Publisher Zondervan announced Tuesday that Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas, who is yet to turn 18, will be releasing her second memoir later next month.
Olympic gold medalist Gabrielle Douglas is used to achieving things early. So much so that the young athlete, who is not yet 18 years old, already has her second memoir ready to publish. Her publisher Zondervan announced Tuesday that the memoir, titled "Raising the Bar", will be released next month.
The 17-year-old sports star is a gold medal winner at the 2012 Summer Olympics in both team and individual all-around gymnastics competition. She will publish "Raising the Bar", a follow-up to her 2012 best-selling memoir "Grace, Gold & Glory: My Leap of Faith", April 30, according to a news release. Zondervan is a division of HarperCollins that specializes in Christian-oriented books.
The book provides a behind-the-scenes peek into Douglas' life and will include personal stories, colored photographs and details on the athlete's present-day life - from walking red carpets and appearing on TV shows such as "The Vampire Diaries", while also making time for friends, family and training.
"'Raising the Bar' explores what it's like to be an everyday teen with a not-so-everyday life," Zondervan said.
Douglas has been training since she was 6 years old and became the Virginia State Champion just two years later. She created history in 2012 when she became the first U.S. gymnast to take home a team and an individual gold medal in the same games. She was the first African-American to win the individual gold.
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