Gabby Douglas 🇺🇸 - The First African American Olympic All-Around Champion | Athlete Highlights
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Gabrielle Christina Victoria a.k.a. Gabby Douglas is the first US-American artistic gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympic Games. She is also the first African American to become the Olympic individual all-around champion. After her two gold medals at both the all-around and team competitions at the 2012 London Olympics, Douglas also won Gold four years later at Rio 2016, where she was a member of the US gold-winning team, nicknamed the "Final Five" by the media, alongside Aly Raisman and Simone Biles. We bring you all of Gabby Douglas's medal routines from the Olympics! Enjoy watching!
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Gabi totally represented for girls of color and for breaking barriers! Before Biles there was Douglas! 😍
For black girls*
And before Gabby Douglas there was Dominique Dawes 😏
@@pavlokubov9385 yes they are all perfect they just kept opening the doors for each other
Pavlo I was going to say the same I grew up watching Dominique Dawes
Before Douglas there was Dawes. She is a 3 time Olympian.
She is so underrated as an influence.
Love this little lady. Didn't know she was the first AA to win all arounds. Go Gabby go!!
Love it all
@@freddaclark-baker4086 female in general I thought lol
Yes she is all they talk about is Simone Biles.
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Her lines are underrated and her bars performances are gorgeous! Her execution score was the highest of the meet if I remember correctly. She's so beautiful to watch there.
Both 2012 and 2016 on bars
Yes lawd
Still my favorite gymnast. It's because of Gabby that I started watching gymnastics in the first place!
Me too! She is so underrated
Where is her now Pls?
I have watched gymnastics for a while. Nadia was my favorite was one of my favorites. Never dreamed l would live to see an AA so Tiny win anything in gymnastics. I would love to cook all her favorite dishes.
Same,2012 London Olympic
Same here!
I love Biles, but I BLEED DOUGLAS! Never forget those that calmed the storms, paved the way and took the hits! Gabby is a SHERO 4EVER!!
I agree 100%. Gabriel paved the way and created the Paton for beautiful and talented black female gymnasts to follow. I love me some Biles, but she gotta pay homage to the great Gabby!!!
@Ch Cand I dont need to do anything. I was clearly comparing them because of their timeline, not because they were the first WOC to do gymnastics.🙄🙄
@@daniellejohnson373 i think you were comparing them just because they were black. To be honest Gabby was Great but the only reason simone was not at this olympics was that she was too young. the only thing that held Simon back was AGE and nothing gabby did could have made her older
@@mr.awesome6360 regardless before Simone biles, gabby Douglas was the greatest. And for a good minute too. Simone biles was good when she started but wasn’t great until a little while later. Almost after Gabby Douglas peaked. I believe that there’s a high chance that Gabby influenced some of Simone Biles’ greatness.
@@djroy3073 Gabbie was great. And her win at the Olympics deserves high praise. But she was not the greatest. That was her only individual all-around Gold. As a matter of fact that was her only individual medal of any kind at a major event up until that point. what Gabby did was fantastic, yes but it did nothing to influence simone. If you wanna say it helped other young black gymnasts coming up seeing her win i will give you that because she inspired a younger generation with her win.
Great gymnast, pretty girl. She just didnt get the recognition she deserves.
Loved that moment when Aly Raisman calmed her down and affirmed her in her skill level and to stay positive. That was a special moment ❤️❤️❤️
I love the way that her team supported and poured love on her.
She walked so Simon could run 😌🙌🏾
I guess you never heard of Dominique Dawes.
