Gabby Douglas

Douglas was born on December 31, 1995, to parents Timothy Douglas and Natalie Hawkins-Douglas,{{cite news|first=Diane|last=Pucin|title=Gymnast Gabrielle Douglas adjusts well to spring to the top|date=June 18, 2012|url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oly-gymnastics-gabby-douglas-20120619,0,7708163,full.story|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103210430/http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-oly-gymnastics-gabby-douglas-20120619,0,7708163,full.story|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}} in Newport News, Virginia, and grew up in nearby Virginia Beach.{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-gabby-douglas-gymnast-20160522-story.html |title=Four years after Olympic gold, Gabby Douglas's reality remains riveting |last=Clarke |first=Liz |work=Chicago Tribune |date=May 22, 2016 |access-date=July 22, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160524025345/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/international/ct-gabby-douglas-gymnast-20160522-story.html |archive-date=May 24, 2016}} She has two older sisters, Arielle and Joyelle, and one older brother, Johnathan.{{cite web |last1=Rubama |first1=Larry |title=Gymnast Douglas, her brother united by promise |url=https://www.pilotonline.com/2013/04/27/gymnast-douglas-her-brother-united-by-promise-2/ |website=The Virginian-Pilot |access-date=May 3, 2024 |date=April 27, 2013}} She began training in gymnastics at age six when Arielle convinced their mother to enroll Gabby in classes.{{cite news |last=Emmert |first=Mark |title=Assist from sister sends Gabby Douglas to London |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/gymnastics/story/2012-07-02/Gabby-Douglas-Olympics-gymnastics-London/55988698/1 |newspaper=USA Today |date=July 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705032341/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/gymnastics/story/2012-07-02/Gabby-Douglas-Olympics-gymnastics-London/55988698/1 |archive-date=July 5, 2012}} Her first gym was Excalibur Gymnastics in Virginia Beach.{{cite web |title=Former teammates thrilled Gabby's living her dream |url=https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/virginia-beach/former-teammates-thrilled-gabbys-living-her-dream/291-374275101 |website=WVEC |access-date=May 3, 2025 |date=August 3, 2012}} At the age of eight, Douglas won the Level 4 all-around gymnastics title at the 2004 Virginia State Championships.{{cite news |last=Luca |first=Olivia |title=From her living room to London: Gabby Douglas strives for success at Olympics |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/mosaic/ci_21029426/from-her-living-room-london-gabby-douglas-strives |newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |date=July 7, 2012 |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |access-date=August 1, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113154000/http://www.mercurynews.com/mosaic/ci_21029426/from-her-living-room-london-gabby-douglas-strives |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=Gabby Douglas |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/wwbt/local-athletes/athlete=gabrielle-douglas/index.html |publisher=NBCOlympics.com |access-date=August 6, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716031538/http://www.nbcolympics.com/wwbt/local-athletes/athlete%3Dgabrielle-douglas/index.html |archive-date=July 16, 2012 }}

At 14, she moved to Des Moines, Iowa, to train full-time with coach Liang Chow. Because her family had to stay in Virginia while her siblings finished school, she lived with Travis and Missy Parton and their four daughters, one of whom also trained at Chow's gym.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/london-olympics-2012-gabby-douglas-mothers-watch-make/story?id=16919057 |title=Gabby Douglas' 2 Mothers Watch Her Make History |work=ABC News |last=Castellano |first=Anthony |date=August 3, 2012 |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802170828/https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/london-olympics-2012-gabby-douglas-mothers-watch-make/story?id=16919057 |url-status=live }} However, Douglas struggled to fit in because of the separation from her family and hometown.{{cite book |last=Wright |first=Nazera Sadiq |title=Black Girlhood in the Nineteenth Century |location=Champaign |publisher=University of Illinois Press |date=2016 |pages=179–186 |isbn=9780252099014 |via=Project MUSE |url=https://muse.jhu.edu/book/49017}}

Douglas was raised Christian, stating in a 2012 interview, "[My faith] always plays a big role in my life. I don't know where I'd be without it today."[http://www.charismamag.com/life/culture/16351-olympic-gymnast-gabrielle-douglas-says-faith-is-her-foundation "Olympic Gymnast Gabrielle Douglas Says Faith Is Her Foundation"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025065151/http://www.charismamag.com/life/culture/16351-olympic-gymnast-gabrielle-douglas-says-faith-is-her-foundation |date=October 25, 2014 }}. Charisma. (December 21, 2012). Retrieved on August 8, 2016. Douglas has also stated in her biography that when she was younger her "family practiced some of the Jewish traditions", including attending a Conservative Jewish synagogue, keeping kosher, and celebrating Hanukkah.{{cite web |url=http://jewcy.com/jewish-religion-and-beliefs/olympic-gymnast-gabby-douglas-jewish-past |title=Olympic Gymnast Gabby Douglas' Jewish Past |last=Meyers |first=Dvora |website=Jewcy.com |date=December 13, 2012 |access-date=July 22, 2021 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224235420/http://jewcy.com/jewish-religion-and-beliefs/olympic-gymnast-gabby-douglas-jewish-past }}{{cite web |url=http://forward.com/news/347323/explainer-olympian-and-gymnastics-phenom-gabby-douglas-used-to-be-jewish/ |title=Olympian and Gymnastics Phenom Gabby Douglas 'Used To Be Jewish' |last=Kestenbaum |first=Sam |website=Forward.com |date=August 10, 2016 |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924213425/https://forward.com/news/347323/explainer-olympian-and-gymnastics-phenom-gabby-douglas-used-to-be-jewish/ |url-status=live }}

Douglas qualified for elite gymnastics, the highest competitive level in gymnastics in the U.S., in 2008. She made her elite debut at the U.S. Classic in Houston, Texas, where she tied for tenth place in the all-around rankings.{{cite web |title=2008 Women's U.S. Classic Meet Results Women - Junior |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/USC08JuniorsAA-Final_20080523_024831.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 4, 2025 |date=May 23, 2008}} She went on to compete at the 2008 U.S. Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, and finished 16th in the all-around. She was not selected for the 2008 junior U.S. national team.{{cite book|last=Douglas, Gabrielle and|first=Burford, Michelle|title=Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith|year=2012|publisher=Harper Collins|location=New York|isbn=978-0310740612|pages=92, 93}}{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=2232|title=Wieber wins junior all-around title at 2008 Visa Championships|work=USA Gymnastics|date=June 7, 2008|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=December 21, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221130105/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=2232|url-status=dead}}

In 2009, Douglas suffered a fracture in the growth plate of her wrist. Due to this injury, she was not able to compete at the 2009 U.S. Classic. She did compete at the 2009 U.S. Championships in Dallas, Texas, but she hurt her knee on a double Arabian on the floor exercise.{{cite web |last1=Normile |first1=Dwight |title=Ross Takes Lead at U.S. Junior Championships |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1094:ross-takes-lead-at-us-junior-championships&catid=8:stretching-out&Itemid=130 |website=International Gymnast Magazine |access-date=January 25, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090818001007/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1094:ross-takes-lead-at-us-junior-championships&catid=8:stretching-out&Itemid=130 |archive-date=August 18, 2009 |date=August 13, 2009 |url-status=dead}} She only competed on the balance beam on the second day of competition and finished fifth on that apparatus. She, once again, was not selected for the junior national team.{{cite web |title=Ross wins junior all-around title |url=https://usagym.org/ross-wins-junior-all-around-title/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=January 25, 2025 |date=August 15, 2009 |archive-date=May 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240522233542/https://usagym.org/ross-wins-junior-all-around-title/ |url-status=live }}

