Simone Biles

Simone Arianne Biles (born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Biles is the 2016 Olympic individual all-around, vault and floor gold medalist. She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She also won the bronze medal for the balance beam during the Olympics. Biles is a three-time world all-around champion (2013–15), three-time world floor champion (2013–15), two-time world balance beam champion (2014, 2015), four-time United States national all-around champion (2013–16), and a member of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2014 and 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Biles at the 2016 Olympics all-around gold medal podium. Personal information Full name: Simone Arianne Biles Residence: Spring, Texas, United States Height: 142 cm Discipline: WAG Level: Senior international elite Years on National Team: 2012 – present (US) Gym: World Champions Centre (current) Bannon's Gymnastix Inc. (2003–2014) Head coach(es): Aimee Boorman Choreographer: Dominic Zito Eponymous skills: Floor exercise: double layout half out

Medal record Competitor for United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 0 1 World Championships 10 2 2 Pacific Rim Championships 2 0 0 American Cup 1 1 0 Total 17 3 3 Olympic Games Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro All-around Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Vault Gold 2016 Rio de Janeiro Floor exercise Bronze 2016 Rio de Janeiro Balance beam World Championships Gold 2013 Antwerp All-around Gold 2013 Antwerp Floor exercise Gold 2014 Nanning Team Gold 2014 Nanning All-around Gold 2014 Nanning Balance beam Gold 2014 Nanning Floor exercise Gold 2015 Glasgow Team Gold 2015 Glasgow All-around Gold 2015 Glasgow Balance beam Gold 2015 Glasgow Floor exercise Silver 2013 Antwerp Vault Silver 2014 Nanning Vault Bronze 2013 Antwerp Balance beam Bronze 2015 Glasgow Vault Pacific Rim Championships Gold 2016 Everett Team Gold 2016 Everett All-around American Cup Gold 2015 Arlington All-around Silver 2013 Worcester All-around

Having won a combined total of nineteen Olympic and World Championship medals, Biles is the most decorated American gymnast. She took this over from Shannon Miller, who had held this record since 1996. With her win in Rio, Biles became the sixth woman to have won an individual all-around title at both the World Championships and the Olympic Games. With four Olympic gold medals, Biles set a new American record for most gold medals in women’s gymnastics at a single game.

Simone Biles Media

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  Olympic Rings without "rims" (gaps between the rings), As used, eg. in the logos of the 2008 and 2016 Olympics. The colour scheme applied here pertains to the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

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  A homecoming parade for Biles in Spring, Texas on August 24, 2016

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  Simone Biles with VOA's Ramon Taylor in 2018

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  Biles at the 2019 All-Star Legends & Celebrity Softball Game

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  Biles signs a 35-ton steel plate alongside fellow Olympic champion Katie Ledecky and NNS president Jennifer Boykin to signal the start of construction of the USS Enterprise

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  Biles awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden in July 2022

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  Biles with other survivors and Richard Blumenthal

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  Biles at the 2016 Olympics all-around podium