Simone Biles

{{Short description|American artistic gymnast (born 1997)}}

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{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Simone Biles

| image = Simone Biles National Team 2024.jpg

| caption = Biles at the 2024 U.S. Championships

| fullname = Simone Arianne Biles Owens

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1997|03|14}}{{cite web |url=http://gymdivas.us/profile_biles.htm |title=GymDivas.Us |website=GymDivas |access-date=July 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101029053729/http://gymdivas.us/profile_biles.htm |archive-date=October 29, 2010}}

| birth_place = Columbus, Ohio, U.S.

| height = 4 ft 8 in{{cite web |title=Simone Biles Gymnastics |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/simone-biles |website=TeamUSA.org |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |access-date=August 10, 2016 |archive-date=August 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190814022409/https://www.teamusa.org/usa-gymnastics/athletes/Simone-Biles |url-status=live}}

| discipline = WAG

| country = {{USA}}

| natlteam = 2012–2016
2018–2021
2023–present (USA)

| club =

| gym = World Champions Centre (2015–present){{cite web |url=http://meetscoresonline.com/Athlete/171519 |title=Simone Biles – World Champions |website=MeetScoresOnline.com |date=March 11, 2015 |access-date=July 7, 2016 |archive-date=August 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190822133932/http://meetscoresonline.com/Athlete/171519 |url-status=live}}
Bannon's Gymnastix Inc. (2003–2014)

| headcoach = Laurent Landi
Cécile Canqueteau-Landi

| assistcoach =

| formercoach = Aimee Boorman

| choreographer =

| music =

| eponymousskills = Biles (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")

| retired =

| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}

{{MedalSport | Women's artistic gymnastics}}

{{MedalCount

|Olympic Games|7|2|2

|World Championships|23|4|3

|Pacific Rim Championships|2|0|0

|total=yes

}}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|All-around}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Vault}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Floor exercise}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|All-around}}

{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Vault}}

{{MedalSilver|2020 Tokyo|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|2024 Paris|Floor exercise}}

{{MedalBronze|2016 Rio de Janeiro|Balance beam}}

{{MedalBronze|2020 Tokyo|Balance beam}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Antwerp|All-around}}

{{MedalGold|2013 Antwerp|Floor exercise}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Nanning|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Nanning|All-around}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Nanning|Balance beam}}

{{MedalGold|2014 Nanning|Floor exercise}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Glasgow|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Glasgow|All-around}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Glasgow|Balance beam}}

{{MedalGold|2015 Glasgow|Floor exercise}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Doha | Team}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Doha | All-around}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Doha | Vault}}

{{MedalGold|2018 Doha | Floor exercise}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Stuttgart|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Stuttgart|All-around}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Stuttgart|Vault}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Stuttgart|Balance beam}}

{{MedalGold|2019 Stuttgart|Floor exercise}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Antwerp|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Antwerp|All-around}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Antwerp|Balance beam}}

{{MedalGold|2023 Antwerp|Floor exercise}}

{{MedalSilver|2013 Antwerp|Vault}}

{{MedalSilver|2014 Nanning|Vault}}

{{MedalSilver|2018 Doha | Uneven bars}}

{{MedalSilver|2023 Antwerp|Vault}}

{{MedalBronze|2013 Antwerp|Balance beam}}

{{MedalBronze|2015 Glasgow|Vault}}

{{MedalBronze|2018 Doha|Balance beam}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pacific Rim Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Everett|Team}}

{{MedalGold|2016 Everett|All-around}}

{{MedalCompetition|FIG World Cup}}

{{MedalCount

|All-Around World Cup|2|1|0}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Jonathan Owens|2023}}

}}

Simone Arianne Biles Owens{{cite web |title=I do 🤍 officially owens 🤍 |url=https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1649813365059887104 |access-date=August 10, 2023 |website=Twitter |language=en |archive-date=April 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422180721/https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1649813365059887104 |url-status=live }} ({{nee}} Biles; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history.{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2023 |title=Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history |url=https://www.npr.org/2023/10/06/1204379375/simone-biles-most-decorated-gymnast-history |access-date=October 7, 2023 |website=npr.org |language=en |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007031606/https://www.npr.org/2023/10/06/1204379375/simone-biles-most-decorated-gymnast-history |url-status=live }} She is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time.* {{cite magazine |last=Apstein |first=Stephanie |title=Simone Biles Is a Legend in Her Prime |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2019/12/10/simone-biles-2019-year-most-dominant-athletes |url-status=live |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112232747/https://www.si.com/olympics/2019/12/10/simone-biles-2019-year-most-dominant-athletes |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=November 12, 2020 }}

  • {{cite web |last=Coaston |first=Jane |date=October 10, 2019 |title=Simone Biles is the greatest female gymnast ever |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/10/10/20908435/simone-biles-gymnastics-best-ever |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112232803/https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/10/10/20908435/simone-biles-gymnastics-best-ever |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=November 12, 2020 |website=Vox |language=en }}
  • {{cite magazine |last=Wiedeman |first=Reeves |date=August 12, 2016 |title=Simone Biles Becomes the Greatest Gymnast of All-Time |url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/simone-biles-becomes-the-greatest-gymnast-of-all-time |url-status=live |magazine=The New Yorker |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815052715/http://www.newyorker.com/news/sporting-scene/simone-biles-becomes-the-greatest-gymnast-of-all-time |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |access-date=August 12, 2016 }}
  • {{cite news |last=Armor |first=Nancy |date=October 9, 2019 |title=Opinion: Simone Biles reaches GOAT status by doing 'alien gymnastics...inhuman gymnastics' |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2019/10/09/simone-biles-greatest-gymnast-her-generation-and-every-other/3921374002/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011170356/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2019/10/09/simone-biles-greatest-gymnast-her-generation-and-every-other/3921374002/ |archive-date=October 11, 2019 |quote="greatest gymnast of her generation" }}
  • {{cite news |last=Almasy |first=Steve |date=October 5, 2019 |title=Simone Biles nails two more amazing moves that will be named after her |publisher=CNN |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/05/us/simone-biles-world-championships-elements-named-trnd/index.html |url-status=live |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009104849/https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/05/us/simone-biles-world-championships-elements-named-trnd/index.html |archive-date=October 9, 2019 |quote="greatest gymnast of our time and probably ever'" }}
  • {{cite news |last=Zaccadri |first=Nick |date=October 10, 2019 |title=Mic Drop: Simone Biles wins fifth world all-around by record margin |publisher=NBC Sports |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/10/simone-biles-gymnastics-world-all-around/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010163945/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/10/simone-biles-gymnastics-world-all-around/ |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |quote="greatest gymnast in history'" }}
  • {{cite news |last1=Bremner |first1=Jade |date=August 3, 2021 |title=How many Olympic medals does Simone Biles have? |language=en |work=The Independent |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/simone-biles-olympics-medal-count-b1895813.html }}
  • {{cite news |date=June 8, 2022 |title=Simone Biles part of group seeking $US1 billion-plus from FBI over failure to prevent Larry Nassar's alleged sexual assaults |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-09/simone-biles-and-other-women-target-fbi-over-nassar-accusations/101137382 |access-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-date=September 27, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220927210333/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06-09/simone-biles-and-other-women-target-fbi-over-nassar-accusations/101137382 |url-status=live }} With 11 Olympic medals, she is tied with Věra Čáslavská as the second-most decorated female Olympic gymnast, and has the most Olympic medals earned by a U.S. gymnast.{{cite web |title=Simone Biles: All titles, records and medals – complete list |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/simone-biles-all-titles-records-medals-complete-list |access-date=October 7, 2023 |website=Olympics |archive-date=December 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222151346/https://olympics.com/en/news/simone-biles-all-titles-records-medals-complete-list |url-status=live }}

At the Olympic Games, Biles is a two-time gold medalist in the individual all-around (2016, 2024). She is also a two-time champion on vault (2016, 2024), the 2016 champion and 2024 silver medalist on floor exercise, and a two-time bronze medalist on balance beam (2016, 2020). Biles led the gold medal-winning United States teams in 2016, dubbed the "Final Five," and in 2024, dubbed the "Golden Girls".{{Cite web |title=Simone Biles reveals champion gymnastics team's 'official' nickname: the 'Golden Girls' |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/31/simone-biles-usa-gymnastics-team-nickname/74613977007/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801044129/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2024/07/31/simone-biles-usa-gymnastics-team-nickname/74613977007/ |archive-date=August 1, 2024 |access-date=July 31, 2024 |website=USA Today |language=en-US|author-first1=Nancy|author-last1=Armour}} At the 2020 Summer Olympics, where she was favored to win at least four of the six available gold medals, she withdrew from most of the competition after the qualification round due to "the twisties", a temporary loss of air awareness while performing twisting elements. She won a silver medal with the United States team nicknamed the "Fighting Four".{{Cite web|last=Cash|first=Meredith|title=The USA gymnasts picked a team name, and it's an apparent homage to all they've overcome for the Olympics|url=https://www.insider.com/usa-gymnastics-the-fighting-four-team-name-meaning-2021-7|access-date=February 6, 2022|website=Insider|language=en-US|archive-date=August 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820212508/https://www.businessinsider.com/usa-gymnastics-the-fighting-four-team-name-meaning-2021-7|url-status=live}}

At the World Championships, she is the most decorated - male or female - artistic gymnast of all time with 30 total medals in which 23 of them are Gold. Biles is a six-time individual all-around champion (2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2023), six-time floor exercise champion (2013–2015, 2018–2019, 2023), and four-time balance beam champion (2014–2015, 2019, 2023), all record-high totals. She is also a two-time vault champion (2018–2019) and a member of a record-high five gold medal-winning United States teams (2014–2015, 2018–2019, 2023). She is also a four-time World silver medalist (2013–2014 and 2023 on vault, 2018 on uneven bars), a three-time World bronze medalist (2015 on vault, 2013 and 2018 on balance beam).