@@chriscynthiaphillips699 but simone didnt grow up waching Dominique simone is 21 and Dominique doesnt even do gymnast anymore she that in the 80s or 90s lol
@@alexusbrooke how do you know who she grew up watching? There’s a thing called UA-cam with plenty of videos of Dominque and other OG gymnasts
@@catchmeoutsidehowboutdet2448 that still dont mean growning up waching her base off of UA-cam videos lol if she wasn't in our generation doing gymnastcs she probably grew up watching gabby Douglas she was the most famous black gymnastics in our generation
@@chriscynthiaphillips699 she crawled so Gabby could walk ? 😬
2012 was special- I always get so emotional when watching it ( gabby rocked it)
totally agree
Yes,I do too
it was the first olympics i ever got to watch. and she was the first gymnast i saw too
I’m emotional now 🥲
GABBY DOUGLAS the least who became a beast is her story Olympic team gold, all around Olympic gold 1st African American who accomplished this at the time she made history in London 2012 I love her movie she went again to Rio 2016 that's an accomplishment in itself making history again and won a 2nd team gold nobody can erase her history
Salute two time Olympic Champion Gabrielle Douglas
❤👑🥇🥇🥇🔥
No one can deny the incredible power and skill Simone Biles has but Gabby Douglas was so graceful and beautiful to watch. A true champion!
Yes! I forgot how graceful she was/is. I started rewatching her routines during this Olympics
I will always remember Gabby Douglas's skill, grace, poise and beauty.
And she’s back to remind you of it again ahahah
Even in 2016 she had tons of talent on all 4 events and was still a wonderful all-around gymnast. She was two per country ruled out of the all-around, and was the silver medalist for the all-around in 2015. I think people forget that a lot
If Laurie hadn't 'injured herself' she'd qualified for the all around and her raw scores at trials were higher than Gabby's. I think people forget about that.
Gabby was just so unique in that she had the athletic prowess and power, but she also had a compelling gracefulness and beautiful lines.
Usually gymnasts have one or the other. Just a delight to watch her compete.
She was not the favorite. Everyone were favoring Vika and Jordyn because both of them were the current world champion and silder medalist for all around. People were also keep hyping about Aliya's comeback. At the end, Gabby just turn the table and won the game. She is amazing 💪💪
Exactly
I would have to agree.
The last shall be 1st and the 1st last Gabby did it fair and square❤
Absolutely.
Exactly!!!❤️❤️
I love Gabby Douglas! She is such an inspiration. Lovely lady with Grace and resolve.
Dawes, Douglas, Biles... excellence!!!!
Love Gabby! The difficulty of that beam!
Thx to Gabby, USA won the gold on team event. It’s a fact!
Well considering that in 2012 team USA won by over 5pts and by over 8pts in 2016, Douglass wasn’t THE reason they won team gold, but she was part of the reason they won.
@@pedropelaez her bars routine in rio clinched the gold for use
@@_justinblizzle really? How exactly did douglas’ bar routine clinched the team gold when team USA finished on floor and bars was their second rotation? 🤔🤔🤷♂️🤷♂️
@@pedropelaez just watch it baby... you only need eyes to see 😘
@@_justinblizzle someone is cray cray
She was a beautiful and streamlined gymnast, which means she had incredible balance and superior eloquent talents. Her height was out of this world. She’s also just one beautiful young lady. No one could ignored those rosy pink cheeks on her lovely smiley face. Gabby will ALWAYS deserve her flowers. SHE IS AN AMERICAN ICON AND NATIONAL TREASURE.
Gabby is such a phenomenal gymnast. She is one of my favorites to view, even after a few years from 2012 & 2016.
She was so young and amazing! I will always be proud of her. She was the reason my daughter became a gymnast.
Gabby is a superb all around gymnast with form and a way to think on her feet that is just awe inspiring. She didn’t just make history here - she IS a living legend
@4:48 Ally is showing GREAT sportsmanship!!! Love them both. 🤩🤩🤩
Gives me chills to watch and know she is an overcomer. Go Gabby. You did the darn thing.
Breathless comes to mind. Her sharp landings, twists, turns, and everything in between on the Beam, just breath-taking. Loved how she got so much support from her teammates. They are all jewels, but dang Gabby, you are just a strong tower. All my love to you. I pray you go far in life and succeed in Everything you do. You are Dynamite~
She was the only one of team USA to do all four events in the team final. And she killed every. single. one.
Gabby is such an inspiration. 2012's Games was magical. I first saw gymnastics at that Olympics, and the love affair burns bright to this day. Gabby is a trailblazer and I have so much gratitude for her outstanding work. Thank you Gabby 💓🔥
I feel you on that.
Gabby is amazing, and a true inspiration for all those that come after her! It's wonderful that she inspired you so much to love such an amazing sport.
