Gymnast Research Paper

All well-known successful people have had obstacles and struggles blocking them from progressing and putting themselves forward. If someone never has something or someone in their way, it seems like they do not get their self out and simply testing the waters. You will never go anywhere if you become comfortable with where you are in the moment. The most successful people are always testing their boundaries and never limiting what they believe they have the ability to do. Just to name one, Gabby Douglas an Olympic gymnast, have had struggles and obstacles in her way; but of course, she will not stand for them. The people just hope that their accomplishments out way the speed bumps in the road. Gabby Douglas was born December 31, 1995 in the …show more content…
Early before she had Olympic medals in her hands, Gabby and her family had struggled with financial issues. Her mother was unable to pay the price demanded for gymnastics coaching. She also recalls being homeless as a young child. Gabby still remains headstrong and stable with what she has gone through with her family. According to Teen Vogue, Gabby Douglas states, “What I went through-what my whole family went through-it made us stronger people. I learned to ‘walk in love’ and believe the situation would turn out …show more content…
Gabby mentions to New York Daily News some details about her background. “I was just, you know, kind of getting racist jokes, kind of being isolated from the group. So it was definitely hard. I would come home at night and just cry my eyes out.” She tells some of the comments that were made by other gymnasts, such as, “Why doesn’t Gabby do it, she is our slave”. At the age of 14, she had reached her breaking point. “I would rather quit- if I can’t move and train and get another coach- I would rather quit the sport.” She begins again with a clean slate in West Des Moines, Iowa to put the racial remarks hurled her way in the