Author : Ellen Aim
Publisher : Creative Media Publishing
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781938438868
"On August 2, 2012, American Gabby Douglas won the Olympic all-around gymnastics gold medal while also capturing the hearts of the world. Packed with beautiful, colorful illustrations, The Day Gabby Douglas Won Gold will surely inspire young readers as they relive the moment when the gymnast's dream came true."
Author : Joanne Mattern
Publisher : Randy's Corner: Day by Day wit
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 2013-09-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781612284514
Profiles the Olympic gymnast, describing her accomplishments at the 2012 Olympic Games, dedication to gymnastics, and activities since the Olympics.
Author : Jon M. Fishman
Publisher : Lerner Publications ™
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 18,31 MB
Release : 2017-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1541507169
Although she's just 4 feet, 11 inches tall, Gabby Douglas made a larger-than-life impact on the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Gabby dominated the gymnastics all-around competition with her flawless execution and amazingly high flips, winning gold by a landslide. In early 2012, this pint-sized powerhouse was ready to quit gymnastics for good, but she kept going. Competing at the Olympics at just sixteen years old, she became the best female gymnast in the world. Read about this incredible athlete's journey from Virginia Beach to London gold.
Author : Tori Kosara
Publisher : Scholastic Reference
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Biography
ISBN : 9780545556743
Everything you ever wanted to know about the gymnast who captivated a nation during the 2012 Summer Olympics. Gabby Douglas became the first African American to win gold in the individual all-around event. She also won a team gold medal with teammates Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney and Jordyn Wieber, now known as the Fab 5. Learn all about Gabby's early life and road to becoming a gold medal Olympian in this full-colour photographic biography.
Author : Ellen Aim
Publisher : Creative Media Publishing
Page : 55 pages
File Size : 18,76 MB
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1938438876
On August 2, 2012, American Gabby Douglas won the Olympic all-around gymnastics gold medal while also capturing the hearts of the world. Packed with beautiful, colorful illustrations, The Day Gabby Douglas Won Gold will surely inspire young readers as they relive the moment when the gymnast’s dream came true.
Author : Gabby Douglas
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,99 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Women Olympic athletes
ISBN : 9780310740704
The Olympic gold medalist shares the story of her life and how the people in her life helped to allow her to persevere and reach her dreams.
Author : Joan Ryan
Publisher : Doubleday
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 25,18 MB
Release : 2013-04-03
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0307828557
A sports reporter investigates the training of girls as professional gymnasts and figure skaters, arguing that the pressure to succeed and to look beautiful results in mental and physical harm, from eating disorders to psychological trauma.
Author : Kim Washburn
Publisher : Zonderkidz
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 19,74 MB
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0310413524
Dominique Dawes made history as the first African American woman to win an individual Olympic medal, and her trailblazing story is presented in Heart of a Champion, a biography perfect for readers eight and up, and anyone interested in learning about one of the greatest gymnasts in American history. Long before Gabby Douglas and Simone Biles entered a gym, Dominique Dawes was a young African American girl focused on her dream—and nothing would stop her from reaching it. Although the odds were against her, by the time she was nineteen years old she stood on an Olympic podium to receive a historic gold medal in women’s gymnastics, as well as numerous other impressive accolades—including medals in a record three Olympics—over her long career. Discover how her faith in God and hard work led her to become one of the top gymnasts in the world. Let her story and her motto of “determination, dedication, and desire” encourage you to become all you can be, in competition and in life. Heart of a Champion: includes a special note from Dominique Dawes contains quotes from and photos of Dominique that follow her life from childhood to her work with President Obama and Michelle Obama on physical fitness is perfect for school reports and assignments is an inspiring story for gymnastics fans as well as anyone with a dream
Author : Krystyna Poray Goddu
Publisher : Lerner Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 27,27 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1467796441
When did Wilma begin to run? What was the first important race she ever won? Cub Reporter interviews her to find out! Learn how Wilma overcame polio and became the first American woman to win three gold medals at a single Olympic Games. Readers will see how to use interviewing skills and journalistic questions to reveal the story behind a famous American.
Author : Dvora Meyers
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 11,49 MB
Release : 2017-07-11
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 1501101595
An exciting and insightful account of the controversial world of gymnastics, the recent changes of the scoring system, and why those changes will drive American gymnasts to the top of the sport in the twenty-first century.