Domestically, Biles has won a record-high nine United States national all-around championships (2013–2016, 2018–2019, 2021, 2023–2024); her win in 2024 made her the oldest female gymnast to ever win the title. She is also a seven-time champion on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, a two-time uneven bars champion, and the only woman to win all five gold medals in a single championships twice (2018, 2024).

Biles is the sixth woman to win an individual all-around title at both the Olympics and the World Championships and the first since Lilia Podkopayeva in 1996 to hold both titles simultaneously. She 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 Olympics or World Championships. Biles is the originator of the most difficult skill on women's vault, balance beam, and floor exercise and the only gymnast to attempt each skill to date.

In 2022, President Joe Biden awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom.{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/denzel-washington-simone-biles-presidential-medals-freedom-1235174868/ |title=Denzel Washington, Simone Biles to Receive Presidential Medals of Freedom |website=The Hollywood Reporter |date=July 2022 |accessdate=July 1, 2022 |archive-date=November 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221102214441/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/denzel-washington-simone-biles-presidential-medals-freedom-1235174868/ |url-status=live }} 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.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/gymnastics-simone-biles-sunisa-lee-e0d8956a5d9365a7f1749ba6de5ad545|title=Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first|first=Will|last=Graves|publisher=Associated Press|date=August 27, 2023|accessdate=August 28, 2023|archive-date=August 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828024235/https://apnews.com/article/gymnastics-simone-biles-sunisa-lee-e0d8956a5d9365a7f1749ba6de5ad545|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gymnastics/66636944|title=Simone Biles wins record eighth US all-around title as comeback continues|publisher=BBC News|date=August 28, 2023|accessdate=August 28, 2023|archive-date=August 28, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828070215/https://www.bbc.com/sport/gymnastics/66636944|url-status=live}} Biles has won the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year four times (2017, 2019, 2020, 2025){{cite web|title=PAST WINNERS|url=https://www.laureus.com/world-sports-awards/past-winners|website=Laureus Sport for Good Foundation|accessdate=|archive-date=May 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509053524/https://www.laureus.com/world-sports-awards/past-winners|url-status=live}}{{cite web|date=22 April 2025|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/laureus-world-sports-awards-2025-duplantis-biles-andrade-kelly-slater-rafael-nadal|website=Olympics.com|title=Laureus World Sports Awards 2025: Duplantis, Biles, Andrade among big winners while Kelly Slater, Rafael Nadal receive special recognition}} and Comeback of the Year once (2024).

Early life and education

Biles was born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio,{{cite web |title=GymDivas.Us | Online Resource for Gymnasts in the United States |url=http://www.gymdivas.us/profile_biles.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013025604/http://www.gymdivas.us/profile_biles.htm |archive-date=October 13, 2014 |access-date=July 7, 2016 |website=GymDivas}}{{cite web |title=Biography |url=http://www.gym-style.com/simonebiles/about.htm |publisher=Simone Biles official site bio |access-date=June 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306071629/http://www.gym-style.com/simonebiles/about.htm |archive-date=March 6, 2013}} the third of four siblings.{{cite news |url=http://www.houstonchronicle.com/olympics/article/Spring-s-Biles-poised-for-perfection-in-Rio-Games-8382471.php |title=Spring's Biles poised for perfection in Rio Games |first=David |last=Barron |work=Houston Chronicle |date=July 16, 2016 |access-date=August 8, 2016 |archive-date=September 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930234935/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/olympics/article/Spring-s-Biles-poised-for-perfection-in-Rio-Games-8382471.php |url-status=live}} Her birth mother, Shanon Biles, was unable to care for Simone or her other children. All four went in and out of foster care.{{cite news |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/news/rio-nears-gymnastics-biles-ready-charge-064459387--spt.html |title=As Rio nears, gymnastics' Biles is ready to take charge |first=Will |last=Graves |agency=Associated Press |date=October 22, 2015 |access-date=July 3, 2017 |archive-date=December 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171213201008/https://sports.yahoo.com/news/rio-nears-gymnastics-biles-ready-charge-064459387--spt.html |url-status=live}}

In 2000, Biles' maternal grandfather, Ron Biles, and his second wife, Nellie Cayetano Biles,{{cite web |url=https://andscape.com/features/the-difficulty-of-being-simone-biles/ |title=The Difficulty Of Being Simone Biles |last1=O'Neal |first1=Lonnae |date=July 1, 2016 |website=Andscape |access-date=August 19, 2016 |quote=Simone's grandparents, Ron (grandfather) and Nellie (step-grandmother), became her legal guardian when Biles was 6. They met while Nellie was in college in San Antonio and Ron was in the Air Force and raising daughter Shanon as a single father. |archive-date=September 30, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190930234924/https://theundefeated.com/features/the-difficulty-of-being-simone-biles/ |url-status=live}} began caring temporarily for Shanon's children in the north Houston suburb of Spring, Texas, after learning his grandchildren were in foster care. In 2003, the couple formally adopted Simone and her younger sister Adria. Ron's sister, Shanon's aunt Harriet, adopted the two oldest children.{{cite web |url=https://www.biography.com/people/simone-biles-051816 |title=Simone Biles |website=Biography.com |access-date=May 30, 2017 |archive-date=May 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170520212848/http://www.biography.com/people/simone-biles-051816 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Minutaglio |first1=Rose |title=How Gymnast Simone Biles Overcame Being Given up by Her Mother to Become an Olympic Gold Hopeful |url=http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464_21015150,00.html |access-date=June 28, 2016 |work=People |date=June 27, 2016 |archive-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829034856/http://www.people.com/people/package/article/0,,20996464_21015150,00.html |url-status=live}} Simone holds Belizean citizenship through her adoptive mother and considers Belize to be her second home.{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/16/sport/simone-biles-belize-ties-rio-olympics-gymnastics-2016/ |title=Simone Biles has support in another country: Belize |editor=Martin, Jill |editor2=Lopez, Elwyn |publisher=CNN |date=August 16, 2016 |access-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-date=August 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160829011749/http://edition.cnn.com/2016/08/16/sport/simone-biles-belize-ties-rio-olympics-gymnastics-2016/ |url-status=live}} Biles and her family are Catholic.{{cite web |url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/34330/these-two-game-changing-olympians-are-serious-catholics |title=These two game-changing Olympians are serious Catholics |last=Rezac |first=Mary |agency=Catholic News Agency |date=August 9, 2016 |access-date=August 11, 2016 |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905184007/http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/these-two-game-changing-olympians-are-serious-catholics-76883/ |url-status=live}}

Biles attended Benfer Elementary School in Harris County, Texas.{{cite web |last=Nguyen |first=Jasmine |url=https://news.kleinisd.net/2018/12/03/simone-biles-visits-benfer-elementary/ |title=Simone Biles makes surprise visit to Benfer |work=Klein ISD Newsroom |publisher=Klein Independent School District |date=December 3, 2018 |accessdate=August 25, 2021 |quote=It was an exciting day last Thursday for Benfer Bobcats as they received a surprise visit from former student and four-time Olympic gold medalist, Simone Biles. |archive-date=August 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210825210028/https://news.kleinisd.net/2018/12/03/simone-biles-visits-benfer-elementary/ |url-status=live }} In 2012, Biles switched from public school to home schooling, allowing her to increase her training from about 20 to 32 hours a week. She earned her high-school diploma in mid-2015. Biles verbally committed to UCLA on August 4, 2014,{{cite web |url=http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/04/simone-biles-chooses-ucla-gymnastics-olympics/ |title=Simone Biles chooses UCLA |last1=Nick |first1=Zaccardi |date=August 4, 2014 |publisher=NBC Sports |access-date=October 30, 2015 |archive-date=August 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150830085516/http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/08/04/simone-biles-chooses-ucla-gymnastics-olympics/ |url-status=live}} and signed a National Letter of Intent in November 2014,{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/story/_/id/11872243/gymnastics-champion-simone-biles-signs-ucla-bruins-national-letter-intent |title=Simone Biles to attend UCLA |publisher=ESPN |date=November 13, 2014 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716173329/https://www.espn.com/los-angeles/story/_/id/11872243/gymnastics-champion-simone-biles-signs-ucla-bruins-national-letter-intent |url-status=live}} planning to defer enrollment until after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Instead, on July 29, 2015, she announced that she would turn professional and forfeit her NCAA eligibility to compete for UCLA.{{cite web |url=http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2015/07/29/simone-biles-turns-professional-gymnastics-olympics-octagon/ |title=Simone Biles turns pro |last1=Nick |first1=Zaccardi |date=July 29, 2015 |publisher=NBC Sports |access-date=October 30, 2015 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724160059/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2015/07/29/simone-biles-turns-professional-gymnastics-olympics-octagon/ |url-status=live}}

