Simone Biles is the first athlete
who has become the world-around champion three times in a row? With a combined total of 30 Olympic and World Championship medals,
Biles is the most decorated American gymnast and the world's third most
decorated gymnast, behind Belarus' Vitaly Scherbo (33
medals) and Russia's Larisa Latynina (32 medals).
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Biles is widely considered to be one
of the greatest and most dominant gymnasts of all time. Simone Biles was
born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, the third of four siblings.
Her birth mother, Shanon Biles, was
unable to care for Simone or her other children –
Adria, Ashley, and Tevin. All four went in and out of foster
care. In 2000, Biles's maternal grandfather, Ron Biles, and his second
wife, Nellie Cayetano Biles.
Egan temporarily caring for
Shanon's children are in the north Houston suburb of Spring. Texas,
after learning that his grandchildren had been in foster
care. In 2003, the couple officially adopted Simone and her
younger sister Adria. Ron's sister.
Shanon's aunt Harriet, adopted the
two oldest children. Biles holds Belizean citizenship
through her mother and refers to Belize as her second home.
Biles and her family practice Catholicism.
In 2012, Biles made the choice to
switch from public school to home school. allowing her to increase
her training from approximately 20 to 32 hours per week.
She gained all of her
secondary education as a homeschooler,
graduating in the summer of 2015.
Biles verbally committed to UCLA on August 4, 2014. She
planned to defer enrollment until after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio
de Janeiro.
in November 2014 she signed her
National Letter of Intent with UCLA On July 29, 2015. She
announced that she would turn professional and forfeit her
NCAA eligibility to compete for UCLA.
In January 2018, Biles
was reported to have enrolled at the University of the People. an online
college to study business administration and would become the
university's brand ambassador.
In 2011, Simone Biles had her first
significant performance at American
Classic in Houston. The agile girl won the balance beam and vault
competitions eventually. she was number three in the all-around event.
Later on, guided by her “second mother”
Aimee Boorman,
Simone began to conquer the world of
sports. In 2012, she participated in the American Classic. In 2013, the
young athlete debuted in the international event the American Cup.
At that time, Biles received an
invitation to the training center of Béla and Márta Károlyi. The
famous Karolyi Ranch had been “producing” high-skilled athletes
since the 1980s.
This center in Houston is
considered the world’s leader. Nadia Comăneci, Julianne
McNamara and Mary Lou Retton came from there.
Biles also trained there. She became
the first black champion in all-around gymnastics. In a couple of
years. Simone won three all-around gold medals which brought her the
recording ten medals. In the international competitions.
In 2016, Simone Biles and the
basketball player LeBron James were named the Athletes of the Year. The
reputable agency Associated Press founded the title. The Olympic champion
got the award for the revolutionary changes in gymnastics and new
achievements.
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On August 7, 2016, Biles competed in
the Women's Qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Along with
helping the US team qualifies in the first place. To the team final with a score of
185.238 (9.959 points ahead of the second-place team China).
she individually qualified as the top
gymnast in four of the five individual finals. the all-around with
a score of 62.366, vault with an average score of 16.050. Balance
beam with a score of 15.633, and floor exercise with a score of 15.733.
On August 9, Biles won her first
Olympic gold medal in the gymnastics team event. The only gymnast
for Team USA to compete on all four events. in the final, She contributed an
all-around score of 61.833. (15.933 on vault, 14.800
on bars, 15.300 on beam, and 15.800 on the floor) as the Americans won.
the gold medal with a score of
184.897, over eight points ahead of the silver medal Russian team. Biles
won the gold medal in the individual all-around on August 11. Ahead of
teammate Aly
Raisman and Russia's Aliya
Mustafina.
Biles earned a total score of 62.198 with
15.866 on the vault,
14.966 on the uneven bars. 15.433 On
the balance beam, and 15.933 on the floor.
Biles had the highest scores on vault,
balance beam, and floor. She had the only score over 15. On balance
beam in the finals. She and Raisman became the second pair of American
gymnasts to win gold. and silver in the
individual all-around. After Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson in 2008.
In the vault final, she scored 15.900
for her. Amânar and 16.033 for her Cheng to win her second individual
gold medal. With an average score of 15.966, more than 0.7 points. ahead
of second-place
Finisher Maria Paseka. Of Russia and
third-place finisher Giulia Steingruber of Switzerland.
In the balance beam final, she
grabbed the beam with her hands (a mandatory 0.5 point
deduction). after underrotating her front tuck and scored a 14.733.
Despite her mistake. she won the bronze medal behind teammate Laurie Hernandez
(who won silver with a score of 15.333). And Sanne Wevers of the
Netherlands (who won the gold medal scoring 15.466).