Douglas competed at the 2010 Nastia Liukin Cup, a televised Level 10 meet held in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she placed fourth all-around.{{cite web |title=Priessman wins Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup |url=https://usagym.org/priessman-wins-nastia-liukin-supergirl-cup/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 4, 2025 |date=March 6, 2010}} Her first elite meet of the year was the U.S. Classic in Chicago. She finished ninth in the all-around, but won a bronze medal on the balance beam behind Kyla Ross and Katelyn Ohashi.{{cite web|url=http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_072410_covergirl_jr.pdf|title=2010 Cover Girl Classic, Meet Results, Women – Junior|date=July 24, 2010|publisher=USA Gymnastics|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-date=October 2, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121002110345/http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_072410_covergirl_jr.pdf|url-status=dead}} At the U.S. Championships, she finished fourth in the all-around competition after hitting her feet on the floor on a Pak salto on the uneven bars.{{cite web|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1815:junior-women-ross&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |title=Ross Cruises to Second U.S. Title |publisher=International Gymnast Magazine |date=August 14, 2010 |access-date=July 4, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018033154/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1815:junior-women-ross&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |archive-date=October 18, 2014 |last1=Normile |first1=Dwight}} She did win the silver medal on the balance beam behind Ross and was added to the junior national team for the first time.{{cite web |work=USA Gymnastics |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_10vc_jr_eventfinals.pdf |title=2010 Visa Championships – Women Day 2 Event Rankings |date=August 14, 2010 |access-date=July 12, 2012 |archive-date=March 29, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140329005620/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_10vc_jr_eventfinals.pdf |url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=6059|title=USA Gymnastics names 2010 U.S. Women's National Team|work=USA Gymnastics|date=August 14, 2010|access-date=April 26, 2019|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509070804/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=6059|url-status=dead}} She was then selected to make her international debut at the 2010 Pan American Championships. She and teammates Ross, Sabrina Vega, McKayla Maroney, Brenna Dowell, and Sarah Finnegan won the team gold medal by nearly 20 points.{{cite web |last1=Phillips |first1=Anne |title=USA wins Women's Team Title at Pan American Championships |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5018330-usa-wins-womens-team-title-at-pan-american-championships |website=FloGymnastics |publisher=FloSports |access-date=January 25, 2025 |date=September 4, 2010}} The next day, she won a gold medal in the uneven bars final.{{cite web |title=USA wins three individual event gold medals |url=https://usagym.org/usa-wins-three-individual-event-gold-medals/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=January 25, 2025 |date=September 5, 2010 |archive-date=June 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240621010732/https://usagym.org/usa-wins-three-individual-event-gold-medals/ |url-status=live }}

In October, at age 14, Douglas moved into the home of Missy Parton in West Des Moines, Iowa, to train under Liang Chow, the former coach of 2007 World Champion and 2008 Summer Olympics gold medalist Shawn Johnson.{{cite news|last=Suhay|first=Lisa|title=Olympic women's gymnastics: Gabby Douglas and parenting gold|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0730/Olympic-women-s-gymnastics-Gabby-Douglas-and-parenting-gold|journal=Christian Science Monitor|date=July 30, 2012|access-date=August 3, 2012|archive-date=August 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805025905/http://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Family/Modern-Parenthood/2012/0730/Olympic-women-s-gymnastics-Gabby-Douglas-and-parenting-gold|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.indystar.com/article/D2/20120715/NEWS/307150059/ |newspaper=The Indianapolis Star |date=July 15, 2012 |access-date=August 3, 2012 |last=Emmert |first=Mark |title=Gabby Douglas' West Des Moines family can't imagine life without Olympian |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203020333/http://www.indystar.com/article/D2/20120715/NEWS/307150059/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }}{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/phil_taylor/08/02/gabby-douglas-olympic-gymnastics/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t12_a0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804205125/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/olympics/2012/writers/phil_taylor/08/02/gabby-douglas-olympic-gymnastics/index.html?eref=sihp&sct=hp_t12_a0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |title=Life-changing victory for Douglas |publisher=SportsIllustrated.CNN.com |work=SI.com |date=August 2, 2012 |access-date=August 3, 2012 |last=Taylor |first=Phil }} Prior to the move, Chow taught clinic at her club, and Douglas was impressed when Chow was able to teach her how to perform the Amanar vault in a single afternoon.{{cite news |last=Macur |first=Juliet |title=A Very Long Journey Was Very Swift |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/sports/olympics/gabby-douglas-of-united-states-wins-gymnastics-all-around.html |access-date=August 4, 2012 |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 2, 2012 |archive-date=October 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019212436/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/03/sports/olympics/gabby-douglas-of-united-states-wins-gymnastics-all-around.html |url-status=live }} Douglas considered a move to Texas to train with a renowned coach there, but after that coach declined to train her out of loyalty to Excalibur's coaches, Douglas selected Chow.{{cite news |last=Robinson |first=Tom |title=For gymnast, it's Olympic dreams and hard feelings |url=http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/gymnast-its-olympic-dreams-and-hard-feelings |access-date=August 4, 2012 |newspaper=The Virginian-Pilot |date=March 29, 2012 |archive-date=August 4, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804022612/http://hamptonroads.com/2012/03/gymnast-its-olympic-dreams-and-hard-feelings |url-status=dead }} Chow was initially skeptical, since Douglas had been just one of hundreds of children at the clinic in Virginia Beach; however, Chow subsequently informed Douglas's Excalibur coaches that he had agreed to train her, but pointed out that he did not recruit her, saying, "I would never recruit anybody to my program."

Douglas became age-eligible for senior-level competitions in 2011 because of her birthdate: December 31, 1995. Had she been born on January 1, 1996, she would not have been senior-level eligible until 2012.{{cite web |title=When Gabby Douglas made gymnastics history at the 2012 Olympics |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/gabby-douglas-gymnastics-comeback-olympics |website=NBC Sports |access-date=May 11, 2025 |date=February 20, 2024}} She made her senior debut at the City of Jesolo Trophy and helped the American team win the gold medal. Additionally, she tied with Sabrina Vega for the bronze medal on the balance beam and also won a floor exercise bronze medal.{{cite web |title=USA wins team title, sweeps all-around at Jesolo |url=https://usagym.org/usa-wins-team-title-sweeps-all-around-at-jesolo/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 11, 2025 |date=March 19, 2011}} She only competed on the uneven bars at the U.S. Classic and won the silver medal behind Jordyn Wieber.{{cite web |title=2011 Cover Girl Classic Meet Results Women |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11cgc_sraa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 11, 2025 |date=July 23, 2011}} At the 2011 U.S. Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota, Douglas fell on the balance beam and floor exercise on the first day of competition.{{cite news|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2709:wieber-takes-senior-lead&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221|title=Wieber Takes Senior Lead As Bross Struggles|last=Normile|first=Dwight|publisher=International Gymnast Magazine|date=August 18, 2011|access-date=July 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121110185707/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2709:wieber-takes-senior-lead&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221}} She fell on her balance beam dismount on the second day of competition and finished seventh in the all-around.{{cite news|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2717:wieber-wins-easily-bross-injured&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221|title=Wieber Wins Senior Title Easily; Bross Injured|last=Normile|first=Dwight|publisher=International Gymnast Magazine|date=August 20, 2011|access-date=July 11, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304142635/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2717:wieber-wins-easily-bross-injured&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221}} She tied with Anna Li for the bronze medal on the uneven bars.{{cite web |title=2011 Visa Championships - Women Day 2 Bars Rankings Women |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11vc_sr_eventfinals.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 11, 2025 |pages=2 |date=August 20, 2011}}

Douglas was selected to compete at the 2011 World Championships in Tokyo alongside Wieber, Vega, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Alicia Sacramone.{{cite web |last1=Philips |first1=Anne |title=USA Gymnastics Names 2011 USA Women's World Championships Team |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5022660-usa-gymnastics-names-2011-usa-womens-world-championships-team |website=FloGymnastics |publisher=FloSports |access-date=March 5, 2025 |date=September 21, 2011}}{{cite news |first=Amanda |last=Turner |title=Wieber Leads US Women's Team to Tokyo |publisher=International Gymnast Magazine |date=September 21, 2011 |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2771:wieber-leads-us-womens-world-team-to-tokyo&catid=2:news&Itemid=166 |access-date=September 23, 2011 |archive-date=September 25, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110925012227/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2771:wieber-leads-us-womens-world-team-to-tokyo&catid=2:news&Itemid=166 |url-status=dead }} She competed on the uneven bars in the team final to help the team win the gold medal by over four points ahead of silver-medalists Russia.{{cite news |title=U.S. wins women's gymnastics title |url=http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2011/10/11/US-wins-womens-gymnastics-title/UPI-75131318343236/ |agency=UPI |date=October 11, 2011 |archive-date=October 15, 2011 |access-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015094241/http://www.upi.com/Sports_News/2011/10/11/US-wins-womens-gymnastics-title/UPI-75131318343236/ |url-status=live }} She qualified for the uneven bars final and tied with Asuka Teramoto for fifth place.{{cite web |title=43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (JPN) 7 – 16 October 2011 Results Women's Uneven Bars Final |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11worlds_eventfinals.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 11, 2025 |pages=2 |date=October 15, 2011}}