Early gymnastics career

Biles first tried gymnastics at age 6 during a day-care field trip.{{cite web |title=Simone Biles Biography and Interview |website=achievement.org |publisher=American Academy of Achievement |url=https://www.achievement.org/achiever/simone-biles/#interview |access-date=April 9, 2019 |archive-date=January 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102110119/http://www.achievement.org/achiever/simone-biles#interview |url-status=live}} The instructors suggested she continue with the sport, and Biles soon enrolled in an optional training program at Bannon's Gymnastics.{{cite news |url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/dvorameyers/simone-biles-mental-gymnastics |title=Simone Biles: Mental Gymnastics |last1=Meyers |first1=Dvora |date=July 8, 2016 |access-date=July 14, 2016 |publisher=Buzzfeed |archive-date=July 11, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711010638/https://www.buzzfeed.com/dvorameyers/simone-biles-mental-gymnastics |url-status=live}} She began training with coach Aimee Boorman at age eight.{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4428013/simone-biles-gymnastics-usa/ |title=Simone Biles Is Taking Her Sport to New Heights |last=Park |first=Alice |access-date=July 30, 2016 |magazine=Time |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331153803/http://time.com/4428013/simone-biles-gymnastics-usa/ |url-status=live}}

=2011–12: Junior elite=

Biles began her elite gymnastics career at age 14 on July 1, 2011, at the 2011 American Classic in Houston. She placed third all-around, first on vault and balance beam, fourth on floor exercise, and eighth on uneven bars.{{cite news |title=McLaughlin, Skinner, Milliet win American Classic titles |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=7997 |access-date=July 15, 2016 |publisher=USA Gymnastics |date=July 2, 2011 |archive-date=August 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805215531/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=7997 |url-status=live}} Later that month, Biles competed at the 2011 U.S. Classic in Chicago, Illinois, where she placed 20th all-around, fifth on balance beam and floor exercise.{{cite web |title=2011 Cover Girl Classic Meet Results Women Competition I |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11cgc_jraa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=July 15, 2016 |ref=July 23, 2011 |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816143508/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11cgc_jraa.pdf |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=2011 Cover Girl Classic Vault Rankings Women Competition I |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11cgc_jre.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=July 15, 2016 |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816143820/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11cgc_jre.pdf |url-status=live}}

Biles' first meet of 2012 was the American Classic hosted in Huntsville, Texas. She placed first all-around and on vault, tied for second on floor exercise, placed third on balance beam, and fourth on uneven bars.{{cite news |title=Winners Named at American Classic |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10037&prog=h |access-date=July 16, 2016 |publisher=USA Gymnastics |date=May 6, 2012 |archive-date=August 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805195836/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10037&prog=h |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=2012 American Classic National Training Center |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12classic_jr2.htm |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=July 16, 2016 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221140121/https://www.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12classic_jr2.htm |url-status=live}}

Biles' placement in the American Classic secured her a spot to compete at the 2012 USA Gymnastics National Championships. She later competed at the 2012 U.S. Classic in Chicago. She finished first all-around and on vault, second on floor exercise, and sixth on balance beam. In June, she made her second appearance at the U.S. National Championships in St. Louis, Missouri. She finished third all-around, first on vault, and sixth on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.{{cite web |title=Simone Biles |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=164887 |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=October 31, 2015 |archive-date=April 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428060808/https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=164887 |url-status=live}} After this performance, Biles was named to the U.S. Junior National Team by a committee headed by Márta Károlyi, the National Team Coordinator (2001–2016).

Senior gymnastics career

=2013=

Biles' senior international debut was in March at the 2013 American Cup, a FIG World Cup event. She and Katelyn Ohashi were named as replacements for Elizabeth Price and 2012 Olympic gold medalist Kyla Ross, both of whom withdrew from the competition because of injuries.{{cite news |last=Lawrence |first=Blythe |title=Promising pair stands in for Fierce Five |url=http://espn.go.com/espnw/more-sports/9003401/espnw-katelyn-ohashi-simone-biles-expected-emerge-new-faces-us-gymnastics-american-cup |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130304093924/http://espn.go.com/espnw/more-sports/9003401/espnw-katelyn-ohashi-simone-biles-expected-emerge-new-faces-us-gymnastics-american-cup |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 4, 2013 |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=ESPN |date=March 1, 2013}}{{cite news |last=Associated Press |title=Kyla Ross out of American Cup |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/8991157/injury-forces-olympic-champion-kyla-ross-american-cup |publisher=ESPN |access-date=February 27, 2013 |date=February 26, 2013 |archive-date=February 28, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130228021619/http://espn.go.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/8991157/injury-forces-olympic-champion-kyla-ross-american-cup |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Price Withdraws from American Cup |url=http://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=11324 |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=February 23, 2013 |archive-date=October 15, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131015221623/http://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=11324 |url-status=live}} Biles led for two rotations but finished second behind her teammate, Ohashi, after a fall off the beam.{{cite news |last=Associated Press |title=Katelyn Ohashi wins 1st senior event |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/9007785/american-katelyn-ohashi-15-wins-first-senior-gymnastics-competition |access-date=March 2, 2013 |publisher=ESPN |date=March 2, 2013 |archive-date=September 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929115943/http://espn.go.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/9007785/american-katelyn-ohashi-15-wins-first-senior-gymnastics-competition |url-status=live}}

Biles traveled to Jesolo, Italy, to compete at the 2013 City of Jesolo Trophy. She took the all-around, vault, balance beam, and floor exercise titles in addition to contributing to the U.S. team's gold medal. She and the U.S. delegation next competed at an international tri-meet in Chemnitz, Germany, against teams from Germany and Romania. The U.S. won the team gold medal. In addition, Biles won the vault, balance beam, and floor titles, and tied for second in the all-around, behind Kyla Ross, after a fall on the uneven bars.{{cite web |url=https://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2013/eu/ger/gerrouusawag.html |title=WAG International Match GER – ROU – USA Chemnitz (GER) 2013 March 30 |website=gymnasticsresults.com |access-date=July 18, 2018 |archive-date=October 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008201420/http://gymnasticsresults.com/2013/eu/ger/gerrouusawag.html |url-status=live}}

In July, Biles competed at the 2013 U.S. Classic. She performed poorly, falling several times, and did not compete vault after twisting her ankle on the floor exercise. In the aftermath of this poor performance, Biles consulted a sports psychologist{{cite news |title=Interview: Simone Biles & Sports Psychologist Robert B. Andrews |url=http://fulltwist.net/interview-simon-biles-sports-psychologist-robert-b-andrews/ |publisher=FullTwist.net |date=April 23, 2014 |access-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228223634/http://fulltwist.net/interview-simon-biles-sports-psychologist-robert-b-andrews/ |url-status=live}} whom she credits with helping her anxiety and confidence issues and allowing her to begin her streak of dominance in the sport.{{cite web |last=Lanquist |first=Lindsey |title=How Therapy Helped Simone Biles Become One Of The Greatest Gymnasts Of All Time |url=https://www.self.com/story/therapy-simone-biles |access-date=May 13, 2021 |website=SELF |date=November 2016 |language=en-US |archive-date=May 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513173931/https://www.self.com/story/therapy-simone-biles |url-status=live}}

Biles competed at the 2013 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships in August, where she was crowned the national all-around champion. Biles also won silver in all four individual events. After the USA Gymnastics National Championships, Biles was named to the Senior National Team and was invited to the qualifying camp for the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Texas. She was selected for the World Championships team.

In October, Biles competed at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. She qualified first in the all-around, second to the vault final, sixth to the uneven bars final, fifth to the balance beam final, and first to the floor final, making her the first American gymnast to qualify to the all-around and all four event finals since Shannon Miller in 1991.{{cite web |title=Simone Biles Crowned Gymnastics All-Around World Champion |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2013/October/04/Simone-Biles-Crowned-Gymnastics-All-Around-World-Champion |website=TeamUSA.org |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |access-date=October 31, 2015 |archive-date=January 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160102201022/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2013/October/04/Simone-Biles-Crowned-Gymnastics-All-Around-World-Champion |url-status=dead}} Biles competed cleanly during the women's individual all-around and won the competition with a score of 60.216, almost a point ahead of silver medalist Ross, and almost a point and a half better than the bronze medalist, 2010 world all-around champion Aliya Mustafina.{{cite web |last1=Williams |first1=Ollie |title=World Gymnastics: American Simone Biles wins all-around gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gymnastics/24407342 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=October 31, 2015 |date=October 4, 2013 |archive-date=October 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031071917/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gymnastics/24407342 |url-status=live}}

At the age of 16, Biles became the seventh American woman and the first African American to win the world all-around title. In the event finals, she won silver on the vault, behind defending world champion and Olympic silver medalist McKayla Maroney and ahead of 2008 Olympic gold medalist Hong Un Jong of North Korea; bronze on the balance beam, behind Mustafina and Ross; and gold on the floor exercise, ahead of Italy's Vanessa Ferrari and Romania's Larisa Iordache. She finished fourth in the uneven bars final, behind China's Huang Huidan, Ross, and Mustafina.{{cite web |title=Two-time World all-around champ Biles confirms participation in 2015 AT&T American Cup |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=15258 |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=October 31, 2015 |archive-date=July 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724160043/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=15258 |url-status=live}}

=2014=

Biles missed the start of the season due to injury, sitting out the 2014 AT&T American Cup and the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships.{{cite web |title=2014 AT&T American Cup field is set |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=13613 |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=October 31, 2015 |archive-date=August 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805133135/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=13613 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Biles withdraws from 2014 Pacific Rim Championships |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=13866 |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=October 31, 2015 |archive-date=August 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160805130420/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=13866 |url-status=live}} Her debut that year was at the U.S. Classic in Chicago. She won the all-around by a wide margin and also took first place on vault, beam (tied with Ross), and floor.{{cite web |title=2014 Secret U.S. Classic – Meet Results |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_14classic_sr.pdf |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=October 31, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812144829/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_14classic_sr.pdf |archive-date=August 12, 2014}} At the 2014 USA Gymnastics National Championships, Biles repeated as national all-around champion after two days of competition, finishing more than four points ahead of silver medalist Ross, despite a fall from the balance beam during her final routine of the meet. She won the gold on vault and floor, tied for the silver on balance beam with Alyssa Baumann, and finished fourth on the uneven bars. She was once again selected for the Senior National Team.