Since you're interest to the sport is rather new I wanted to give you the recommendation of watching Dominique Dawes. She helped the US win it's first team gold medal. She's won three individual Olympic medals (one for every Olympic year that she competed in) and was the first black person of any nationality or gender to win an Olympic individual medal in gymnastics. I think you'll really enjoy her floor routines, she's flawless. So much fun to watch. I hope you enjoy.
Yes, even though Simone gets all the attention now, Gabby was the trailblazer for GOLD medals along with Dominque Dawes (medals). Just leery of the media, they have such ulterior motives.
omg we get it
Jesus! Never seen a gymnast with so much confidence and balance. She’s the best I’ve ever seen in all honesty.
Alice keys wrote a song about her. This girl's on Fire!.
Really that song is about her? Now I love this song even more!!☺
Song was NOT written about Gabby!!
Alicia Keys...
Let me understand this matter ,is this song girl on fire not about Gabby?
Gabby was my idol, I love Simone but gabby paved the way
Her smile is everything
She was amazing on every apparatus but I just loooved watching her on bars. Great form and the height she got was spectacualr.
Love Gabby !!! she was the first number 1 . Her legacy is still here!😘
She’s amazing! I’m so proud of her and her representing us here!!! 😊
She was bullied online after this, so unfair to a talented gymnast like her.
@D Leo It wasn’t because she’s black. People were mad that she won over Victoria Komova. Victoria was the better gymnast at the time but she had a bad vault which lowered her score significantly and Gabby won fair and square. But butthurt people still insisted that Victoria should’ve won which wasn’t cool.
People that bullied her were just jealous they weren't in her shoes.
I remember her being horribly bullied over her hair. Like come on, it’s hair!!!
@@niecyallison1706, no it was because they thought that Victoria should have won (Gabby won fair and square). Listen it’s NEVER because of jealously in any situation like this on social media.
It’s crazy Victoria needed 3 tenths to beat gabby, she got a 15.4 on her vault and normally gets a 15.6, I’m sorry but I still don’t think Viktoria would’ve won
Gaby Douglas was, and probably still is a phenomenal gymnast!
She was one of my all time favorite gymnasts! I loved her skills, style and personality!! 👍
awww Aly was such a great captain that year! i loved that team. Gabby, like Shawn before her, had to do all 4 in TF, then nailed all 4 in AA.
i remember watching nationals and trials that year with my son, who was 8 at the time. he had a total crush on her. when i asked him who was goi g to win the olympics, he blushed and said,"Gabby!" i, the gym fan, said,"ru sure? what about Jordyn?" he just shook his head and said,"no, Gabby is gonna win. im sure."
Aww. People don't realize how incredibly hard it is to compete on all 4 events in the Olympics for 3 days straight, and win 2 medals (team and all around). The specialists have pressure to perform on that event but the team all arounders are the real rocks. Even Aliya did it at both the Olympics
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Gabby's beam and bars are so beautiful to watch.
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Man Gabbie face grew up so much in those 4 little years!!!
Let’s give Gabby her flowers 💐
Such a skilled and talented gymnast. Her impact will never be forgotten.
THE LAST VIDEO WITH SIMONE BILES AND GABBY DOUGLAS ON THE PODIUM FOR THE GOLD WAS 1 OF THEIR BEST TEAMS IVE EVER SEEN.. MY FAVORITE TEAM. I ABSOLUTELY LUV THE OLYMPICS .. BLESS ALL THE GIRLS..
Absolutely stunning performance by her - super tight competition with her and Jordyn, then with Vika Komova. Gabby stood the test, and I know gives Jesus the credit.
GD held the Russians off the top step many of their fans have never forgotten it!
25:42 Gabby and Liang Chow hugged 3 times within 15 seconds, that was pretty funny and wholesome
31:58 omg look at Madison Kocian's hand lmao
Gabby - you're such a great gymnast. You really did hit 8 out of 8 routines at London, didn't you? You did THAT.
