Gabby Douglass Personality

Simone Biles is not only a big daredevil with all her tricks but also has a weakness, Biles HATES bee’s. In fact, in her flowers at the Rio olympics there was a bee in her flowers she dropped the flowers and ran off the podium and backed off until the bee flew away. Simone Biles is also the shortest out of 555 gymnasts competing in Rio. (She is 4-feet-9) Biles loves German shepard and recently lost one of her shepherds. Overall Simone Biles is almost an unbeatable

Gabby Douglas, Olympic gold medalist. She is known for being the first African American gymnast to be the Individual All Round Champion at the Olympics. In pursuance of her dream, Gabby Douglas had to sacrifice the things most important to her. This would include leaving her home and family behind to go to Iowa in the interest of training as a serious gymnast at age fourteen. Not only did Gabby Douglas make sacrifices, but her family also had to, financially and emotionally. In fact, most Olympians give up all of these things so that they can achieve their objective. Luckily, the sacrifice paid off and Gabby Douglas achieved her dream. Much like Gabby Douglas, Asher Lev has to sacrifice his family and community for the sake of following his

One is that she is the most decorated female gymnast. She holds that record with fourteen championship medals. She is also the first African American gymnast that won an all- around world title. She is the third American women to be in an all-around national championship four times in a row. She is the shortest Olympic gymnast out of all 555 Olympic gymnasts. She is four feet nine inches. She only weighs 104 pounds. She is also has the record for most gold medals won by a female gymnast. She hold that record with ten gold medals. She has won every tournament she has entered in the P&G Championship since 2013. She has won twelve titles in a row. In all of the twelve titles she has scored over 62 points. While on a few gymnast are able to get 60. She has fourteen total medals for world championships. That the most for a female gymnast ever. In 2013 to 2015, she won ten gold medals in world championship. In 2013 to 2016, she won eleven United States national gold medals in championships. Simone Biles, only 19 years old, took home four gold medals in St. Louis at the 2016 nationals. She was part of the “Final Five” at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janerio.

The speaker is thinking in a childish manner, caught dwelling on how her “wool winter suit scratched.” (Shore 2) and the idiosyncrasies of her mother. Her attention is consistently darting from object to object, unable to relax her thoughts. Further into the text, feelings of doubt and skepticism emerge. When thinking that she is the chosen one, she questions God’s intentions. “Why would God choose me. . .” (Shore 57) she asks herself. The speaker wonders how could someone so seemingly insignificant and feeble lead a congregation to victory? Then, once feeling empowered by the possibility of her being able to defend her people, a tone of acceptance arises. She gains self-pride and confidence knowing that she is capable of interpreting what is occurring around her. As a Jew, she is aware of what her faith requires of her yet is unsure of how to approach them. During her visit at the synagogue, she began pondering about these responsibilities and how she should fulfill them, thus resulting in the chain of events that led to the acceptance of her obligations to her religion.

When she first started out she felt that she was out of shape and unconditioned. Nevertheless, she practiced a bit before her first tryout and she made it on the J.V team. After she made it, she practiced six days a

Gabby Douglas is true to her beliefs, and her personality shows that she is helpful to the world, and her family and she shows exceptional execution in gymnastics Gabby shows long and beautiful lines specifically in bars, floor, and beam. She is very powerful in the vault, as well. In the text, it states, “I compete for each element with great grace and strength… I will flow beautifully” (Douglas 192). This quotation supports the thesis statement because it shows how Gabby Douglas has long and beautiful lines on the uneven bars. Gabby’s only specialty is the uneven bars, but she occasionally does very well on the balance beam. Gabby Douglas can hit on beam, and when she does, it is an exceptional routine to watch. The text supports this by

She knows she's going to win the gold, she can just feel it. Mary Lou was battling with Ecaterina Szabo, they were both neck and neck. It was Mary Lou's last performance, the vault. She charged at the springboard at full speed and did her trick. She landed flawlessly, scoring a perfect 10. She had beaten Ecaterina Szabo by 0.05 of a point, winning the gold for America. In addition to the gold, Mary Lou had won two silver medals and two bronze medals.