On September 17, Biles was selected to compete at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Nanning, China.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=14954 |title=USA Gymnastics Announces U.S. Women's Team For 2014 World Championships |date=September 17, 2014 |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=September 18, 2014 |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815025756/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=14954 |url-status=live}} She dominated the preliminary round despite a major error on the uneven bars, qualifying in first place to the all-around, vault, beam, and floor finals, in addition to contributing to the U.S. team's first-place qualification into the team final. During the team final, Biles led the United States to its second consecutive world team championship, which they won over the second-place Chinese team by nearly seven points. In the all-around, Biles performed cleanly on all four events, bettering her bars score from qualifications by more than a point, and won her second consecutive world all-around title ahead of Ross and Romanian Larisa Iordache. Biles became the second American woman to repeat as world all-around champion, following Miller (1993 and 1994), and the first woman of any nationality to do so since Russia's Svetlana Khorkina (2001 and 2003). Biles finished behind North Korea's Hong Un Jong in the vault competition, taking her second consecutive silver medal in that event. She won the gold in the balance beam final ahead of China's Bai Yawen and the gold in the floor exercise final, again, ahead of Iordache. This brought her total of World Championship gold medals to six, the most ever by an American gymnast, surpassing Miller's five.{{cite news |title=USA's Simone Biles returns with four world golds and lots of buzz (but no bee stings) |url=http://www.foxsports.com/olympics/story/gymnast-simone-biles-returns-to-us-with-4-world-golds-no-bee-stings-101514 |access-date=October 31, 2015 |work=Fox Sports |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924105531/http://www.foxsports.com/olympics/story/gymnast-simone-biles-returns-to-us-with-4-world-golds-no-bee-stings-101514 |url-status=live}}

= 2015 =

Biles competed at the 2015 AT&T American Cup at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, on March 7. She placed first with a score of 62.299, 4.467 points ahead of second-place finisher U.S. teammate MyKayla Skinner. Later that month, Biles was nominated for the James E. Sullivan Award.{{cite news |title=Vote Now To Decide 2014's Most Outstanding Amateur Athlete |url=http://aausports.org/News/View-Story/ArtMID/1108/ArticleID/57145/Vote-Now-To-Decide-2014%E2%80%99s-Most-Outstanding-Amateur-Athlete |access-date=October 31, 2015 |publisher=Amateur Athletic Union |archive-date=September 25, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925051621/http://aausports.org/News/View-Story/ArtMID/1108/ArticleID/57145/Vote-Now-To-Decide-2014%E2%80%99s-Most-Outstanding-Amateur-Athlete |url-status=live}} She ended the month at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy, winning the all-around title with 62.100.[https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15jesolo_sraa.pdf City of Jesolo Trophy Results] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402112855/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15jesolo_sraa.pdf |date=April 2, 2015 }}. USA Gymnastics. Retrieved October 31, 2015

On July 25, she competed at the U.S. Classic and finished first in the all-around, ahead of 2012 Olympic all-around champion Gabby Douglas and Maggie Nichols, with a score of 62.400. On the beam, she scored 15.250 and took first at the event, ahead of Douglas and 2012 Olympic beam bronze medalist Aly Raisman. She scored 16.050 on the floor and claimed first in the event, 1.050 points ahead of Douglas and also ahead of Nichols and Bailie Key. She had a small hop on her Amanar vault and scored 16.000. She then scored 15.150 on her second vault, to score an average of 15.575 and place first in the event, ahead of 2014 Worlds vault bronze medalist and teammate MyKayla Skinner, who averaged 14.950. Biles ended on bars and scored a 15.100 to claim the all-around title. She placed fourth in the event behind 2014 Worlds teammate Madison Kocian, Douglas, and Key.[https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15susc_sr.pdf "2015 Secret U.S. Classic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150908011823/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15susc_sr.pdf |date=September 8, 2015 }}. USA Gymnastics. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 26, 2015.

At the 2015 U.S. National Championships, Biles secured her third all-around national title, becoming only the second woman ever to do so, 23 years after Kim Zmeskal (1990, 1991, 1992).{{cite news |last1=Penny |first1=Brandon |title=Unbeatable Simone Biles Becomes First Woman In 23 Years To Win Three National Titles |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/August/16/Unbeatable-Simone-Biles-Becomes-First-Woman-In-23-Years-To-Win-Three-National-Titles |access-date=October 31, 2015 |website=TeamUSA.org |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |date=August 16, 2015 |archive-date=October 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016041537/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/August/16/Unbeatable-Simone-Biles-Becomes-First-Woman-In-23-Years-To-Win-Three-National-Titles |url-status=dead}}

Biles, along with Douglas, Dowell, Kocian, Nichols, Raisman, and Skinner, was selected to represent the United States at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. Biles once again qualified in first place in the all-around, vault, beam, and floor finals. Her uneven bars score would have qualified her in eighth place in that final as well, but she was excluded, as per the rules, after teammates Kocian and Douglas qualified ahead of her. In team finals, she helped the United States team win their third consecutive gold medal at a World Championships event.{{cite news |title=U.S. Women Win Third Straight World Gymnastics Title |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/October/27/US-Women-Win-Third-Straight-World-Gymnastics-Title |access-date=October 29, 2015 |website=TeamUSA.org |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |date=October 27, 2015 |archive-date=October 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151030160632/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/October/27/US-Women-Win-Third-Straight-World-Gymnastics-Title |url-status=dead}} During the all-around final, Biles performed below her usual standard, taking a large hop on the vault, landing out of bounds on floor (which she stated was a first{{cite web |title=Simone Biles – Interview – 2015 World Championships – All-Around Final | date=October 29, 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaKbPFeb4-g |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=October 29, 2015 |archive-date=November 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151118044050/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaKbPFeb4-g |url-status=live}}), and grasping the beam to prevent a fall. However, her final score of 60.399 was more than enough to secure the title with her largest margin of victory yet (over a point ahead of silver medalist Gabby Douglas and bronze medalist Larisa Iordache).{{cite news |last1=Axon |first1=Rachel |title=Simone Biles wins third all-around title at World Gymnastics Championships |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/10/29/simon-biles-world-gymnastics-championships-all-around/74825328/ |access-date=October 29, 2015 |work=USA Today |date=October 29, 2015 |archive-date=October 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031224409/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/10/29/simon-biles-world-gymnastics-championships-all-around/74825328/ |url-status=live}} With that victory, Biles became the first woman to win three consecutive all-around titles in World Gymnastics Championships history.{{cite news |title=Simone Biles Is First Gymnast To Win Three Straight World All-Around Titles While Gabby Douglas Earns Silver |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/October/29/Simone-Biles-Is-First-Gymnast-To-Win-Three-Straight-World-All-Around-Titles |access-date=October 29, 2015 |agency=Associated Press |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |date=October 29, 2015 |archive-date=November 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102155051/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/October/29/Simone-Biles-Is-First-Gymnast-To-Win-Three-Straight-World-All-Around-Titles |url-status=dead}} During day one of event finals, Biles competed on vault, taking bronze behind Maria Paseka (RUS) and Hong Un Jong (PRK). On day two, she competed on the balance beam and floor exercise, retaining her world title in both events by large margins. This brought Biles's total World Championships medal count to 14, the most for any American, and total gold medal count to 10, the most for any woman in World Championships history.

= 2016 =

In April, Biles began her season at the Pacific Rim Championships, where she won the all-around title and had the highest score on vault (where she debuted a more difficult second vault), floor exercise (where she debuted a new floor routine), and balance beam. Additionally, the U.S. won the team title by a wide margin. Biles did not compete in the event finals. On June 4, Biles competed at the Secret U.S. Classic in two events only, the uneven bars and beam. She placed first on balance beam with a 15.650 and placed fifth on uneven bars with a 15.1.FILE:EUA levam ouro na ginástica artística feminina; Brasil fica em 8º lugar (28264942923).jpg]]In the following weeks at the 2016 U.S. National Championships, Biles won the all-around title by a wide margin of 3.9 points over Aly Raisman. She won the gold medal on vault and floor exercise, receiving scores of at least 16 all four times. She also won the gold medal on the balance beam and placed fourth on uneven bars.