Sad thing is she didn't hit in any event final she was in (BB and UB) ☹️
@@Victor-ch6xp 2 days AA is really demanding
We love you Gabby ! 💙✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿
Yes we love you Gabby your going to be the second best gymnast trust me your so good!!!!! After Simone biles ❤️🎉👌👍👍👍👌👍👍👍👍👍👍
Her beam is super underrated
Douglas is the groundbreaking for this sport and people of color. It was heart breaking how some of our people and the media news didn't give her the positive news coverage that she deserved. I still remember her home town Virginia Beach Va didn't recognize her in any kind of celebration as the first black women of her achievements. I know in part that jealousy and racism played it's part. But one thing that is for sure the haters can't take her place in history. Ms. Biles is great in her own right and time, and that will not be denied, but Ms. Douglas you will always be my HERO. IF you by chance read this I like to say "You Go Girl" and You Are Loved Still...
Gabby, fantastic performance; so proud of you little queen!!!👏👏👏🎆🎆🎆 Continue to excel!
Her handstands were always on point
she was a woman of sports. so underrated to make an impact to influence others
I know this is about Gabby, but can we appreciate Aly’s leadership at 4:18? She’s such a great leader. ❤️
I’m glad one of Chow’s gymnasts won the all-around gold. :-)
Me too. Though I consider Shawn an all-around winner too.
Gabby paved the way for everybody:Black,Latina, and Asian gymnast out there! It makes me sad how people forget about her.She's the history maker...the first. Before Simone, there was Gabby.
I guess you're new to gymnastics. Dominique Dawes came before Gabby.
How did she pave the way for Asian gymnasts? They've been long recognized and a part of women's gymnastics.
I loved seeing her on bars amazing
Her beautiful smile! Love her!
GABY SUPREME!!!! God father Bless u .....U r Amaizing !!!! ♥♥♥♥
Gabby forget the naysayers, be proud of yourself and remember "'YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE NO MATTER WHAT". Believe in yourself honey!!!!!!!
She really is such a fantastic bar worker
Thanks for the memories! Simone is sensational but I've always preferred Gabrielle's physique, form and execution more. For me GD has a more languid grace of movement vs SB's technical athletic executions. This was a great compilation!
1=Dominique Dawes, 2=Gabby Douglas 3=Simone Biles! All three are beautiful and absolutely amazing! Who is next?
Konnor McClain
@@darkmatter5940, thanks!
Dawes, Okino, Schwikert, Douglas, Biles...
@@creating1_c1999, Thank you very much, I stand corrected!!!!
I say this with such conviction yall sleep on jade Carey
A WHOLE LEGEND
I love her so much
I love watching without comments! You can feel the mood of the competition! Gabby deserved it, she was the best at that night! ;)
Great confidence...great strength... great athlete
Gabby Douglas was the best!!! Her Amanar give her that Gold medal
No, Viktoria's amanar gave her that gold medal. If she had taken 2 less steps things would've been different, you know it
@Katie Chan she was the best that day, no doubt. But had Komova also been the best, like she was in qualifications, the story might've been different
@@fortheloveofcats2462 maybe but Gabby will be GOLD forevwr darling
@@jl6043 but she was lucky. I'm not denying the hard work and talent though
@@fortheloveofcats2462 Gabby had been doing the Amanar vault for easily 2 1/2 years before Komova even tried it. Komova was spotty at best in consistency with it whereas Gabby pretty much perfected it. The scores would’ve been closer but Gabby still would’ve lead at that point
She is so super super solid!
Always love to watch Gabby! She is so talented and Beautiful! Wish we could see her again!💕
Love. Love, love Gabrielle Douglas!!! Amazingly beautiful form!❤
Gabby, you have always been one of my absolute favorites. Grace and excellence combined.
Having to hug every person, every time they did something would drive me insane!!!
Gabby needs to be recognized more for being the first african american to a chieve..she made the way for biles
Imagine doing your best and be then winner then getting such hate from your homeland? People tend to forget how young she was. Just disgusting. Makes you wonder why anyone would want to gain such accolades for a despicable place.
@QueenStinga 357, the Gabby critics were (1) a certain group self-hating couch potatoes criticizing her hair and (2) a group of Pretend Patriots pretentiously criticizing her for not showing the random gestures they think of as patriotism. Most of Group 1 couldn't get up without grunting if they were paid and some of Group 2 were probably at the US Capitol Insurrection on 1/6/21. The US is not despicable; some of its citizens....well.