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Douglas competed as a guest competitor at the American Cup held at Madison Square Garden. She had the highest total all-around score, but she was not eligible for the gold medal as a guest competitor.{{cite news |title=Gabby Douglas after Dominating the 2012 American Cup, Despite Being the Meet's Alternate |date=March 3, 2012 |publisher=Gymnastike |url=http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/247895-2012-American-Cup/video/615712-Gabby-Douglas-after-Dominating-the-2012-American-Cup-Despite-Being-the-Meets-Alternate |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120610052424/http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/247895-2012-American-Cup/video/615712-Gabby-Douglas-after-Dominating-the-2012-American-Cup-Despite-Being-the-Meets-Alternate |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 10, 2012 |access-date=March 5, 2012 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3136:wieber-leyva-win-atat-american-cup&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221|title=Wieber, Leyva Win AT&T American Cup|last=Turner|first=Amanda|publisher=International Gymnast Magazine|date=March 3, 2012|access-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 11, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611011028/http://intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3136:wieber-leyva-win-atat-american-cup&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221}} Later that month, she was part of the gold-winning U.S. team at the Pacific Rim Championships.{{cite web|url=http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12pr_team.pdf|title=2012 Pacific Rim Championships,Team Results, Women|date=March 16, 2012|publisher=USA Gymnastics|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-date=March 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120324041820/http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12pr_team.pdf|url-status=dead}} During the competition, Douglas attempted the Amanar vault, but her hand slipped off the vaulting table, causing her to fall. She tweaked her ankle and withdrew from competing on the floor exercise.{{cite web|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3155:wieber-leads-us-to-victory&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221|title=International Gymnast Magazine Online – Wieber Leads U.S. to Easy Victory at Pacific Rim|last=Normile|first=Dwight|publisher=International Gymnast Magazine|date=March 16, 2012|access-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 24, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120624090455/http://intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3155:wieber-leads-us-to-victory&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221}} She still competed on the uneven bars and won the gold medal.{{cite web|url=http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12pr_srevents.pdf|title=2012 Pacific Rim Championships Finals|date=March 18, 2012|publisher=USA Gymnastics|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-date=March 29, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329090038/http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12pr_srevents.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Douglas competed at the U.S. Classic and won the uneven bars title. She also finished seventh on the balance beam after grabbing the beam on her acrobatic series, and she won a bronze medal on the floor exercise. She did not compete on the vault due to continued struggles with the Amanar.{{cite web |last1=Sierra |first1=Danny |title=Raisman defends Secret U.S. Classic Title |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5027319-raisman-defends-secret-us-classic-title |website=FloGymnastics |publisher=FloSports |access-date=January 26, 2025 |date=May 26, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12classic_sr.pdf|title=2012 Secret U.S. Classic, Meet Results – Seniors|date=May 26, 2012|publisher=USA Gymnastics|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-date=October 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015223359/http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12classic_sr.pdf|url-status=dead}} At the 2012 U.S. Championships, she finished second to Jordyn Wieber in the all-around after falling off the balance beam on the second day of competition.{{cite web|url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3295:wieber-edges-douglas-for-us-senior-national-title&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221|last=Normile|first=Dwight|title=Wieber Edges Douglas for U.S. Senior National Title|publisher=International Gymnast Magazine|date=June 10, 2012|access-date=July 12, 2012|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710104556/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3295%3Awieber-edges-douglas-for-us-senior-national-title&catid=5%3Acompetition-reports&Itemid=221}} She won the national uneven bars title and also won a bronze medal on the floor exercise.{{cite web|url=http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12vc_sr_events.pdf|title=2012 Visa Championships – Women Day 2, Event Rankings|date=June 10, 2012|publisher=USA Gymnastics|access-date=July 11, 2012|archive-date=June 16, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616223859/http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12vc_sr_events.pdf|url-status=dead}}

Douglas won the all-around title at the Olympic Trials and won the one guaranteed Olympic team spot.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/sports/la-xpm-2012-jul-02-la-sp-0702-oly-gymnastics-women-20120702-story.html |title=Gabrielle Douglas gets guaranteed spot on women's gymnastics team |access-date=July 27, 2012 |date=July 2, 2012 |author=Pucin, Diane |work=Los Angeles Times}}{{cite web|url=http://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10407|title=Douglas wins all-around at 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials|date=July 2, 2012|publisher=USA Gymnastics|access-date=July 12, 2012|archive-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805194013/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10407|url-status=dead}} She was named to the Olympic team alongside Wieber, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Kyla Ross.{{cite web |last1=Macur |first1=Juliet |title=With Presumed No. 2 in Top Spot, U.S. Women’s Gymnastics Team Is Named |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/sports/olympics/douglas-tops-wieber-at-trials-as-olympic-gymnastics-team-is-named.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=December 24, 2024 |date=July 2, 2012}}

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At the 2012 Summer Olympics at the O2 Arena (North Greenwich Arena) in London, Douglas and her teammates (nicknamed the "Fierce Five") advanced to the team final in first place. Additionally, Douglas advanced to the all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam finals.{{cite web |title=USA women advance to Olympic team finals |url=https://usagym.org/usa-women-advance-to-olympic-team-finals/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=December 27, 2024 |date=July 29, 2012}}{{cite web |last1=Park |first1=Alice |title=Heartache at Gymnastics: U.S.’s Jordyn Wieber Misses Qualifying for All-Around Final |url=https://olympics.time.com/2012/07/29/heartache-at-gymnastics-uss-jordyn-wieber-misses-qualifying-for-all-around-final/ |website=Time Magazine |access-date=December 27, 2024 |date=July 29, 2012}} They won the team event gold medal with Douglas contributing on all four apparatuses.{{cite web |title=Women win team gold at 2012 Olympic Games |url=https://usagym.org/women-win-team-gold-at-2012-olympic-games/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=December 27, 2024 |date=July 31, 2012}} They were the first American team to do so since the "Magnificent Seven" won at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/americans-live-up-to-the-hype-and-then-some-adding-1st-olympic-gold-since-96-to-world-title/2012/07/31/gJQAkps4MX_story.html |title=Americans live up to the hype and then some, adding 1st Olympic gold since '96 to world title |agency=Associated Press |last=Armour |first=Nancy |date=July 31, 2012 |access-date=August 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191005065010/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/americans-live-up-to-the-hype-and-then-some-adding-1st-olympic-gold-since-96-to-world-title/2012/07/31/gJQAkps4MX_story.html |archive-date=October 5, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post }}Rexrode, Joe. [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/gymnastics/story/2012-08-08/usa-womens-gymnastics-fab-five-fierce-five/56882544/1 "With Fab Five , U.S. gymnasts pick Fierce Five"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120811164434/https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/gymnastics/story/2012-08-08/usa-womens-gymnastics-fab-five-fierce-five/56882544/1 |date=August 11, 2012 |url-status=dead}}. USA Today. June 9, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012.