On July 10, Biles was named to the team for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, alongside Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian, and Aly Raisman.{{cite news |last1=Penny |first1=Brandon |title=Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman Lead Olympic Women's Gymnastics Team |url=http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/July/10/US-Olympic-Team-Trials-For-Womens-Gymnastics |access-date=July 11, 2016 |website=TeamUSA.org |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |date=July 10, 2016 |archive-date=July 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160712204824/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2016/July/10/US-Olympic-Team-Trials-For-Womens-Gymnastics |url-status=dead}}

In September 2016, Biles' medical information was released, and she was accused of doping to enhance performance by the Russian media following the Russian cyber espionage group Fancy Bear's hack into the World Anti-Doping Agency. Biles then disclosed on Twitter that she has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and was permitted to take medication for it, having applied for and received a therapeutic use exemption. She was applauded for opening up about ADHD.{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/story/_/id/17602540/bravo-simone-biles-taking-stand-adhd-stigma |title=Bravo, Simone Biles, for taking a stand against ADHD stigma |author=Crawford, Aimee |date=September 21, 2016 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111246/http://www.espn.com/espnw/voices/article/17602540/bravo-simone-biles-taking-stand-adhd-stigma |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/simone-biles-adhd-medical-hack_us_57d85a7ee4b09d7a68803f5f |title=Simone Biles Proudly Opens Up About Having ADHD |author=Strachan, Maxwell |date=September 16, 2016 |work=HuffPost |access-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161025111358/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/simone-biles-adhd-medical-hack_us_57d85a7ee4b09d7a68803f5f |url-status=live}}

==2016 Summer Olympics==

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In the runup to the 2016 Rio Games, Biles appeared in a Tide commercial ("The Evolution of Power") with gymnasts Dominique Dawes and Nadia Comăneci.{{cite web |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gymnasts-dominique-dawes-nadia-comaneci-reflect-on-olympics-w211715/ |title=Dominique Dawes Predicts How Many Golds for Simone Biles? |date=June 30, 2016 |access-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414160640/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/gymnasts-dominique-dawes-nadia-comaneci-reflect-on-olympics-w211715/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/olympic-gymnasts-simone-b_b_10972486 |title=Olympic Gymnasts Simone Biles, Dominique Dawes, And Nadia Comaneci Partner In 'The Evolution of Power' Video |first1=Anique M. |last1=Hameed |date=July 14, 2016 |website=HuffPost |access-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414160640/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/olympic-gymnasts-simone-b_b_10972486 |url-status=live}}

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On August 7, Biles competed in the Women's Qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics, helping the U.S. team to qualify in first place to the final with a score of 185.238 (9.959 points ahead of the second-place team, China). She also qualified as the top gymnast in four of the five individual finals: the all-around with a score of 62.416, 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 in 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 floor) as the Americans won the gold with a score of 184.897, more than 8 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.{{cite news |last1=Fincher |first1=Julia |title=Simone Biles bests Aly Raisman for all-around gold |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/simone-biles-olympic-all-around-champion-silver-aly-raisman |access-date=August 11, 2016 |publisher=nbcolympics.com |date=August 11, 2016 |archive-date=August 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160812002823/http://www.nbcolympics.com/news/simone-biles-olympic-all-around-champion-silver-aly-raisman |url-status=live}} 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 14.733. Despite her mistake, she won the bronze behind teammate Laurie Hernandez, who won the silver with a score of 15.333, and Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands, who won the gold with a score of 15.466).

In the floor exercise final, she won the gold with a score of 15.966. Teammate Aly Raisman won the silver with a score of 15.500 and Amy Tinkler of Great Britain won bronze scoring 14.933. With Biles' five total medals along with Madison Kocian's silver medal on the uneven bars, Team USA claimed a medal in every women's artistic gymnastics event for the first time since 1984.

File:SimoneBiles3HomecomingParade24Aug2016.jpg, on August 24, 2016]]

With four Olympic gold medals, Biles set an American record for most gold medals in women's gymnastics at a single Games, and equaled several other records with her medals won in Rio.{{cite news |last=Barnas |first=Jo-Ann |date=August 14, 2016 |title=Biles becomes most decorated U.S. gymnast with Olympic vault gold |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=19143&prog= |newspaper=USA Gymnastics |location=Indianapolis, Indiana |access-date=August 15, 2016 |quote=With three golds, she has already set the U.S. mark for most gold medals in women's gymnastics at a single Games. |archive-date=August 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815161608/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=19143&prog= |url-status=live}} Biles winning four gold medals was the first instance of a quadruple gold medallist in women's gymnastics at a single Games since Ecaterina Szabo (Romania) in 1984, and fifth overall, after Larisa Latynina (USSR, 1956), Agnes Keleti (Hungary, 1956), Věra Čáslavská (Czechoslovakia, 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—the others being Larisa Latynina, Věra Čáslavská, Ludmilla Tourischeva, Elena Shushunova, and Lilia Podkopayeva. Biles is the first female gymnast since Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine) in 1996 to win gold in the all-around as well as in an event final, 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. She joined Latynina (1956–1960), Čáslavská (1964–1968), and Luydmila Tourischeva (1968–1972), as the fourth female gymnast to win every major all-around title in an Olympic cycle.

Biles joined Mary Lou Retton in 1984, Shannon Miller in 1992, and Nastia Liukin in 2008, in winning five women's gymnastics medals at a single Olympics, along with Szabo (Roumania, 1984), Nadia Comaneci (Roumania, 1976), and Karin Janz (East Germany, 1972). Olga Mostepanova (USSR) also won five gold medals at the Alternate Olympics in 1984. The overall record for most women's Olympic gymnastics medals at a single game (majority gold), remains six medals (Latynina, 1956, 1960, and 1964, Keleti, 1956, Čáslavská, 1968, Daniela Silivas, 1988).

Biles and her teammate Gabby Douglas are the only American female gymnasts to win both the individual all-around gold and team gold at the same Olympics. Douglas won both at the 2012 London Games.

Biles was chosen by Team USA to be the flag bearer in the closing ceremonies,{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/20/simone-biles-usa-flag-bearer-closing-ceremony/89043108/ |title=Simone Biles chosen to carry U.S. flag at closing ceremony of Rio Olympics |author=Axon, Rachel |work=USA Today |date=August 20, 2016 |access-date=October 25, 2016 |archive-date=October 24, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161024020826/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/20/simone-biles-usa-flag-bearer-closing-ceremony/89043108/ |url-status=live}} becoming the first American female gymnast to receive this honor.

=2017: Hiatus=

File:Simone Biles with VOA's Ramon Taylor.jpg's Ramon Taylor in 2018]]

Biles did not compete in 2017.{{cite web |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/01/19/simone-biles-break/ |title=Simone Biles sets when to return to training |work=NBC Sports |date=January 19, 2017 |access-date=July 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813072125/http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/01/19/simone-biles-break/ |url-status=live}}

After the 2016 Rio Games, Biles co-wrote an autobiography with journalist Michelle Burford, Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, A Life in Balance, which reads: "I want people to reach for their dreams and there are so many people who have inspired me with their love and encouragement along the way and I want to pass on that inspiration to readers."{{Cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/simone-biles-memoir-courage-to-soar_us_57d023b8e4b03d2d459781c7 |title=Simone Biles To Write A Memoir Aptly Titled 'Courage to Soar' |last=Finley |first=Taryn |date=September 7, 2016 |work=HuffPost |access-date=December 9, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=January 18, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118005534/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/simone-biles-memoir-courage-to-soar_us_57d023b8e4b03d2d459781c7 |url-status=live}} The book reached number one on The New York Times best sellers Young Adult list the week of January 8, 2017{{Cite book |last=Löfflmann |first=Georg |date=January 18, 2018 |chapter=Competing Visions for America – Popular Discourses of Grand Strategy on the New York Times Best-Sellers List |publisher=Edinburgh University Press |doi=10.3366/edinburgh/9781474419765.003.0004 |isbn=9781474419765 |title=American Grand Strategy under Obama}} and was turned into a Lifetime biopic.{{cite web |url=http://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-simone-biles-story-courage-to-soar |title=The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar |website=Lifetime |access-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414160646/https://www.mylifetime.com/movies/the-simone-biles-story-courage-to-soar |url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dancing-stars-2017-season-24-celebrity-cast-partners/story?id=45767534 |title='Dancing With the Stars' 2017: Season 24 celebrity cast and partners revealed on 'GMA' |date=March 1, 2016 |work=ABC News |access-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163252/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/dancing-stars-2017-season-24-celebrity-cast-partners/story?id=45767534 |url-status=live}}

In August, during the 2017 P&G National Championships, Biles said that she had returned to the gym to start conditioning.{{cite web |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/08/19/simone-biles-comeback-gymnastics/ |title=Simone Biles says she's back in the gym (video) |work=NBC Sports |date=August 19, 2017 |access-date=August 23, 2017 |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824013340/http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/08/19/simone-biles-comeback-gymnastics/ |url-status=live}} Her longtime coach, Aimee Boorman, had moved to Florida with her family; in October Biles hired coach Laurent Landi, who had coached her Olympic teammate Madison Kocian.

