Gabby Douglas is not any stranger to creating historical past. After making historical past within the 2012 London Olympics as the primary Black girl to win the all-around gold medal in gymnastics, Douglas is continuous her trailblazing streak of accomplishments within the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Corridor of Fame. This week, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) introduced the three-time Olympic gold medalist as one of many many members of its 2025 class of corridor of fame inductees.
A trailblazer and two-time Olympic crew gold medalist (2012, 2016), Douglas additionally contributed to 2 world championship crew titles, incomes a complete of six medals throughout the Olympic and world levels. She was the primary U.S. gymnast to seize gold in each the all-around and crew competitions at a single Olympic Video games—a feat she achieved in London—and is one in all solely two American ladies to win back-to-back Olympic crew golds,” he bio reads on the USOPC announcement. “At simply 16 years outdated, Douglas broke obstacles and redefined what was doable within the sport. Her groundbreaking achievements helped pave the best way for future generations of gymnasts, together with Simone Biles, who would go on to proceed her legacy of excellence and illustration on the worldwide stage.”
Douglas is one in all a handful of Black inductees on this 12 months’s U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Corridor of Fame. Showing alongside Allyson Felix and Serena Williams, the inductees will probably be celebrated on the 2025 induction ceremony will happen on July 12 in Colorado Springs.
