Stars of Gymnastics

Alice Sacramone

Alicia Marie Sacramone ( born December 3, 1987)
is a retired American artistic gymnast.
Sacramone began gymnastics at the age of eight, started competing in the elite ranks in 2002 and joined the U.S. national team in 2003. At US National Championships from 2004 to 2008, she won twelve medals, including four golds on vault and two golds on floor exercise. At World Championships from 2005 to 2007, she won seven medals, including a floor exercise gold in 2005 and a team gold in 2007. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she won a team silver medal. In 2010, Sacramone made a comeback by winning the National Championship on Vault. Later in 2010 at the World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, she won the World Title on Vault as well. Her gold gave her a total of nine medals overall, joining Shannon Miller and Nastia Liukin as the U.S. athletes with the most medals at the gymnastics world championships until the US team won gold in the team finals at the 2011 World Championships. Though she was injured and could not compete, she still received a medal as an official member of the U.S. team,earning her tenth World medal, making her the most decorated U.S. gymnast in the history of the World Championships.

Gabrielle Douglas

Gabrielle Christina Victoria "Gabby" Douglas was born December 31, 1995 in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She has three siblings and began Gymnastics at Six years of age.  Excalibur Gymnastics in Virginia Beach is where Gabby began her gymnastics training and by the age of Eight Gabby won Level 4 All-Around Gymnastics Title in 2004 Virginia State Championships.
Gabby won the Women's All-Around Gold medal in the Summer Olympics 2012, becoming the first African-American woman and woman of color of any nationality to win the Individual All-Around event. Gabby and her teammates dubbed "Fierce Five" also won the Team All-Around Gold Medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.