Douglas won the gold medal in the all-around final with a total score of 62.232.{{cite news |last=Wolfe |first=Sarag |title=US gymnast Gabby Douglas wins all-around gold medal |url=http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/world-at-play/us-gymnast-gabby-douglas-wins-all-around-gold-medal |newspaper=GlobalPost |date=August 2, 2012 |archive-date=August 6, 2012 |access-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806221259/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatches/globalpost-blogs/world-at-play/us-gymnast-gabby-douglas-wins-all-around-gold-medal |url-status=dead }} She became the first African-American woman,Clarke, Liz. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/gymnast-gabby-douglas-soars-to-womens-all-around-gold/2012/08/02/gJQA7w6iSX_story.html "Gymnast Gabby Douglas soars to women's all-around gold"]. The Washington Post. August 2, 2012. Retrieved August 14, 2012. as well as the first woman of color of any nationality, to win the event.{{cite news |last=Hinnen |first=Jerry |title=Gabby Douglas wins all-around gold medal |url=http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/blog/eye-on-olympics/19711508/gabby-douglas-wins-allaround-gold-medal |work=CBS Sports |date=August 2, 2012 |quote=Douglas – the first woman of color, of any nationality, to win the event |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |access-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113155700/http://www.cbssports.com/olympics/blog/eye-on-olympics/19711508/gabby-douglas-wins-allaround-gold-medal |url-status=live }} She also became the fourth American woman to win Olympic all-around gold as well as the third straight to do so after Mary Lou Retton in Los Angeles in 1984, Carly Patterson in Athens in 2004 and Nastia Liukin in Beijing in 2008, all of whom were at the venue and watched Douglas equal their feat.{{cite news |last=Corneau |first=Allison |title=Gabby Douglas Wins Gold in Women's All-Around Olympic Gymnastics |url=http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gabby-douglas-wins-gold-in-womens-all-around-olympic-gymnastics-201228 |journal=Us Weekly |date=August 2, 2012 |archive-date=August 6, 2012 |access-date=August 2, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806025931/http://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gabby-douglas-wins-gold-in-womens-all-around-olympic-gymnastics-201228 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Whiteside |first=Kelly |title=USA's Gabby Douglas takes gold in women's all-around |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/gymnastics/story/2012-08-02/gabby-douglas-aly-raisman-olympic-gymnastics-all-around/56704226/1 |newspaper=USA Today |date=August 2, 2012 |access-date=August 28, 2017 |archive-date=August 22, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150822120131/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/gymnastics/story/2012-08-02/gabby-douglas-aly-raisman-olympic-gymnastics-all-around/56704226/1 |url-status=dead }} She also became the first American gymnast ever to win both the team and individual all-around gold at the same Olympics.{{cite news |last=Clarke |first=Liz |title=Gabby Douglas wins gold in women's gymnastics all-around; Aly Raisman loses tie for bronze |url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/gymnast-gabby-douglas-soars-to-womens-all-around-gold/2012/08/02/gJQA7w6iSX_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 2, 2012 |access-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803065045/http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/gymnast-gabby-douglas-soars-to-womens-all-around-gold/2012/08/02/gJQA7w6iSX_story.html |url-status=dead }}

Douglas finished eighth in the uneven bars final,{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--gabby-douglas-fails-repeat-magic-on-bars-but-remains-the-darling-of-olympic-gymnastics.html |last=Rogers |first=Martin |date=August 6, 2012 |access-date=August 6, 2012 |publisher=Sports.Yahoo.com |title=Gabby Douglas fails to repeat magic on bars but remains the darling of Olympic gymnastics |archive-date=August 6, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806162244/http://sports.yahoo.com/news/olympics--gabby-douglas-fails-repeat-magic-on-bars-but-remains-the-darling-of-olympic-gymnastics.html |url-status=live }} and seventh in the balance beam final after making mistakes in both.{{cite news |url=http://dc.sbnation.com/2012/8/7/3225502/gymnastics-womens-balance-beam-gold-medal |last=Stiles |first=Adam |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=August 7, 2012 |publisher=SB Nation |location=Washington, D.C. |title=2012 London Olympics: Gabby Douglas Falls Off Balance Beam In Final |archive-date=November 13, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113153257/http://dc.sbnation.com/2012/8/7/3225502/gymnastics-womens-balance-beam-gold-medal |url-status=live }} She was the first all-around champion to fail to medal in an individual event since women's gymnastics was added to the Olympics in 1952.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/gymnastics/story/2012-08-07/gabby-douglas-jordyn-wieber-aly-raisman-medal/56846946/1 |title=Protest, near perfection lift USA's Aly Raisman |publisher=USA Today |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=August 31, 2012 |archive-date=August 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120810051442/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/london/gymnastics/story/2012-08-07/gabby-douglas-jordyn-wieber-aly-raisman-medal/56846946/1 |url-status=dead }}

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In 2013, Douglas left West Des Moines, Iowa, and moved to Los Angeles to be with her family. Although she was no longer training with Liang Chow, she said she was still preparing to compete in the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |last1=Whiteside |first1=Kelly |title=Gabby Douglas is 'back to the grind' in gym |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/09/15/gabby-douglas-los-angeles-training-olympics/2816639/ |website=USA Today |access-date=May 12, 2025 |date=September 15, 2013}} In mid-April 2014, Douglas returned to Iowa to train once more with Chow.{{cite web|url=http://thegrio.com/2014/04/15/gabby-douglas-returns-to-iowa-to-train-for-2016-olympics/|title=Gabby Douglas returns to Iowa to train for 2016 Olympics|work=theGrio|date=April 15, 2014|access-date=May 23, 2014|archive-date=April 22, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140422052330/http://thegrio.com/2014/04/15/gabby-douglas-returns-to-iowa-to-train-for-2016-olympics/|url-status=live}} However, in mid-July, it was announced that Douglas had once again left Chow.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2014/07/16/gabby-douglas-olympic-comeback-leaves-coach/12736837/|title=Gymnast Gabby Douglas quits Iowa coach again|author=Bryce Miller|date=July 16, 2014|work=USA Today|access-date=August 28, 2017|archive-date=October 25, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181025031234/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2014/07/16/gabby-douglas-olympic-comeback-leaves-coach/12736837/|url-status=live}} In August, news broke that Douglas would train under Kittia Carpenter at Buckeye Gymnastics in Columbus, Ohio. Carpenter announced that Douglas would not aim to return to competition during the 2014 season, as previously planned, but she did attend two national team training camps.{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2014/08/01/gabby-douglas-olympics-martha-karolyi-columbus-ohio/13474455/|title=Olympian Gabby Douglas now training in Columbus, Ohio|author=Nancy Armour |work=USA Today |date=August 1, 2014}} Douglas was added back to the U.S. national team on November 25, 2014.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=15218&prog=h|title=USA Gymnastics – Final national team camp for 2014 wraps up today|work=USA Gymnastics|access-date=January 17, 2015|archive-date=August 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805113334/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=15218&prog=h|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Roenigk |first1=Alyssa |title=How Gabby Douglas May Pull Off One Of The Most Improbable Comebacks Ever |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/athletes-life/story/_/id/11973311/how-gabby-douglas-pull-one-most-improbable-comebacks-ever |website=ESPN |access-date=May 12, 2025 |date=December 3, 2014}}

In March, Douglas returned to international competition at the City of Jesolo Trophy. She helped the American team win gold and also placed fourth in the all-around behind defending World Champion Simone Biles, newcomer Bailie Key, and Olympic teammate Aly Raisman.{{cite web |title=Catching up with...Gabby Douglas (USA) |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1102537 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=May 12, 2025 |date=April 8, 2015}} In July, she competed at the U.S. Classic and won the silver medal in the all-around behind Biles, improving her all-around total from Jesolo by nearly two points.{{cite web |last1=Johnson |first1=Rebecca |title=Gabby Douglas Makes Big Strides At 2015 Secret Classic |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5043116-gabby-douglas-makes-big-strides-at-2015-secret-classic |website=FloGymnastics |publisher=FloSports |access-date=May 14, 2025 |date=July 29, 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Zaccardi |first1=Nick |title=Simone Biles routs Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman at Secret Classic |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/simone-biles-wins-secret-classic-gabby-douglas-aly-raisman-gymnastics-olympics |website=NBC Sports |access-date=May 14, 2025 |date=July 25, 2015}} She also won silver medals on the uneven bars and floor exercise and a bronze medal on the balance beam.[https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15susc_sr.pdf "2015 Secret U.S. Classic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908011823/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15susc_sr.pdf |date=September 8, 2015 |url-status=dead}}. USA Gymnastics. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015. At the U.S. Championships, she finished fifth in the all-around and was named to the national team.{{cite news |last1=Penny |first1=Brandon |title=Unbeatable Simone Biles Becomes First Woman In 23 Years To Win Three National Titles |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/August/16/Unbeatable-Simone-Biles-Becomes-First-Woman-In-23-Years-To-Win-Three-National-Titles |access-date=October 31, 2015 |website=Team USA |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |date=August 16, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016041537/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/August/16/Unbeatable-Simone-Biles-Becomes-First-Woman-In-23-Years-To-Win-Three-National-Titles |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Biles wins third straight senior women’s all-around title at 2015 P&G Championships |url=https://usagym.org/biles-wins-third-straight-senior-womens-all-around-title-at-2015-pg-championships/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 14, 2025 |date=August 16, 2015}}