=2018: Return to competition=

Biles was added back to the National Team on March 1 after the Athlete Selection Committee viewed recent videos of her performances.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=21404&prog=h |title=Women's Athlete Selection Committee adds Biles to U.S. National Team |work=USA Gymnastics |date=March 1, 2018 |access-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-date=March 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302225303/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=21404&prog=h |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2018/03/01/simone-biles-added-usa-gymnastics-national-team/386836002/ |title=Simone Biles added to USA Gymnastics team |website=USA Today |language=en |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210063305/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2018/03/01/simone-biles-added-usa-gymnastics-national-team/386836002/ |url-status=live}} Her first competition of the year was the U.S. Classic in July, where she won the all-around title ahead of Riley McCusker by 1.200 points.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22280&prog= |title=World, Olympic, U.S. champions expected to compete at 2018 GK U.S. Classic |work=USA Gymnastics |date=July 16, 2018 |access-date=July 16, 2018 |archive-date=July 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717012907/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22280&prog= |url-status=live}} She also won the gold medal on floor and balance beam and recorded the highest single vault score.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22335&prog=h |title=Biles, Wong win all-around titles at 2018 GK U.S. Classic |date=July 28, 2018 |work=USA Gymnastics |access-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-date=July 30, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730170632/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22335&prog=h |url-status=live}} Her all-around score of 58.700 became the highest score recorded under the 2017–2020 Code of Points despite a fall on the uneven bars and an out-of-bounds penalty on floor exercise.{{Cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/story/_/id/24217437/with-all-win-us-classic-simone-biles-proves-back-better-ever |title=With all-around win at U.S. Classic, Simone Biles proves she's back, and better than ever |work=espnW |access-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002141805/http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/24217437/with-all-win-us-classic-simone-biles-proves-back-better-ever |url-status=live}} 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 August, Biles competed at the 2018 National Championships. She placed first in every event over the two days of competition, the first woman to do so since Dominique Dawes in 1994. Biles won the all-around title 6.55 points ahead of second-place finisher and reigning world champion Morgan Hurd and set a record for the most national all-around titles with five.{{Cite news |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/08/19/simone-biles-wins-gymnastics-national-championships/ |title=Simone Biles wins every gold medal at U.S. Championships |last=Zaccardi |first=Nick |date=August 20, 2018 |work=OlympicTalk |access-date=August 21, 2018 |publisher=NBC Sports |language=en-US |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820235027/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/08/19/simone-biles-wins-gymnastics-national-championships/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22427&prog= |title=Biles shines on all four events on way to record fifth U.S. senior all-around title |work=USA Gymnastics |date=August 19, 2018 |access-date=August 20, 2018 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420230407/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22427&prog= |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/gymnastics/45244200 |title=Simone Biles wins record fifth US all-around title as comeback continues |date=August 20, 2018 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=August 20, 2018 |language=en-GB |archive-date=August 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180821032120/https://www.bbc.com/sport/gymnastics/45244200 |url-status=live}} This placement also marked her fourth national vault title, third national balance beam and floor exercise titles, and first national uneven bars title. Her 60.100 all-around score from the first day of competition was the first score recorded above 60 since her own all-around victory at the 2016 Olympics.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22434 |title=2018 U.S. Championships Results, Recaps, Photos, Videos |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-date=September 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180902115742/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22434 |url-status=live}} She was named to her seventh national team and was invited to the October selection camp for the 2018 World Championships.{{Cite news |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/6252290-roster-us-womens-2018-world-team-selection-camp |title=Roster: U.S. Women's 2018 World Team Selection Camp |access-date=October 2, 2018 |language=en-US |archive-date=October 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002180513/https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/6252290-roster-us-womens-2018-world-team-selection-camp |url-status=live}}

At the 2018 Youth Olympics, the mixed multi-discipline teams were named for gymnastics legends, including Biles, Nadia Comăneci, and Kōhei Uchimura.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/kitazono-makes-history-and-gymnastics-breaks-new-ground-at-buenos-aires-2018 |title=Kitazono Makes History And Gymnastics Breaks New Ground At Buenos Aires 2018 |work=Olympic Channel |date=November 9, 2018 |access-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210324/https://www.olympic.org/news/kitazono-makes-history-and-gymnastics-breaks-new-ground-at-buenos-aires-2018 |url-status=live}} The team named for Biles won gold.{{cite web |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/gymnastics-tamara-ong-wins-gold-in-multi-national-event-at-youth-olympics |title=Gymnastics: Tamara Ong wins gold in multi-national team event at Youth Olympics |work=The Straits Times |date=October 12, 2018 |access-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-date=January 14, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210545/https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/gymnastics-tamara-ong-wins-gold-in-multi-national-event-at-youth-olympics |url-status=live}}

In October, Biles participated in the World Team Selection Camp. She placed first in the all-around as well as first in vault and floor exercise. She placed second on the uneven bars behind McCusker, and fourth on the balance beam (due to hands touching the mat on dismount) behind Kara Eaker, McCusker, and Ragan Smith. Biles debuted a new vault: a Yurchenko with a half turn onto the table with a stretched salto forward off with two full twists (Cheng with an extra half twist).{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22709 |title=Biles wins U.S. women's World Team Selection Camp competition |work=USA Gymnastics |date=October 11, 2018 |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221035737/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22709 |url-status=live}} The following day she was named to the team to compete at the 2018 World Championships alongside McCusker, Hurd, Grace McCallum, Eaker, and alternate Ragan Smith.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22714 |title=USA Gymnastics announces 2018 U.S. Women's World Championships Team |work=USA Gymnastics |date=October 12, 2018 |access-date=October 12, 2018 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221040044/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22714 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22782 |title=Qualification line-up for U.S. women is announced for 2018 World Championships |work=USA Gymnastics |date=October 25, 2018 |access-date=October 25, 2018 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221040415/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22782 |url-status=live}}

== 2018 World Championships ==

File:2018 World Championships Women's individual podium.jpg and bronze medalist Hurd at the 2018 World Championships]]

In late October, at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar, Biles went to an emergency room the night before the qualifying round because of stomach pains that turned out to be a kidney stone.{{cite web |url=https://deadspin.com/simone-biles-gets-a-vault-named-after-her-24-hours-afte-1830048335 |title=Simone Biles gets a Vault Named After Her 24 Hours After Going to the ER for a Kidney Stone |work=Deadspin |date=October 27, 2018 |access-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028011653/https://deadspin.com/simone-biles-gets-a-vault-named-after-her-24-hours-afte-1830048335 |url-status=live}} After confirming that it was not appendicitis, she checked herself out of the hospital.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/25099012/simone-biles-dominates-world-championships-kidney-stone |title=Simone Biles dominates at world championships despite kidney stone |publisher=ESPN |date=October 27, 2018 |access-date=October 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028000438/http://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/25099012/simone-biles-dominates-world-championships-kidney-stone |url-status=live}} The next day, she qualified to the all-around, vault, balance beam and floor exercise finals in 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 first place.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22814 |title=U.S. women qualify for team finals with first-place team qualification ranking at 2018 World Championships |work=USA Gymnastics |date=October 28, 2018 |access-date=October 29, 2018 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041140/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22814 |url-status=live}} 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,{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22831 |title=U.S. women win team title at 2018 World Championships, qualify for 2020 Olympic Games |work=USA Gymnastics |date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221041057/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=22831 |url-status=live}} beating previous margin of victory records set in the open-ended code of points era at the 2014 World Championships (6.693) and 2016 Rio Olympics (8.209).{{cite web |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/10/30/usa-womens-gymnastics-world-championship/ |title=Simone Biles, U.S. gymnastics team win world title by record margin |work=NBC Sports |date=October 30, 2018 |access-date=October 30, 2018 |archive-date=October 31, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031052354/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/10/30/usa-womens-gymnastics-world-championship/ |url-status=live}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/story/_/id/25145972/simone-biles-wins-all-world-championships |title=Biles overcomes errors to win all-around at world championships |publisher=ESPN |date=November 1, 2018 |access-date=November 1, 2018 |archive-date=November 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104010238/http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/25145972/simone-biles-wins-all-world-championships |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2018/11/01/simone-biles-makes-history-all-around-gold-world-championships/1844650002/ |title=Simone Biles makes history as first woman to win four all-around world titles |work=USA Today |date=November 1, 2018 |access-date=November 1, 2018 |archive-date=November 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181101151644/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2018/11/01/simone-biles-makes-history-all-around-gold-world-championships/1844650002/ |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-agymnastics-w-ind-biles-idUSKCN10N0B8 |title=Gymnastics: Diminutive Biles stands tall among greats |work=Reuters |date=August 11, 2016 |access-date=November 2, 2018 |archive-date=November 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181104050143/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-olympics-rio-agymnastics-w-ind-biles-idUSKCN10N0B8 |url-status=live}}

