Welcome to Unstyled. I'm your host, Christine Barberick, co-founder and global editor-in-chief of Refinery 29.

Each week, I invite a notable person to come in and talk with us as we explore the funny, inspiring, sometimes heartbreaking tales of life, work, and love, as told through the things that we wear.

There are a few people who've done what Ali Raisman has.

At 24 years old, she has competed in four world championships and two Olympic games.

She's made sports history as the first American gymnast to win a gold medal for the floor exercise. Indeed, Allie has taken home the gold from every major competition in which she's competed.

But Allie's heroism extends beyond her tremendous athletic achievements.

In the last year, she's become one of the most powerful voices

and faces in the Me Too movement,

speaking out against a long history of abuses in her sport

and demanding accountability from leadership.

Allie may be young, but she is a woman of stunning strength.

Born and raised in the suburbs of Boston,

Allie began practicing gymnastics pretty much as soon as she could walk.

Like many little girls of her era,

she was inspired by the legendary magnificent seven gymnasts,

who won the 1996 Olympics.

By 2012, Allie had made it on to another historic gymnastics team,

The Fierce Five.

As captain, she led her team to first place at the 2012 London Olympics

and took home two more medals herself.

Four years later, she did it again,

leading the final five gymnasts to victory in Rio de Janeiro.

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