On October 8, 2015, Douglas was selected to compete at the 2015 World Championships alongside Biles, Raisman, Brenna Dowell, Madison Kocian, Maggie Nichols, and MyKayla Skinner.{{cite web|title = USA Gymnastics announces 2015 U.S. Women's World Championships Team|url = https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=17392&prog=h|website = USA Gymnastics|access-date = October 18, 2015|archive-date = August 5, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160805082521/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=17392&prog=h|url-status = dead}} Douglas helped the U.S. team successfully defend their World title.{{cite web|url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/article/US-women-roll-to-3rd-straight-world-gymnastics-6594004.php|title=US women roll to 3rd straight world gymnastics title|work=Houston Chronicle |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030025121/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/article/US-women-roll-to-3rd-straight-world-gymnastics-6594004.php |archive-date=October 30, 2015 |last1=Graves |first1=Will}} Douglas then won the silver medal in the all-around behind Biles, becoming the first reigning Olympic all-around champion to return to the sport and win a World championships medal since Yelena Davydova in 1981.{{cite web |last1=Graham |first1=Bryan Armen |title=Simone Biles tops Gabby Douglas for third straight world gymnastics title |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/oct/29/simone-biles-gabby-douglas-third-straight-world-gymnastics-championship |website=The Guardian |access-date=May 14, 2025 |date=October 29, 2015}} She also qualified for the uneven bars final and finished fifth and was 0.233 points away from the four-way tie for the gold medal.{{cite web |title=Madison Kocian, three others tie for uneven bars gold at world gymnastics |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/14015974/four-way-tie-uneven-bars-world-gymnastics-championship |website=ESPN |access-date=May 14, 2025 |date=October 31, 2015}}{{cite web |last1=Zaccardi |first1=Nick |title=Four-way tie for gold medal(s) at World Gymnastics Championships |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/four-way-tie-gymnastics-world-championships-uneven-bars-simone-biles |website=NBC Sports |access-date=May 14, 2025 |date=October 31, 2015}}

On November 13, 2015, The Columbus Dispatch revealed that Douglas would participate in the 2016 American Cup, in Newark, New Jersey.{{cite web|url=http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/11/13/douglas-focusing-on-rio-after-silver-at-worlds.html|title=Gymnastics – Gabby Douglas focuses on Rio after silver at worlds|first=Andrew|last=Erickson|work=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=November 13, 2015|archive-date=November 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151116012249/http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/sports/2015/11/13/douglas-focusing-on-rio-after-silver-at-worlds.html|url-status=dead}} This was confirmed by USA Gymnastics on December 17, 2015.{{cite web|url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/12/17/usa-gymnastics-american-cup-gabby-douglas-simone-biles-pacific-rim-championships/|title=U.S. gymnasts announced for American Cup|first=Nick|last=Zaccardi|date=December 17, 2015|website=NBC Sports|access-date=December 17, 2015}}

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Douglas began the 2016 season by winning the all-around title at the American Cup by nearly half a point ahead of Maggie Nichols.{{cite web |title=Gabby Douglas wins American Cup |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/14910092/olympic-champ-gabby-douglas-wins-american-cup |website=ESPN |publisher=Associated Press |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=March 5, 2016}} This was her first international all-around win since the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |title=Gabrielle Douglas, Ryohei Kato crowned 2016 AT&T American Cup champions |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=146118 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=March 6, 2016}} She was then selected to competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy,[https://www.si.com/more-sports/2016/03/14/gabby-douglas-aly-raisman-jesolo-cup-usa-gymnastics-team-announced Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman to compete at Jesolo Cup]. Sports Illustrated (March 14, 2016). Retrieved on August 8, 2016. where she won another all-around title.{{cite web |last1=Bohnert |first1=Craig |title=Gabby Douglas Wins Second Straight Competition Of Olympic Year |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/March/19/Gabby-Douglas-Wins-Second-Straight-Competition-Of-Olympic-Year |website=Team USA |publisher=United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee |access-date=August 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322065808/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/March/19/Gabby-Douglas-Wins-Second-Straight-Competition-Of-Olympic-Year |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |date=March 19, 2016 |url-status=dead}} In the event finals, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars behind teammate Ashton Locklear and a bronze medal on the floor exercise.{{cite web |title=USA sweeps individual event titles at 2016 Jesolo Trophy |url=https://usagym.org/usa-sweeps-individual-event-titles-at-2016-jesolo-trophy/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=November 18, 2023 |date=March 20, 2016}}

Douglas only competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam at the U.S. Classic, finishing third and sixth, respectively.{{cite web |title=Raisman wins senior all-around title at 2016 Secret U.S. Classic |url=https://usagym.org/raisman-wins-senior-all-around-title-at-2016-secret-u-s-classic/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=June 4, 2016}} She then competed at the U.S. Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. She made minor mistakes, including a missed connection on the uneven bars and going out of bounds on the floor exercise,{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Justine |title=Highs & Lows of the 2016 P&G Championships |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5052625-highs-lows-of-the-2016-pg-championships |website=FloGymnastics |publisher=FloSports |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=June 30, 2016}} and finished fourth in the all-around competition. She was selected for the U.S. national team and qualified for the Olympic Trials.{{cite web |title=Biles wins fourth-straight U.S. all-around title at 2016 P&G Championships |url=https://usagym.org/biles-wins-fourth-straight-u-s-all-around-title-at-2016-pg-championships/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=June 27, 2016}}

Heading into the U.S. Olympic Trials, Douglas chose to have Christian Gallardo coach her on the competition floor instead of Kittia Carpenter.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/gabby-douglas-makes-last-minute-coaching-change-olympic-trials|title=Gabby Douglas makes last-minute coaching change before Olympic Trials|work=NBC Olympics|access-date=January 18, 2018|language=en|archive-date=August 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816164738/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/gabby-douglas-makes-last-minute-coaching-change-olympic-trials|url-status=dead}} On the first night of competition, she fell off the balance beam on a full turn.{{cite web |last1=Cazeneuve |first1=Brian |title=Douglas’s Olympic hopes take hit with poor opening night at trials |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2016/07/09/gabby-douglas-us-olympic-gymnastics-trials-biles-raisman-hernandez |website=Sports Illustrated |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=July 9, 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Howard |first1=Johnette |title=Gabby Douglas says 'don't give up on me yet' |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/16911932/olympic-gymnastics-trials-2016-path-rio-now-much-harder-gabby-douglas |website=ESPN |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=July 9, 2016}} She fell off the balance beam again on the second night on a full-twisting back somersault and finished seventh in the all-around competition. Despite the mistakes, the U.S. national team coordinator, Márta Károlyi, selected her for the five-person Olympic team because of her strength on the uneven bars and her experience.{{cite web |last1=Clarke |first1=Liz |title=Gabby Douglas makes U.S. gymnastics team after shaky performance at trials |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/gabby-douglas-makes-us-gymnastics-team-after-shaky-performance-at-trials/2016/07/11/08247a04-46e0-11e6-bdb9-701687974517_story.html |website=The Washington Post |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=July 11, 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Adelson |first1=Eric |title=Martha Karolyi's 'hardest decision' ever sends Gabby Douglas back to the Olympics |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/martha-karolyis-hardest-decision-ever-000000833.html |website=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=July 11, 2016}} She was selected for the team alongside Simone Biles, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Aly Raisman. Douglas and Raisman became the first American female gymnasts to compete in multiple Olympic Games since Dominique Dawes and Amy Chow in 2000.{{cite web |last1=Axon |first1=Rachel |title=Gymnasts Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman beat odds by making second Olympic team |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2016/07/11/gymnatics-gabby-douglas-aly-raisman-rio-summer-games/86967254/ |website=USA Today |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=July 11, 2016}}