In the event finals, Biles won the gold medal in 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/Belarusian gymnast Vitaly Scherbo's previous record of twelve gold medals.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/11/02/simone-biles-gymnastics-world-championships-vault-uneven-bars/ |title=Simone Biles wins record 13th world title, completes medal set |work=NBC Sports |date=November 2, 2018 |access-date=November 2, 2018 |archive-date=November 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102235516/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/11/02/simone-biles-gymnastics-world-championships-vault-uneven-bars/ |url-status=live}} 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 on every event.{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/November/02/With-Uneven-Bars-Silver-Medal-Simone-Biles-Now-Has-World-Medals-On-Every-Event |title=With Uneven Bars Silver Medal, Simone Biles Now Has World Medals On Every Event |website=TeamUSA.org |publisher=United States Olympic Committee |date=November 2, 2018 |access-date=November 2, 2018 |archive-date=November 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181102200014/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2018/November/02/With-Uneven-Bars-Silver-Medal-Simone-Biles-Now-Has-World-Medals-On-Every-Event |url-status=dead}} 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 in 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, as well as the first gymnast from any country 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.{{Cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2018/11/03/simone-biles-wins-medals-every-event-worlds-gymnastics/1872311002/ |title=Simone Biles is 6-for-6, becomes first American to win medals in every event at worlds |work=USA Today |access-date=November 3, 2018 |language=en |archive-date=November 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103232937/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2018/11/03/simone-biles-wins-medals-every-event-worlds-gymnastics/1872311002/ |url-status=live}}

=2019=

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In early March, Biles competed at the Stuttgart World Cup,{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/story/_/id/25817702/world-olympic-champ-simone-biles-compete-germany-march |title=World, Olympic champ Simone Biles to compete in Germany in March |publisher=ESPN |date=January 21, 2019 |access-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122044312/http://www.espn.com/espnw/sports/article/25817702/world-olympic-champ-simone-biles-compete-germany-march |url-status=live}} her first World Cup appearance not on American soil.{{cite web |url=http://eng.gymnovosti.com/biles-and-mustafina-are-on-the-stuttgart-world-cup-roster/ |title=Biles And Mustafina Are On The Stuttgart World Cup Roster |date=January 21, 2019 |work=Gymnovosti |access-date=January 21, 2019 |archive-date=January 22, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122045837/http://eng.gymnovosti.com/biles-and-mustafina-are-on-the-stuttgart-world-cup-roster/ |url-status=live}} She finished in first place, 3.668 points ahead of second-place Ana Padurariu of Canada.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=23494 |title=Biles win's women's all-around at DTB Pokal World Cup |work=USA Gymnastics |date=March 17, 2019 |access-date=March 18, 2019 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420230514/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=23494 |url-status=live}}

In July, Biles competed at the 2019 GK US Classic. During podium training, she performed a triple-twisting double-tucked salto backwards (upgraded from a Silivas), but did not perform it during the competition.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/sports/simone-biles-triple-double-gymnastics-competition/ |title=Simone Biles Could Become First Woman to Do This Difficult Gymnastics Movement in Competition |work=People |date=July 23, 2019 |access-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-date=August 5, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805184409/https://people.com/sports/simone-biles-triple-double-gymnastics-competition/ |url-status=live}} Biles won the all-around, 2.1 points ahead of second-place finisher Riley McCusker. Individually, she placed fifth on bars behind Morgan Hurd, Sunisa Lee, Grace McCallum and McCusker, third on beam behind Kara Eaker and McCusker, and first on floor exercise. She also had the highest single vault score, ahead of Jade Carey and MyKayla Skinner.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24214 |title=Biles, McClain win all-around titles at 2019 GK U.S. Classic |work=USA Gymnastics |date=July 20, 2019 |access-date=July 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420230711/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24214 |url-status=live}}

In August, Biles competed at the 2019 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships. She placed first in the all-around, with a two-day combined score of 118.500.{{cite web |url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/11/2019-u-s-championships-live-blog-senior-women-day-2/ |title=2019 U.S. Championships Live Blog | Senior Women Day 2 | The Gymternet |publisher=Thegymter.net |date=August 11, 2019 |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812085536/https://thegymter.net/2019/08/11/2019-u-s-championships-live-blog-senior-women-day-2/ |url-status=live}} In the competition, she became the first woman to complete a triple twisting double somersault on floor exercise and the first gymnast to complete a double twisting double somersault dismount off the balance beam.{{cite news |last=Asmelash |first=Leah |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/10/us/simone-biles-double-double-trnd/index.html |title=Simone Biles double-double dismount: The American gymnast just made history |publisher=CNN |date=August 10, 2019 |access-date=August 16, 2019 |archive-date=August 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190813184713/https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/10/us/simone-biles-double-double-trnd/index.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/12/simone-biles-road-to-goat-status-sixth-us-all-around-title-and-how-it-almost-didnt-happen.html |publisher=CNBC |title=Simone Biles' road to GOAT status, sixth US all-around title, and how it almost didn't happen |date=August 12, 2019 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |first=Nick |last=Zaccardi |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812112234/https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/12/simone-biles-road-to-goat-status-sixth-us-all-around-title-and-how-it-almost-didnt-happen.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/sports/simone-biles-gymnastics-championship.html |title=Simone Biles Set a New Standard. Can U.S.A. Gymnastics Do the Same? |last=Allentuck |first=Danielle |date=August 12, 2019 |work=The New York Times |access-date=August 13, 2019 |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |quote=Her winning performance included two skills never executed successfully before in women's gymnastics competition: a triple-double (two flips with three twists) on floor exercise and a double-double dismount (two flips with two twists) on balance beam. |archive-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190812230446/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/sports/simone-biles-gymnastics-championship.html |url-status=live}} She placed first on vault, ahead of Jade Carey and MyKayla Skinner, first on balance beam ahead of Kara Eaker and Leanne Wong, first on floor exercise ahead of Carey and Sunisa Lee, and third on uneven bars behind Lee and Morgan Hurd.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24375 |title=Biles soars to sixth U.S. women's all-around title at 2019 U.S. Championships |work=USA Gymnastics |date=August 11, 2019 |access-date=August 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420230230/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24375 |url-status=live}}

In September, 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. The following day her teammates Sunisa Lee, Kara Eaker, MyKayla Skinner, Jade Carey, and Grace McCallum were also named to the team.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24556 |title=USA Gymnastics announces 2019 U.S. Women's World Championships Team |work=USA Gymnastics |date=September 23, 2019 |access-date=September 23, 2019 |archive-date=March 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303151533/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24556 |url-status=live}}

== 2019 World Championships ==

During qualifications at the World Championships, Biles helped the USA qualify for the team final in first place, over five points ahead of second-place China. Individually, she qualified for the all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise finals in first place, the vault final in second place by a margin of one one-thousandth below teammate Jade Carey, and the uneven bars final in seventh place.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24653 |title=USA advances to women's team, individual finals at 2019 World Championships |work=USA Gymnastics |date=October 4, 2019 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420233421/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24653 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/live/detail/artistic-gymnastics-world-championships-2019-live-5-october/ |title=Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019 – Day 2 As It Happened |work=Olympic Channel |date=October 5, 2019 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007125912/https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/live/detail/artistic-gymnastics-world-championships-2019-live-5-october/ |url-status=live}} She debuted two new eponymous skills: the Biles II on floor exercise, a triple-twisting double-tucked somersault, and the Biles on balance beam, a double-twisting double-tucked somersault dismount.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2019/10/06/767703161/simone-biles-has-2-more-signature-moves-under-her-name-after-world-championships |title=Simone Biles Has 2 More Signature Moves Under Her Name After World Championships |publisher=NPR |date=October 6, 2019 |access-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007121612/https://www.npr.org/2019/10/06/767703161/simone-biles-has-2-more-signature-moves-under-her-name-after-world-championships |url-status=live}} Both elements were given the highest difficulty rating of J (1.0) for all elements on their respective apparatus, and the Biles II is the only element in artistic gymnastics to receive the J rating across all disciplines for both men and women.

In the team final, Biles led Team USA to its fifth consecutive team title, contributing scores of 15.400, 14.600, 14.433, and 15.333 on vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, respectively. In doing so, Biles surpassed Russian gymnast Svetlana Khorkina as the most-decorated female gymnast in World Championship history. Her scores on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise were the highest of the day.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/08/simone-biles-gymnastics-world-championships-team-women-usa/ |title=Simone Biles breaks record; U.S. women win gymnastics world team title |work=NBC Sports |date=October 8, 2019 |access-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-date=October 8, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191008161754/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/08/simone-biles-gymnastics-world-championships-team-women-usa/ |url-status=live}} During the all-around final Biles won gold with a score of 58.999, a record-setting 2.1 points ahead of second-place finisher Tang Xijing of China.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/10/simone-biles-gymnastics-world-all-around/ |title=Simone Biles wins fifth world all-around title by record margin |work=NBC Sports |date=October 10, 2019 |access-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010163945/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/10/simone-biles-gymnastics-world-all-around/ |url-status=live}} Once again, she recorded the highest scores of the day on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise.{{cite web |url=https://www.news18.com/news/sports/simone-biles-wins-16th-world-gymnastics-title-fifth-all-around-gold-2340999.html |title=Simone Biles Wins 16th World Gymnastics Title, Fifth All-around Gold |website=News18 |date=October 10, 2019 |access-date=October 11, 2019 |archive-date=October 10, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010170836/https://www.news18.com/news/sports/simone-biles-wins-16th-world-gymnastics-title-fifth-all-around-gold-2340999.html |url-status=live}}

During the first day of event finals, Biles won the gold 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 male Belarusian gymnast Vitaly Scherbo.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24724 |title=With World title on vault, Simone Biles ties all-time World medal record in gymnastics |work=USA Gymnastics |date=October 12, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420233114/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24724 |url-status=live}} During the uneven bars final, Biles earned a score of 14.700, ranking fifth, one-tenth behind bronze medalist and teammate Sunisa Lee.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24722 |title=Carey, Biles, Lee all medal in event finals at 2019 World Championships |work=USA Gymnastics |date=October 12, 2019 |access-date=October 12, 2019 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420233456/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24722 |url-status=live}}