In the floor exercise final, she won
gold. With a score of 15.966. Teammate Aly Raisman. Won silver
with a score of 15.500 and Amy Tinkler of Great Britain won bronze
scoring 14.933. With Biles's five total medals along with Madison
Kocian's silver medal on the uneven bars.
the USA claimed a medal in every
women's artistic gymnastics event for the first time since 1984.With four
Olympic gold medals, Biles set an American record for most gold medals in
women's.gymnastics at a single Games, and equaled a number of other
records with her medals won in Rio.
Biles winning four gold medals was
the first instance of a quadruple gold medallist in women's.gymnastics at
a single Game since Ecaterina Szabo (Romania) in 1984. And the fifth
overall,
after Larisa Latynina (USSR, 1956),
Agnes Keleti (HUN, 1956), Věra Čáslavská (CZE, 1968) and
Szabo.
Biles became the sixth female gymnast to have won an individual all-around title at both the World. Championships
and the Olympics.
Biles is the first female gymnast
since Lilia Podkopayeva (UKR) in 1996 to win the all-around gold as
well as an event final gold. and the first female gymnast since Podkopayeva
to win the Olympic all-around title.
while holding the World and
European/American individual all-around titles. Biles joins Latynina
(1956–1960), Čáslavská (1964–1968). and Tourischeva (1968–1972), as the
fourth female gymnast to win every major all-around title in an Olympic
cycle.
After the 2016 Rio Games, she
co-wrote an autobiography with journalist Michelle Burford. Courage
to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance.
The book hit number one on The New
York Times bestsellers Young Adult list the week of January 8, 2017.
and was turned into a Lifetime biopic.
Biles competed on season 24 of
Dancing with the Stars. Attempting to replicate her Rio teammate Laurie
Hernandez's win in season 23. Paired with professional dancer Sasha
Farber. She was favored to win but was eliminated. on May
15, 2017, one week before the finals, finishing in fourth place.
In August, during the 2017 P&G
National Championships,
Biles said that she had returned to
the gym to start conditioning.
Her longtime coach, Aimee
Boorman. Had moved to Florida with her family.
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in October Biles hired coach Laurent
Landi. who had coached her Olympic teammate Madison Kocian. Biles was
re-added to the National Team. on March 1 after the Athlete Selection
Committee viewed.
in July, where she won the
all-around title. ahead of Riley McCusker by 1.200 points. She also
won the gold medal on the floor and balance beam and recorded the highest
single vault score.
She showed numerous upgrades to her routines from 2016. Including a Fabrichnova (double-twisting
double back dismount). and a Van Leeuwen on uneven bars. And a Moors
(double-twisting double layout) on floor exercise.
In October 2018 Biles
participated in the World Team Selection Camp. She placed first in
the all-around as well as first on vault and floor exercise.
In late October 2018. World
Championships in Doha,
Qatar. Biles went to an emergency
room the night before the qualification round because of stomach pains
that turned out to be a kidney stone.
After confirming that it was not
appendicitis. She checked herself out of the hospital. The following
day, she qualified to the all-around,
Vault. Balance beam and floor exercise
finals in the first place. And to the uneven bars final in second place
behind Nina Derwael of Belgium.
After successfully performing the
vault she premiered at the selection camp. it was named
the Biles in the Code of Points. And given a difficulty value
of 6.4 (for the 2017–2020 code of points).
Which was tied with the Produnova
for the most difficult women's vault ever competed. The US also qualified
for the team final in the first place. During the team final, Biles competed
on all four events.
Recording the highest score of any competitor
on vault, uneven bars, And floor exercise. The U.S. team won the gold medal with a score of 171.629, 8.766 points. Ahead of second-place Russia,
beating the previous margin of victory records set in the open-ended code of
points. era at the 2014 World Championships (6.693) and the 2016 Summer
Olympics (8.209).
In the all-around final, Biles won
the gold medal. By a margin of 1.7 points despite falling on both the
vault and the balance beam. The overwhelming difficulty gap between her
and her competitors
Allowed her to claim. The title with
a score of 57.491 over silver medalist Mai Murakami. Of Japan and
bronze medalist Morgan Hurd.
Earning her fourth world
all-around title. Biles set a new
record for most women's World
All-Around titles. Surpassing the previous record of three held by
Svetlana Khorkina.
She also became the first defending
Olympic women's all-around champion to earn a world all-around title. Since
1972 Olympic champion Lyudmilla Turischeva did so in 1974.
In the event finals, Biles won the
gold medal on vault. Her first-ever world vault title. The two vaults
she competed in were a Cheng and an Amanar. This marked her thirteenth World
gold medal. Meaning Biles had won the most Gymnastics World Championships
titles of any gender. Breaking Soviet Vitaly Scherbo's previous
record of twelve gold medals.