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On August 7, Douglas competed in the qualification round at the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Arena Olímpica do Rio in Rio de Janeiro. She helped the American team qualify for the final in first place by nearly ten points ahead of second-place China. Additionally, she qualified for the uneven bars final in third place. She also finished third in the all-around qualification standings. However, because she finished behind teammates Biles and Raisman, she was not eligible for the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule.{{Cite web|url = https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/14/gabby-douglas-gymnastics-all-around-london-final-five-simone-biles/88738742/|title = Gabby Douglas rides emotional Rio Olympics roller coaster after social media heat|website = USA Today|access-date = August 28, 2017|archive-date = January 18, 2018|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180118125420/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/14/gabby-douglas-gymnastics-all-around-london-final-five-simone-biles/88738742/|url-status = live}}{{cite web |last1=Barnas |first1=Jo-Ann |title=U.S. women storm to nearly 10 point lead in Rio qualifying |url=https://usagym.org/u-s-women-storm-to-nearly-10-point-lead-in-rio-qualifying/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 29, 2024 |date=August 8, 2016}}

Douglas competed on the uneven bars in the team final and helped the United States win a second consecutive gold medal, which was also her third Olympic gold medal.{{cite web |last1=Barnas |first1=Jo-Ann |title=U.S.'s Final Five sends Karolyi off with final gold |url=https://usagym.org/u-s-s-final-five-sends-karolyi-off-with-final-gold/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 28, 2024 |date=August 10, 2016}}{{cite web |title=U.S. women's gymnastics team wins gold at Rio Olympics |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-womens-gymnastics-team-wins-gold-at-rio-olympics/ |website=CBS News |access-date=May 3, 2024 |date=August 9, 2016}} When the final scores were announced, Douglas and her teammates called themselves the "Final Five" in honor of Márta Károlyi's retirement and the team size being reduced to four beginning in 2020.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/higher-stronger-fiercer-us-women-win-gymnastics-team-gold-8-points?chrcontext=goldenmoments |title='Final Five' win gymnastics team gold in Rio |website=NBC Olympics |access-date=August 20, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813000142/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/higher-stronger-fiercer-us-women-win-gymnastics-team-gold-8-points?chrcontext=goldenmoments |archive-date=August 13, 2016}} Douglas finished seventh in the uneven bars event final due to a mistake on one of her pirouettes.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/08/14/a-shaky-final-performance-wraps-up-rough-olympics-for-gabby-douglas/ |title=A shaky final performance wraps up rough Olympics for Gabby Douglas |last1=Stubbs |first1=Roman |date=August 14, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815161644/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2016/08/14/a-shaky-final-performance-wraps-up-rough-olympics-for-gabby-douglas/ |url-status=live }}

In October 2022, several gymnastics media outlets, such as The Gymternet and Gymcastic, reported that Douglas had recently returned to training, this time at WOGA.{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Mike |date=2022-10-20 |title=Do Not Underestimate Gabby Douglas |url=https://themedalcount.com/2022/10/20/do-not-underestimate-gabby-douglas/ |access-date=2022-11-28 |website=An Old School Gymnastics Blog |language=en |archive-date=November 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128033453/https://themedalcount.com/2022/10/20/do-not-underestimate-gabby-douglas/ |url-status=live }} In November 2022, a photograph was posted online that showed Douglas in the gym with other current WOGA athletes, further strengthening rumors of a possible comeback.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2022/12/30/olympics-2023/|title=The biggest questions in Olympic sports for 2023|date=December 30, 2022|access-date=February 26, 2023|work=NBC Sports}} In February 2023, WOGA coach Valeri Liukin confirmed to NBC that Douglas has been training at his gym,{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2023 |title=Gabby Douglas returns to gymnastics training, coach confirms |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2023/02/25/gabby-douglas-gymnastics-comeback/ |access-date=February 26, 2023 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}} and in July 2023, Douglas herself confirmed via Instagram that she had resumed training with the goal of competing at the 2024 Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Olympic gold medalist Gabby Douglas confirms she resumed training as she eyes Paris Games |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2023/07/13/gabby-douglas-comeback-olympic-champ-resumes-training/70409530007/ |access-date=July 13, 2023 |website=USA Today |language=en-US}}

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Douglas had been slated to make her competitive return in February at the 2024 Winter Cup,{{Cite web |last=Bregman |first=Scott |date=February 6, 2024 |title=Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas will make competitive return at Winter Cup later this month |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/olympic-all-around-champion-gabby-douglas-competitive-winter-cup-paris-2024 |website=Olympics.com |access-date=February 23, 2024 |archive-date=February 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207001647/https://olympics.com/en/news/olympic-all-around-champion-gabby-douglas-competitive-winter-cup-paris-2024 |url-status=live }} however she withdrew after testing positive for COVID-19 two days prior to the competition.{{Cite web |date=February 22, 2024 |title=Gabby Douglas to miss Winter Cup after testing positive for COVID |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/gabby-douglas-gymnastics-winter-cup-withdraw |access-date=February 23, 2024 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US}} Following her withdrawal from the Winter Cup, it was briefly reported that she was no longer training at WOGA,{{cite web |last1=Bregman |first1=Scott |title=Gabby Douglas leaves WOGA Gymnastics |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/gabby-douglas-leaves-woga-gymnastics-paris-2024 |website=Olympics.com |access-date=28 February 2024 |archive-date=February 28, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240228004751/https://olympics.com/en/news/gabby-douglas-leaves-woga-gymnastics-paris-2024 |url-status=live }} but she returned to WOGA after two weeks.{{cite web |last1=Bregman |first1=Scott |title=Gabby Douglas returns to WOGA Gymnastics, is targeting all-around at April national team camp |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/gabby-douglas-returns-to-woga-gymnastics-is-targeting-all-around-at-april-national-team-camp |website=Olympics.com |access-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-date=March 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240307155801/https://olympics.com/en/news/gabby-douglas-returns-to-woga-gymnastics-is-targeting-all-around-at-april-national-team-camp |url-status=live }}

Douglas's first competition since the 2016 Olympic Games was the 2024 American Classic in Katy. She finished in second place on the vault, but she made mistakes on uneven bars and floor exercise and finished with an all-around score of 50.650,{{Cite web |date=April 28, 2024 |title=2024 American Classic Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2024/04/28/2024-american-classic-results/ |access-date=May 24, 2024 |website=The Gymternet |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=April 27, 2024 |title=Gymnast Douglas competes for 1st time since '16 |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/40039764/gabby-douglas-returns-american-classic-mixed-results |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=ESPN |language=en |archive-date=May 24, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524003139/https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/40039764/gabby-douglas-returns-american-classic-mixed-results |url-status=live }} short of the 51.000 score needed to qualify for the all-around at the U.S. Championships. She did qualify for the U.S. Championships on the vault, uneven bars, and balance beam.{{cite web |last1=Bregman |first1=Scott |title=Gabby Douglas’ rocky competitive return full of potential |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/gabby-douglas-makes-competitive-return-at-american-classic |website=Olympics.com |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=April 27, 2024}}{{cite web |title=2024 American Classic recap: Gabby Douglas, Sunisa Lee qualify to championships as Jade Carey routs field |url=https://gymnastics-now.com/live-blog-senior-women-2024-american-classic/ |website=Gymnastics Now |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=April 27, 2024}}