As an indigenous person, woman at that I get where you're coming from. They robbed and stripped us of EVERYTHING. However, we can't blame an entire nation for the idiocy of some.
@@donnaaranda7175 As a black woman I blame this Country. You obviously don't know Black history! Black people didn't willing come to America and they did not ask to fight for basic rights for over 400 years. You speak for indigenous, not US!
@@donnaaranda7175 I agree with you.
@@moniquemorales441 Monique cool it. Get with the now. Don't live in the past
Within four years from 2012 to 2016 gabby grew very tall. Here she's shorter than Aly and then 2016 she's like taller than Aly.
She wanted it...she needed it. She won fair and square. Gabby certainly didn’t have anyone in her corner...besides, her coach, family and Alley and that was enough. Alexandria R. Is a spiritual force all on her own. Such a good person. Blessings to her always.
The first clip is labeled wrong; instead of Individual All-Around, that vault was from Team Finals. Other than that, excellent work, as always!!!
It’s odd because at the start they literally showed her vault from All-around in her pink Leo.
@@jamesbagley2937 I know right. It’s weird that they didn’t catch that
Probably someone’s fx music was playing during her AA vault and copyright issues
She should be rated higher than 10th all time. Gabby was better than a lot of the others. Congrats Gabby...Champion. ♥️😷🙏♥️
Love you Gaby...you are one of the best....so happy for you and your teammates. 🇺🇸.... I like that encouraging words given to her by her teammate❤
It`s almost like they forgot about her and tossed her aside, so sad.
Thank you Gabby Douglas for getting me interest in gymnastics🇺🇸
Bikes got me interested.
Wow... Gabby you are awesome! Even watching you now You still Take My Breath Away. Thank you for breaking the barriers of the girls of color. You were the first and you are still awesome!
Wow just wow...! My daughter has started gymnastics and loves it. Can't believe how she just ends up in the splits. Like all the time. Gabby is amazing x
I wish gymnast had longer careers bc Gabby was just breathtaking and I would love to see her still competing!! It just always amazes me how young they are!!
I don't ever remember any gymnast getting close to the amount of online abuse as Gabby did at her last Olympics. I wonder why?
If anyone wants to see widespread racism in America, just watch people react to a black girl succeeding
Unfortunately many black people bullied her because her hair wasn't straightened perfection 😒 Black people (I saw mostly women) couldn't celebrate one of their own girls winning because of her hair
The mentality is ridiculous
@@Brutus0710 and yet most people like Simone.. including white people. I think it stems more from Gabby's personality..Dominick Dawes was very popular and successful but she was also outgoing. Gabby didn't let her personality shine through like Simone and sadley that's interpreted as stuck up and bitchy. She's a great gymnast but she just didn't have that warmth.
Because they didn't want her to win
@@dianawilson8742 she’s bullied because she wasn’t social enough? Please! People who bully don’t like themselves and bully others. PERIOD. Luckily that doesn’t stop God from shining on whom He chooses to shine on.
Kudos to this young woman! She flies through the air! Her hard work and perseverance has certainly paid off! Simply Amazing!
I LOVE it! Thank You for letting folks see the Great Gabby Thomas!!! WOW! I HAVEN'T seen her in a Long time! But NEVER forgot her, or NEVER will!!!? Just FABULOUS!!!!!😷🤡😄😉😱
She had the best form on bars of any American.
Indeed. And that's why it's weird that she didn't even get a bronze in two trips.
All her coaches must be so proud of her.😍
shes soooooo good
Lots of love from INDIA
Before the greatness of Simone B...there was the greatness of Gabby D..."Gabby is greatness personified".
I love the editing, and how it is slowed down so we can see the form, height, etc...
Go Gabby we love you!! You paved the way
I love her graceful bounces at the end of the vaults 😍
I loved watching her she was so amazing. I am so glad she came back i 2016 as well. Such a great gymnast
Ally was amazing as well as the entire team.
i loved her floor routine🤩🤩 i remembered i would get so hyped w the music