Gabrielle starts her story with how she came into the world and moves to her family’s journey from living out of their Dodge Van for her first delicate year of life, to the family’s separation across Virginia towns, surviving an absent father, and undergoing the years of expensive and rigorous training that is needed for an elite gymnast to compete with the rest of the world’s athletes. From Gabrielle qualifying for special programs that helped fund her training, to her mother having to work multiple jobs in order to keep a roof over their heads, to helping the American team win Gold in the 2012 London games, it is obvious that Gabrielle has a good reason to put her faith in God. He

listening and learning that there is a God that offers her a life that would be so marvelous that

Gabby changed gyms and soon became the state champ in 2004 after only four years of formal training (Gabby Douglas). She continually won first at all of the meets (Gabby Douglas).Gabby’s mom noticed that her talent was becoming too much for the gym she was training at. After watching Shawn Johnson at the 2008 Olympics and being compared to Dominique Dawes, one of the greatest African American gymnast, she knew that the Olympics were a perfect fit for her (Schoeller, Martin). The only issue she had with getting to the Olympics was her current coaching. She needed to go to West Des Moines, Iowa to train Liang Chow. He is an elite gymnastics coach known for coaching Shaun Johnson and many other gymnastics icons. With Chow, Gabby could master the necessary skills to be able to qualify for the 2012 Olympic Games. Gabby left her home at age 14. Her mom flew with her up to Chow’s Gym and scheduled a meeting with him. There Chow told Gabby that she would be living with a host family for the time she was in Iowa. At the gym that day Missy Parton introduced herself to Gabby as her her host mom (Douglas, Gabrielle). Missy took Gabby home and introduced her to her husband and three girls. Gabby and the girls hit

At a young age she comes to the realization that she “no longer believed in God” (171) because she is incapable of accepting people being condemned due to chance occurrences. This colours her entire world view, leading to her becoming cynical of the world around her and especially her father who attempts to push his personal view onto everyone. When she finally starts to look for a religion for herself, she decides “God is everything” (528), good or bad, living or dead, human or animal. Her belief is very different from the rest of her family, all of whom, mother, father, sisters, see God as someone or something that only cares about certain groups with specific characteristics. Viewing God this way helps her to gain clarity on many issues she has with the world, giving her the peace which is denied to the rest of her family. In spite of no longer holding a conventional attitude toward God and religion, Adah succeeds in finding a belief system that fits her religious needs to fill the void left from her childhood disenchantment with the evangelical Baptist

As Gabby first walked on stage to observe she “scanned the 16,500 seats. Some were so high that she could barely see” (197). As she left for the Olympics, her host mom, Missy, gave her an enveloped with a note for each day at the Olympics. The first card came from her mom, it read “Breeeeeezy, you’re an Olympian! You did it! When you’re preparing to compete, I want you to always end up on top. Never forget that god has made you the head, and not the tail” (198). This gave Gabby so much confidence that she was ready to take on the floor. Team USA put itself in a strong position with the all around competition. Gabby came in third which is all she needed to stay here and compete with her teammates she has dreamed of all along.

In the very beginning of the book Lauren begins to question the idea of God. Since she grew up in a religious setting (her father being a pastor) much of her religious knowledge comes from the church. However, from a very early start Lauren has always begun to question the very principles that were taught to her. In present society, the issues are just beginning. Lauren is in a secluded community, unable to leave because of the unknown dangers outside the walls. It 's no surprise she begins to question the principles of God.

Winter is the time of the year when the legendary Winter Olympic games begin. Multiple athletes compete and make their countries proud. Canadian Olympic athlete Heather Moyse, a highly recognized bobsledder has competed in numerous Winter Olympic games and has earned herself a title as a Women's Bobsledding champion throughout Canada. She has additionally represented Canada in cycling and rugby. Not only is Heather a breath-taking athlete but she has become an inspirational motivational speaker. In consequence of her astounding abilities, Heather has earned several achievements. Throughout Heather’s experience in the Olympics and in the bobsledding sport, she has learned numerous lessons on her journey as an athlete. Therefore, she uses her experience to convey messages to younger people about reaching their fullest potential and achieving success.

    Public figures inspire children all over the world and give them the confidence to do great things with their life. Many young girls today will look up to successful female athletes such as Ronda Rousey, Gabby Douglas, and Serena Williams. They are not only great athletes, they are also evidence to young women everywhere that if you work as hard as you can, then you can be as