Douglas next competed at the U.S. Classic in Hartford. On her first event, the uneven bars, she fell twice and scored a 10.100; she subsequently withdrew from the rest of the competition.{{cite web |last1=Bregman |first1=Scott |last2=McCarvel |first2=Nick |title=Gabby Douglas falls short in qualifying for national championships in all-around, withdraws from U.S. Classic |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/gabby-douglas-falls-short-qualifying-national-championships-all-around-withdraws-us-classic-gymnastics |website=Olympics.com |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=May 18, 2024}} In May 2024, Douglas was injured during training and withdrew from the U.S. Championships and competing for a spot on the 2024 Olympic team. However, she said she still aims to compete for a spot on the 2028 Olympic team.{{Cite web |date=May 29, 2024 |title=Douglas out of U.S. champs, ends Olympic bid |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40240116/gabby-douglas-gymnastics-ends-2024-olympics-bid |access-date=May 29, 2024 |website=ESPN |language=en |archive-date=May 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529195445/https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40240116/gabby-douglas-gymnastics-ends-2024-olympics-bid |url-status=live }}

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In December 2012, the Associated Press named Douglas the Female Athlete of the Year. She became the fourth gymnast to receive the honor.{{cite news| last = Armour| first = Nancy| url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/gabby-douglas-ap-female-athlete-of-the-year-2012_n_2346941.html| title = Gabby Douglas Wins AP Female Athlete Of The Year Honors| agency = Associated Press| date = December 21, 2012| access-date = February 27, 2012| work = Huffington Post| archive-date = December 30, 2012| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20121230085517/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/21/gabby-douglas-ap-female-athlete-of-the-year-2012_n_2346941.html| url-status = live}}

Douglas was a nominee for the Laureus World Sports Award for Breakthrough of the Year.{{cite web |title=Douglas Nominated for a Laureus World Sports Award |url=https://usagym.org/douglas-nominated-for-a-laureus-world-sports-award/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=February 12, 2013}} In June 2013, Douglas received two BET Awards for her accomplishments at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{cite web |last1=Zaccardi |first1=Nick |title=Olympic champion gymnast Gabby Douglas wins BET Awards |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/olympic-champion-gymnast-gabby-douglas-wins-bet-awards |website=NBC Sports |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=July 1, 2013}} In 2017, she was nominated for an ESPY Award for Best Team, along with the other members of the 2016 Olympic women's gymnastics team.{{cite web |last1=Spicer |first1=Ben |title=25th Annual ESPY Awards to honor top athletes on Wednesday |url=https://www.ksat.com/sports/2017/07/12/25th-annual-espy-awards-to-honor-top-athletes-on-wednesday/ |website=KSAT-TV |access-date=May 18, 2025 |date=July 12, 2017}} In 2025, she was selected for the United States Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame.{{cite web |last1=Zaccardi |first1=Nick |title=Allyson Felix, Serena Williams, Gabby Douglas lead Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame class |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/serena-williams-allyson-felix-gabby-douglas-hall-of-fame |website=NBC Sports |access-date=May 14, 2025 |date=May 6, 2025}}

In July 2012, Gabby Douglas and her teammates made history as the first entire Olympic gymnastics team to be featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated's Olympic Preview issue.{{cite news |last=Emmert |first=Mark |title=Gabby Douglas, gymnastics team make Sports Illustrated cover |url=http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/07/18/gabby-douglas-gymnastics-team-make-sports-illustrated-cover/ |newspaper=Des Moines Register |access-date=July 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211064144/http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/dmr/index.php/2012/07/18/gabby-douglas-gymnastics-team-make-sports-illustrated-cover |archive-date=December 11, 2012 }} That same month, on July 20, Douglas appeared on one of five special Time magazine Olympic covers.{{cite news |last=Florek |first=Michael |title=Ryan Lochte, Gabby Douglas, Lolo Jones get Time covers |url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/07/ryan-lochte-gabby-douglas-lolo-jones-get-time-covers/1#.UAnSprTpAkI |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=July 20, 2012 |date=July 19, 2012 |archive-date=December 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121209044006/http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2012/07/ryan-lochte-gabby-douglas-lolo-jones-get-time-covers/1#.UAnSprTpAkI |url-status=live }} On August 3, the Kellogg Company announced it would feature Douglas on special-edition boxes of Corn flakes, breaking the tradition of Olympic athletes appearing on Wheaties boxes.{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/sports/Gabby-Douglas-Kelloggs-Olympics-London-164890386.html |title=Gabby Douglas Gets Cereal Box Billing |first=Lauren |last=Jiggetts |work=NBC News |date=August 3, 2012 |access-date=August 8, 2012}} Later that month, on August 23, Douglas threw the ceremonial pitch at Citi Field when the Colorado Rockies played the New York Mets.{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/340551/olympian-gabby-douglas-throws-first-pitch-at-mets-game-takes-on-bullying-the-beam-with-oprah |title=Olympian Gabby Douglas Throws First Pitch at Mets Game, Takes on Bullying & the Beam With Oprah |work=E! |last=Fowler |first=Brandi |date=August 23, 2012 |access-date=July 22, 2021 }}

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On August 26, 2012, Douglas spoke about racist bullying at Excalibur Gymnastics in an interview with Oprah Winfrey and how it nearly made her quit the sport. She described an incident in which she had heard other girls at the gym say, "Why doesn't Gabby do it? She's our slave", when chalk was needed to be scraped off the bars.{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/olympic-gold-medalist-gabby-douglas-tells-oprah-called-slave-gymnastics-training-virginia-article-1.1145455 |title=Gabby Douglas to Oprah: I was 'bullied,' called 'slave' during early gymnastics training in Virginia |date=August 27, 2012 |last=Chen |first=Joyce |work=New York Daily News |archive-date=August 29, 2012 |access-date=August 29, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829173400/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/olympic-gold-medalist-gabby-douglas-tells-oprah-called-slave-gymnastics-training-virginia-article-1.1145455 |url-status=live }} The CEO of Excalibur Gymnastics, Gustavo Maure, denied these claims.{{cite web |url=http://eonline.com/news/341301/gabby-douglas-ex-gym-denies-claim-of-bullying-racism-we-are-good-people |title=Gabby Douglas' Ex-Gym Denies Claim of Bullying, Racism: 'We Are Good People' |last=Finn |first=Natalie |date=August 27, 2012 |work=E! News Online |access-date=September 1, 2012 |archive-date=August 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830214329/http://www.eonline.com/news/341301/gabby-douglas-ex-gym-denies-claim-of-bullying-racism-we-are-good-people |url-status=live }}

In September 2012, Nintendo announced that Douglas would be part of a new ad campaign for New Super Mario Bros. 2.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XeECPKnJM |title=Gabby Douglas Goes For Gold In New Super Mario Bros. 2 Ad |format=YouTube |publisher=Nintendo |date=October 1, 2012 |access-date=October 5, 2012 |archive-date=October 3, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003070636/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6XeECPKnJM&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live }} That same month, Douglas led the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2012 Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7420632n |title=Gabby Douglas Leads the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2012 Democratic National Convention |work=CBS News |date=November 19, 2012 |archive-date=December 22, 2012 |access-date=November 19, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121222130354/http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7420632n |url-status=live }}

In December 2012, Douglas released her autobiography, Grace, Gold, and Glory: My Leap of Faith.{{cite web |url=http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20627374,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911115740/http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20627374,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 11, 2012 |title=Gabby Douglas to Publish Inspirational Memoir |publisher=People |date=September 6, 2012}} The book debuted at number four on The New York Times Young Adult Bestseller List.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-12-23/young-adult/list.html |title=Best Sellers Young Adult |work=The New York Times |date=December 23, 2012 |first=Gregory |last=Cowles |archive-date=March 22, 2016 |access-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160322154811/http://www.nytimes.com/best-sellers-books/2012-12-23/young-adult/list.html |url-status=live }} That same month, she performed a miniature floor routine at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards as part of the live performance by Alicia Keys and Nicki Minaj of the Girl on Fire Inferno Remix – following Douglas' success in London, Minaj had opted to end her verse with a reference to her: "I ain't tryna be that / Haters wanna see that / But I got 'em aggy / 'Cause I win the gold like Gabby."[http://www.metatube.com/en/videos/152071/MTV-VMA-2012-Alicia-Keys-Performs-Live-Girl-On-Fire-HD/ Girl on Fire (Inferno Remix, Live at the 2012 VMAs) – Alicia Keys feat. Nicki Minaj (with Gabby Douglas)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923193628/http://www.metatube.com/en/videos/152071/MTV-VMA-2012-Alicia-Keys-Performs-Live-Girl-On-Fire-HD/ |date=September 23, 2016 }} MetaTube (originally broadcast by MTV)

