--- title: Rio Olympics: Gabby Douglas Has Her Own Barbie description: She hopes the kids playing with her doll will take away her number-one lesson: Stay true to yourself, and go after your dreams. canonical: https://time.com/4401578/olympics-gabby-douglas-gymnastics-barbie/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-11T17:58:33.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:55.045Z og:title: Gabby Douglas Now Has Her Own Gymnastics Barbie og:description: Just in time for the Olympics og:url: https://time.com/4401578/olympics-gabby-douglas-gymnastics-barbie/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e3036a58bf4c2be/69889b772dce016a069e9cd0/gabby-douglas-olympics-rio-barbie-gymnastics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4518 og:image:height: 2541 og:image:alt: 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials - Women's Gymnastics - Day 2 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Gabby Douglas Now Has Her Own Gymnastics Barbie twitter:description: Just in time for the Olympics twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e3036a58bf4c2be/69889b772dce016a069e9cd0/gabby-douglas-olympics-rio-barbie-gymnastics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Gabby Douglas Now Has Her Own Gymnastics Barbie > Sponsored content. 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(Photo by Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) Ezra Shaw/Getty Images by [Diana Pearl / People](https://time.com/author/people/) ## Diana Pearl / People Contributor Jul 11, 2016 5:58 PM UTC [Gabby Douglas](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464%5F21016795,00.html) is not your average 20-year-old. The Olympian has two gold medals to her name, plus multiple world championships; she’s gearing up for her second Olympic games later this summer in Rio – she was [officially selected for the U.S. women’s gymnastics Olympic team](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464%5F21017687,00.html) last night; and to top it all off, she now has her own Barbie doll. “I’m so excited,” Douglas tells PEOPLE. “My older sister and I used to play with Barbies and create these dramatic fantasy stories, so it’s such a huge honor.” She hopes the kids playing with her doll will take away her number-one lesson for young women and men: Stay true to yourself, and go after your dreams. Be yourself and really embrace your inner beauty and your true talent,” she tells PEOPLE. “Believe in yourself. Never let anyone tell you you can’t do something when you can.” Clearly, Douglas kept that message close to her heart during the London Olympics and beyond – since taking home the all-around and team gold medals in 2012, she’s won gold medals at the World Championships, Pacific Rim Championships and American Cup competitions. And though it’s been four years since her last Olympics, the memories are fresh in Douglas’s mind (“I feel like I just did one!” she says, adding that she and her 2012 teammates still stay in touch). It’s a good thing she remembers it so well – she’s planning on going into Rio with the same attitude. “I’m just going to do the same thing I did in London,” she says. “Focus, train really hard, be consistent and go out and enjoy the journey.” As the seasoned Olympic veteran on this year’s team, she’s looking forward to serving as a constant motivator for her fellow American gymnasts. “For me, it’s pumping them up and motivating them,” she says. “If someone is struggling, it’s everybody’s job to help them and get them going.” One extra potential struggle that this Olympics poses is the threat of the Zika virus, which is leading some athletes, spectators and journalists (such as mom-to-be Savannah Guthrie) to skip out on going to Rio. Douglas, however, isn’t letting that stand in her way. _This_ [_article_](http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464%5F21017445,00.html?) _originally appeared on_ [_People.com_](http://www.people.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4401578/olympics-gabby-douglas-gymnastics-barbie/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4401578/olympics-gabby-douglas-gymnastics-barbie/"},"headline":"Gabby Douglas Now Has Her Own Gymnastics Barbie","datePublished":"2016-07-11T17:58:33.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:55.045Z","description":"Just in time for the Olympics","url":"https://time.com/4401578/olympics-gabby-douglas-gymnastics-barbie/","keywords":["motto","Summer Olympics","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e3036a58bf4c2be/69889b772dce016a069e9cd0/gabby-douglas-olympics-rio-barbie-gymnastics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Diana Pearl / People"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2e3036a58bf4c2be/69889b772dce016a069e9cd0/gabby-douglas-olympics-rio-barbie-gymnastics.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 U.S. Olympic Trials - Women's Gymnastics - Day 2","caption":"2016 U.S. Olympic Trials - Women's Gymnastics - Day 2","creditText":"Ezra Shaw/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4401578/olympics-gabby-douglas-gymnastics-barbie/","name":"Gabby Douglas Now Has Her Own Gymnastics Barbie"}}]}] ```