[1] That year, she helped the American team win the silver medal behind Russia at the World Championships.

[8] She made her senior debut at the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships alongside Wieber, Douglas, and three junior athletes, and they won the team title by nearly 20 points over China.

[9][10] Later that month, Ross, Maroney, and Raisman won another team gold medal at the City of Jesolo Trophy.

[12] Then at the U.S. Championships, Wieber won the all-around title ahead of Douglas, while Raisman and Ross finished third and fourth, respectively.

[15] The Olympic Trials for women's artistic gymnastics took place on Friday, June 29, and Sunday, July 1, 2012, at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.

[16] Heading into the Olympic Trials, Douglas, Wieber, and Raisman were considered locks for the team based on their all-around results that year.

Afterward, Douglas, Maroney, Raisman, Ross, and Wieber were the five gymnasts chosen to represent the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Maroney and Wieber opted for "fierce", as they said it described their floor routines, and the rest of the team concurred.

[27][28] When the U.S. won the team competition, NBC announcer Al Trautwig proclaimed, "The Fab Five is going gold!

However, due to the rule allowing only the top two from each country to compete in an individual final, only Raisman and Douglas advanced.

[38] Additionally, this was the sixth consecutive Olympic medal for the United States in the women's team competition.

[36] In the individual all-around final, Douglas won the gold medal, becoming the first Black woman to win the event.

[45][46] As the only American in the uneven bars final, Douglas, finished in eighth after making a timing mistake on a full pirouette.

Her 15.066 matched Romanian Cătălina Ponor for third place, and this time, Raisman won the execution-score tie-breaker to earn the bronze medal.

[48][49] In the floor final, Raisman won the gold medal with a score of 15.600, four-tenths ahead of the second-place Ponor.

[52] The Fierce Five members were among those who performed in the 40-city Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions, which started in September.

[53] In November, they met U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House and performed on Dancing with the Stars in support of former gymnast Shawn Johnson.