Douglas had a small acting role on the Disney XD series Kickin It in the episode "Gabby's Gold", which aired on August 12, 2013.{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/news/video-gabby-douglas-kickin-it-1069077/|title=Video: Gabby Douglas Guest Stars on Disney XD's Kickin' It|publisher=TV Guide|date=August 12, 2013|first=Elizabeth|last=Wagmeister|access-date=August 11, 2016|archive-date=September 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160922205836/http://www.tvguide.com/news/video-gabby-douglas-kickin-it-1069077/|url-status=live}} In 2013, she donated gymnastic equipment used at the 2012 Summer Olympics to the National Museum of African American History and Culture.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/gymnast-gabrielle-douglas-donates-olympic-items-to-smithsonians-new-black-history-museum/2013/01/30/4f654188-6ace-11e2-9a0b-db931670f35d_story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707100200/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/gymnast-gabrielle-douglas-donates-olympic-items-to-smithsonians-new-black-history-museum/2013/01/30/4f654188-6ace-11e2-9a0b-db931670f35d_story.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 7, 2019|title=Gymnast Gabrielle Douglas Donates Olympic Items to Smithsonian's New Black History Museum|agency=Associated Press|date=January 30, 2013|access-date=January 30, 2012}}

The Gabby Douglas Story aired on Lifetime on February 1, 2014,{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3386954/|title=The Gabby Douglas Story (TV Movie 2014)|author=edwagreen|date=February 1, 2014|work=IMDb}} starring Imani Hakim. Douglas performed all the gymnastic stunts herself.{{cite web|url=http://www.channelguidemagblog.com/index.php/2014/01/30/the-gabby-douglas-story-review-lifetime-movie-feel-good/|title=The Gabby Douglas Story: Lifetime movie is all about the feel good|work=Channel Guide Magazine|date=January 30, 2014|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224232536/http://www.channelguidemagblog.com/index.php/2014/01/30/the-gabby-douglas-story-review-lifetime-movie-feel-good/|url-status=live}} In 2015, it was announced that a reality television show for the Oxygen channel had been commissioned to follow Douglas and her family's life, issued under the working title Douglas Family Gold.{{cite web|url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/03/31/gabby-douglas-family-gold-tv-series-oxygen-gymnastics-olympics/|title=Gabby Douglas' family gets TV series|first=Nick|last=Zaccardi|date=March 31, 2015}} The show premiered on May 25, 2016.[http://www.flogymnastics.com/article/40192-douglas-family-gold-tv-show-to-launch-may-25th Douglas Family Gold TV Show To Launch May 25th] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312083634/http://www.flogymnastics.com/article/40192-douglas-family-gold-tv-show-to-launch-may-25th |date=March 12, 2016 }}. FloGymnastics. Retrieved on August 8, 2016.[http://www.christianpost.com/news/gabrielle-douglas-reality-tv-show-coming-soon-137161/ Gabrielle Douglas Reality TV Show Coming Soon]. Christianpost.com (April 8, 2015). Retrieved on August 8, 2016.

On August 23, 2016, it was announced that Douglas would be one of the judges at the 2017 Miss America pageant.{{cite web |first=Micaela |last=Hood |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gabby-douglas-judges-america-pageant-article-1.2762585 |title=Gabby Douglas to become one of the judges for the 2017 Miss America pageant |work=New York Daily News |date=August 23, 2016 |access-date=August 25, 2016 |archive-date=August 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160824140755/http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gabby-douglas-judges-america-pageant-article-1.2762585 |url-status=live }} Also in 2016, American female rapper Cupcakke referenced Douglas in the lyrics of her song Spider-Man Dick.{{cite web | url=https://genius.com/Cupcakke-spider-man-dick-lyrics/ | title=cupcakKe – Spider-Man Dick | access-date=May 22, 2023 | archive-date=May 24, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524155423/https://genius.com/Cupcakke-spider-man-dick-lyrics | url-status=live }}

On July 11, 2016, Mattel, Inc. released a "Gymnast Barbie" doll modeled after Douglas.[http://mynewsla.com/sports/2016/07/11/new-barbie-gymnast-first-black-olympic-all-around-winner-honored/ New gymnast Barbie: First black Olympic all-around winner honored] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826013138/http://mynewsla.com/sports/2016/07/11/new-barbie-gymnast-first-black-olympic-all-around-winner-honored/ |date=August 26, 2016 }}. MyNewsLA.com (July 11, 2016). Retrieved on August 8, 2016.

In 2017, after a 60 Minutes interview with Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman who said that Larry Nassar, a former doctor for USA Gymnastics, had sexually abused her when she was 15 years old, Douglas sent a tweet saying that "dressing in a provocative/sexual way incites the wrong crowd." She was criticized for it by fellow Olympic teammate Simone Biles and others, who interpreted the tweet as criticism of Raisman and "victim-shaming".{{cite news |last=Linton |first=Caroline |title=Gymnast Gabby Douglas apologizes after comment about sexual abuse |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gymnast-gabby-douglas-apologizes-after-comment-about-sexual-abuse/ |access-date=June 28, 2024 |publisher=CBS News |date=November 18, 2017 |archive-date=June 29, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240629002134/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gymnast-gabby-douglas-apologizes-after-comment-about-sexual-abuse/ |url-status=live }} Douglas later apologized for the tweet and said that Nassar had sexually abused her, as well.{{cite web |first=Jen |last=Kirby |url=https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/1/19/16897722/sexual-abuse-usa-gymnastics-larry-nassar-explained |title=The sex abuse scandal surrounding USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar, explained |date=January 19, 2018 |website=Vox.com |access-date=January 20, 2018 |archive-date=January 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180119195227/https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/1/19/16897722/sexual-abuse-usa-gymnastics-larry-nassar-explained |url-status=live }}

Douglas appeared disguised as a gray-haired, aspiring gym owner in a "Celebrity Edition" episode of Undercover Boss that first aired on May 11, 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.ajc.com/blog/radiotvtalk/olympic-champ-gabby-douglas-goes-undercover-boss-atlanta-may/vBt4uZxwyl3yxTZnZUPLFL/ |title=Olympic champ Gabby Douglas goes 'Undercover Boss' in Atlanta May 11 |last=Ho |first=Rodney |work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |date=May 10, 2018 |access-date=July 22, 2021 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Scoop-Coming-Up-On-UNDERCOVER-BOSS-CELEBRITY-EDITION-With-Gabby-Douglas-on-CBS-Today-June-29-2018-20180628 |title=Scoop: Coming Up On Undercover Boss: Celebrity Edition With Gabby Douglas on CBS – Today, June 29, 2018 |work=broadwayworld.com |date=June 29, 2018 |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=October 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015025329/https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Scoop-Coming-Up-On-UNDERCOVER-BOSS-CELEBRITY-EDITION-With-Gabby-Douglas-on-CBS-Today-June-29-2018-20180628 |url-status=live }} In 2020, Douglas competed on The Masked Singer spin-off The Masked Dancer as "Cotton Candy" and was declared the winner of the season. In 2022, she appeared as herself with Dominique Dawes and Laurie Hernandez in the episode "A Perfect 10" of the second season of the Disney+ animated series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, judging a gymnastics competition.{{cite tweet|user=theproudfamily|number=1602712831832514563|author=The Proud Family|title=The family's getting bigger 🙌 The Proud Family: #LouderAndProuder is back for Season 2, streaming February 1, only on @DisneyPlus.|date=December 13, 2022|access-date=December 13, 2022}}

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