She then won the silver medal on
uneven bars behind Nina Derwael of Belgium.By winning a medal on uneven
bars. Biles became the first American and the tenth female gymnast from
any country to have won a World Championship medal in every event.
The following day, she won the
bronze medal. On balance beam behind Liu Tingting of China and Ana
Padurariu of Canada. after a large balance check on her Barani.
She then won the gold medal on
floor exercise with a strong routine.
In doing so, she became the first
U.S. gymnast and first non-Soviet gymnast. to win a medal on every event at a single World Championships.
to do so since Elena Shushunova in
1987. Her 6 medals at this World Championships brought her total
number of world medals to 20, which tied her with Khorkina for most world
medals won.
In September 2019 Biles competed
at the US World Championships. trials where she placed first in the
all-around, despite falling. on her dismount off the uneven bars.
and earned a place on the team that
would compete at the 2019 World Championships. in Stuttgart.During the
first day of event finals. Biles won the gold medal on vault, ahead
of teammate Carey and Ellie Downie of Great Britain.
After earning a medal on vault, her
23rd World Championships medal. Biles tied the record for most
medals won at the World Championships. With Soviet gymnast Vitaly
Scherbo. During the uneven bars final, Biles earned a score of
14.700,
Finishing. in fifth place, one-tenth
behind bronze medalist and teammate Sunisa Lee.
On the second day of event finals
Biles scored 15.066 on the balance beam. Earning the gold medal over
reigning World balance beam Champion Liu Tingting and Li Shijia.
both of China, by over 0.6 points.
This marked Biles's 24th World Championships medal. Surpassing
Scherbo's record and making. Biles is the sole record holder for most World
Championship medals won by a gymnast. Whether male or female.
On floor exercise, Biles won
gold with a score of 15.133, one point more than the silver medalist
Lee. By winning five gold medals in Stuttgart. Biles tied the record
of most gold medals won at a single World Championships. With Larisa
Latynina and Boris Shakhlin, who both accomplished this at the 1958 World Championships?
Furthermore, by winning her fifth
gold medal on floor exercise. Biles tied the record for most world
titles on one apparatus with Italian Jury Chechi (who won five gold medals
on still rings).
And Russian Svetlana Khorkina
(who won five gold medals on uneven bars). In February 2020 it was
announced that Biles was chosen to represent the United States.
However, in March USA Gymnastics
announced that Biles would not attend due to concerns around. The
ongoing COVID-19 pandemic both domestically. And worldwide (including
Japan).
The following day the Japanese Gymnastics
Association announced that they had canceled the event. In May 2021
Biles competed at the U.S. Classic.
She debuted a Yurchenko
double pike vault. Which no woman had ever completed before. On her way to
another U.S. Classic all-around title.
The new vault was given a preliminary
value of 6.6, making. It is the highest valued vault in women's gymnastics. On
6 June 2021, Biles won her 7th all-around title at the U.S.
Gymnastics Championships.
in Fort Worth, Texas, and qualified for
the Olympic Trials. In addition to winning the all-around title by 4.7
points. Biles also placed first in the vault, balance beam, And floor
exercise. As well as third in the uneven bars.
Biles was in a relationship with
fellow gymnast Stacey Ervin Jr from 2017-2020. She has been in a
relationship with professional American football player Jonathan Owens
since August 2020.
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Biles signed with the Octagon sports
agency in July 2015. which also markets fellow American gymnast Aly
Raisman and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps. In November 2015, she
announced on Twitter. Her sponsorship by Nike. On November 23, 2015,
she signed a deal to allow GK Elite Sportswear. to sell a line of
leotards bearing her name.
Later in 2015, Biles signed a deal with
Core Power to become a spokesperson. on its Everyday Awesome team of
athletes. In August 2016. Kellogg's put the Final Five's picture on
the Gold Medal Edition of Special berries. The back of the box
showed Biles with one of her Rio gold medals.
After the 2016 Rio games. Biles signed deals
to endorse Procter & Gamble. The Hershey Company, and United
Airlines. In September 2016. Biles became a spokesperson for
Mattress Firm's program of supporting foster homes.
In 2016, Biles signed a deal with
Spieth America to create a line of gymnastics equipment. And another
to become a spokesperson for Beats By Dre.
In 2018, she worked with Caboodles to
create and market products for women with active lifestyles. In April
2021, Biles announced
that she was leaving Nike for a new
apparel sponsorship with the Gap's Athleta brand.
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