.S. effort on uneven bars (14.733), where her skills included a Tcatchev and a tucked full-in dismount. The U.S. won the team gold medal (179.411) over second-place Russia (175.329) and third-place China (172.820).