The 16-year-olds dramatic ascent to the top of her sport came despite her parents crumbling marriage and a long-distance relationship with her father, Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Timothy Douglas.
Date: Aug 04, 2012
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Gabby Douglas' Parents Supported Her Olympic Win Near and Far
training at the age of 6. When she was 9, her father, Air Force Staff Sgt. Timothy Douglas, went to war in Iraq and Afghanistan. "I just had to pray to God just to keep him safe and tell the angels to keep my dad safe and come home," she recently explained to NBC Nightly News of her father being away.