Simone Biles

Simone Biles
Personal information
Full nameSimone Arianne Biles Owens
Born (1997-03-14) March 14, 1997 (age 27)[1]
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
HometownSpring, Texas, U.S.
ResidenceSpring, Texas, U.S.
Spouse
(m. 2023)
Height4 ft 8 in (142 cm)[2]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2012–2016
2018–2021
2023–present (USA)
GymWorld Champions Centre (2015–present)[3]
Bannon's Gymnastix Inc. (2003–2014)
Head coach(es)Laurent Landi
Cecile Canqueteau-Landi
Former coach(es)Aimee Boorman
ChoreographerSasha Farber
Eponymous skillsBiles (6.0) (vault):
Yurchenko half on–straight front salto double twist off
Biles II (6.4) (vault): Yurchenko double pike
Biles (H) (balance beam): double-twisting double tucked salto dismount
Biles (G) (floor exercise): double layout salto half out
Biles II (J) (floor exercise): triple-twisting double tucked salto (aka "triple double")
Medal record
Representing  United States
Women's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 1 2
World Championships 23 4 3
Pacific Rim Championships 2 0 0
Total 29 5 5
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro All-around
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Vault
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Balance beam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Antwerp All-around
Gold medal – first place 2013 Antwerp Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning All-around
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow All-around
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha All-around
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha Vault
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart All-around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Vault
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antwerp Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antwerp All-around
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antwerp Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antwerp Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp Vault
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanning Vault
Silver medal – second place 2018 Doha Uneven bars
Silver medal – second place 2023 Antwerp Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Antwerp Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Doha Balance beam
Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Everett Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Everett All-around
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 2 1 0

Simone Arianne Biles Owens[4] (née Biles; born March 14, 1997)[5] is an American artistic gymnast. With a total of 37 Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast in history,[6] and she is widely considered one of the greatest gymnasts of all time.[7] Her seven Olympic gymnastics medals are ninth-most of all time and tied with Shannon Miller for the most by a U.S. gymnast.[8]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Biles won individual gold medals in the all-around, vault, and floor; bronze on balance beam; and gold as part of the United States team, dubbed the "Final Five".[9] At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she was favored to win at least four of the six available gold medals, she withdrew from most of the competition due to "the twisties", a temporary loss of air awareness while performing twisting elements. She won a silver medal with her team and a bronze medal on the balance beam.

Biles is a six-times World all-around champion (2013–2015, 2018–2019, 2023), six-times World floor exercise champion (2013–2015, 2018–2019, 2023), four-times World balance beam champion (2014–2015, 2019, 2023), two-times World vault champion (2018–2019), an nine-times United States national all-around champion (2013–2016, 2018–2019, 2021, 2023–2024), and a member of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She is also a four-times World silver medalist (2013–2014 and 2023 on vault, 2018 on uneven bars) and a three-times World bronze medalist (2015 on vault, 2013 and 2018 on balance beam).

In 2019, Biles broke the record for most World Championship medals in gymnastics; she won her 24th and 25th medals at the event, surpassing Vitaly Scherbo's 23 World medals. Biles has since secured an additional five World medals, for a total of 30. She holds the record for World all-around titles (6), and is the sixth woman to win an individual all-around title at both the World Championships and the Olympics, the first since Lilia Podkopayeva in 1996 to hold both titles simultaneously. Biles is the tenth female gymnast and first American female gymnast to win a World medal on every event, and the first female gymnast since Daniela Silivaș in 1988 to win a medal on every event at a single Olympic Games or World Championships.

In 2022, Joe Biden awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.[10] In 2023, she won her eighth U.S. Gymnastics title, breaking the 90-year-old U.S. Gymnastics title record previously held by Alfred Jochim.[11][12] Biles won the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year three-times (2017, 2019, 2020),[13] and Comeback of the Year one time (2024).[13]

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  6. ^ "Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history". npr.org. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  7. ^ * Apstein, Stephanie. "Simone Biles Is a Legend in Her Prime". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
  8. ^ "Simone Biles: All titles, records and medals – complete list". Olympics. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
  9. ^ Dillman, Lisa (August 27, 2016). "This young lady is light-years ahead of the competition". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on August 8, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
  10. ^ "Denzel Washington, Simone Biles to Receive Presidential Medals of Freedom". The Hollywood Reporter. July 2022. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  11. ^ Graves, Will (August 27, 2023). "Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first". Associated Press. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  12. ^ "Simone Biles wins record eighth US all-around title as comeback continues". BBC News. August 28, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  13. ^ a b "PAST WINNERS". Laureus Sport for Good Foundation.

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