Day 17 of Black History Month challenge: One black history post everyday for the entire month. . . Douglas won the Level 4 all-around gymnastics title at the 2004 Virginia Gymnastics Championships and numerous other regional championships since. After meeting trainer Liang Chow at an Excalibur camp, she joined his gym in West Des Moines in 2010. That year she placed in and helped her team win medals at numerous national and international competitions such as 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. . . The next year, she shared team gold with the U.S. team at the City of Jesolo Trophy, and earned a silver medal at the CoverGirl Classic. At the 2011 U.S. National Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota, Douglas placed seventh all-around and in October of 2011, she helped the U.S. team win the gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships hosted in Tokyo. . . In March 2012 she shared team gold with the U.S. team at the Pacific Rim Championships, winning gold in uneven bars, and in June won gold at uneven bars again, bronze on the floor, and silver all-around at the 2012 U.S. National Championships. She secured a spot on the U.S. Women’s Gymnastics team at the Summer Olympics, where the U.S. team won gold and she won the gold medal for the individual all-around, becoming the first woman of color to do so. . . #gymnastics #blackgymnastics #gabby #gabbydouglas #blackgirlmagic #blackinspiration #blackgirlstumble #goldmedal #goldmedalist #silvermedal #landinggear #olympics2020 #olympicsatl (at Virginia Beach, Virginia) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8r-jEFg4QQ/?igshid=10gao9h8u2pib