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 the sole record holder for most World Championship medals won by a gymnast, whether male or female.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/10/13/gymnast-simone-biles-wins-her-th-world-championship-medal-most-any-gymnast-male-or-female/ |title=Simone Biles makes history by winning her 24th world championship medal — the most for any gymnast |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=October 13, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013130741/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/10/13/gymnast-simone-biles-wins-her-th-world-championship-medal-most-any-gymnast-male-or-female/ |url-status=live}} Before the final, Biles credited her improved confidence on beam in the past year to her coach Cecile Canqueteau-Landi, who helped rework her routine following shaky performances in the event finals at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2018 World Championships.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2019/10/12/simone-biles-why-champ-has-love-hate-relationship-balance-beam/3946814002/ |title=Why Simone Biles has a 'love-hate' relationship with the balance beam |last=Armour |first=Nancy |website=USA Today |language=en-US |access-date=March 22, 2020 |archive-date=March 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322023752/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2019/10/12/simone-biles-why-champ-has-love-hate-relationship-balance-beam/3946814002/ |url-status=live}} Biles and Landi removed inconsistent skills including the Barani, front pike, and front tuck saltos, replacing them with skills such as an aerial cartwheel (which Biles had not performed since 2014) and introducing the upgraded Biles dismount.

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/simone-biles-breaks-gymnastics-worlds-medals-record-gets-5-golds-this-week/ar-AAIItZP |title=Simone Biles breaks gymnastics worlds medals record, gets 5 golds this week |publisher=MSN |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013165737/https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/simone-biles-breaks-gymnastics-worlds-medals-record-gets-5-golds-this-week/ar-AAIItZP |url-status=live}} 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).{{cite web |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/13/simone-biles-medals-record-gymnastics-world-championships/ |title=Simone Biles breaks gymnastics worlds medals record, gets 5 golds this week |work=NBC Sports |date=October 13, 2019 |access-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013150719/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/10/13/simone-biles-medals-record-gymnastics-world-championships/ |url-status=live}}

=2020=

In February, it was announced that Biles was chosen to represent the United States at the Tokyo World Cup taking place on April 4.{{cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2809 |title=Simone Biles heads star-studded field for Tokyo World Cup |work=International Gymnastics Federation |date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=February 14, 2020 |archive-date=February 17, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217235458/https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2809 |url-status=live}} However, in March USA Gymnastics announced that Biles would not attend due to concerns about the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic both domestically and worldwide (including Japan).{{cite news |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/general/article/Simone-Biles-skip-April-World-Cup-Tokyo-15135628.php |title=Simone Biles to skip April World Cup in Tokyo |work=Houston Chronicle |date=March 16, 2020 |access-date=March 17, 2020 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420175411/https://www.houstonchronicle.com/texas-sports-nation/general/article/Simone-Biles-skip-April-World-Cup-Tokyo-15135628.php |url-status=live |last1=Barron |first1=David }} The following day the Japanese Gymnastics Association announced that they had canceled the event.{{cite tweet |number=1239945252183703553 |user=FIG_media |date=March 17, 2020 |title=Japan Gymnastics Association has decided to cancel the #Tokyo All-Around World Cup that was scheduled on 4–5 April 2020}}

=2021=

In May, Biles competed at the U.S. Classic. She debuted a Yurchenko double pike vault, which no woman had ever completed before, en route to another U.S. Classic all-around title.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/31484045/stop-everything-doing-watch-simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike-vault |title=Stop everything you're doing and watch Simone Biles' Yurchenko double pike vault |publisher=ESPN |date=May 21, 2021 |access-date=May 21, 2021 |archive-date=May 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521190857/https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/31484045/stop-everything-doing-watch-simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike-vault |url-status=live}}{{cite web |date=May 22, 2021 |title=Biles makes history with Yurchenko double pike, wins title at U.S. Classic |url=https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/biles-makes-history-with-yurchenko-double-pike-wins-title-us-classic-2021-05-23/ |access-date=May 23, 2021 |work=Reuters |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523161210/https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/biles-makes-history-with-yurchenko-double-pike-wins-title-us-classic-2021-05-23/ |url-status=live}} The new vault was given a preliminary D-score of 6.6, making it the highest-valued vault in women's gymnastics.{{Cite news |last=Radnofsky |first=Louise |date=May 23, 2021 |title=Simone Biles Returns to Claim the Hardest Vault in Women's Gymnastics History |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/simone-biles-gymnastics-hardest-vault-11621742117 |access-date=May 23, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=May 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523161727/https://www.wsj.com/articles/simone-biles-gymnastics-hardest-vault-11621742117 |url-status=live}}

In June, Biles competed at the U.S. National Championships and won her 7th national all-around title and qualified for the Olympic Trials.{{cite web |last=OlympicTalk |date=June 7, 2021 |title=2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships results |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/06/usa-gymnastics-national-championships-results/ |access-date=June 7, 2021 |website=OlympicTalk {{!}} NBC Sports|language=en-US|archive-date=June 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607041353/https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/06/usa-gymnastics-national-championships-results/|url-status=live}} 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. At the Olympic Trials, Biles placed first and earned an automatic spot on the Olympic team. She finished 2.266 points ahead of second-place finisher Sunisa Lee; however Lee's day two score of the competition (58.166) was higher than Biles's (57.533), which was the first time anyone had posted a higher single-day all-around score than Biles since Kyla Ross in 2013.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_13germany_aa.pdf |title=WAG International Match |website=Usagym.org |access-date=July 20, 2021 |url-status=live |archive-date=November 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112032218/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_13germany_aa.pdf}}{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/rachel-axon/2021/06/27/sunisa-lee-punches-olympics-ticket-slight-edge-over-simone-biles/5369073001/ |title=Suni Lee going to Tokyo Olympics after rare win over Simone Biles on Sunday at US gymnastics qualifying |work=USA Today |date=June 28, 2021 |first=Rachel |last=Axon |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210630181303/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/rachel-axon/2021/06/27/sunisa-lee-punches-olympics-ticket-slight-edge-over-simone-biles/5369073001/ |url-status=live}} Also named to the Olympic team were Lee, Biles's club teammate Jordan Chiles, and Grace McCallum.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=26375 |title=USA Gymnastics announces women's Olympic team roster for artistic gymnastics |work=USA Gymnastics |date=June 26, 2021 |access-date=July 1, 2021 |archive-date=June 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628202711/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=26375 |url-status=live}}

== 2020 Summer Olympics ==

At the 2020 Olympic Games, held in July and August 2021, Biles performed the all-around during the qualifications and helped the United States qualify for the team final, in second place behind the Russian team. She suffered several mishaps during qualifications: she bounced entirely off the floor landing on one of her tumbling passes and stepped one foot off the landing mat during her Cheng vault, and took several large stumbles back on her balance beam dismount. Despite these mistakes, Biles still qualified for the all-around final in first place. She also qualified in first place for the vault final, advanced to the floor exercise final in second place behind Vanessa Ferrari, and qualified for the balance beam and uneven bars finals. She was the only athlete to qualify for all the individual finals.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=26451 |title=U.S. women qualify to Olympic team competition final behind top-three all-around performances by Biles, Lee |work=USA Gymnastics |date=July 25, 2021 |access-date=July 25, 2021 |archive-date=March 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303090356/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=26451 |url-status=dead}}

Following her qualifications performance, Biles stated on Instagram that she was "[feeling] the weight of the world on [her] shoulders" and that she felt affected by the pressure of the Olympics.{{cite instagram |postid=CRxsq_kBZrP |user=simonebiles |title=prelims ☑️ now to prepare for finals. |first=Simone |last=Biles |date=July 27, 2021}}

{{quote box|width=40%|align=right|quote="I say put mental health first. Because if you don't, then you're not going to enjoy your sport and you're not going to succeed as much as you want to. So it's OK sometimes to even sit out the big competitions to focus on yourself, because it shows how strong of a competitor and person that you really are — rather than just battle through it."|source=– Simone Biles after withdrawing from the team final{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/28/1021683296/in-her-words-what-simone-biles-said-after-her-withdrawal |title=Read What Simone Biles Said After Her Withdrawal From The Olympic Final |first=Bill |last=Chappell |publisher=NPR |date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803112507/https://www.npr.org/sections/tokyo-olympics-live-updates/2021/07/28/1021683296/in-her-words-what-simone-biles-said-after-her-withdrawal |url-status=live }}}}

During warm-ups for the first rotation of the team final, Biles balked on her Amanar vault mid-air, performing 1.5 twists instead of the expected 2.5. She repeated this in the competition, balking and performing the 1.5 twist with a large lunge and near-fall on the landing, and scored just 13.766 with a difficulty score of 5.0 (rather than the Amanar's 5.8). She subsequently left the competition floor (although she returned to the floor a few minutes later) and withdrew from the rest of the team competition, citing mental health issues. Biles later explained that she was inspired by fellow female Olympian Naomi Osaka, who had withdrawn from the French Open and Wimbledon Championships earlier in the year for similar reasons.{{cite web |title=Simone Biles says 'I have to focus on my mental health' after pulling out of team final |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57982665 |date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727120654/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/57982665 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |first1=George |last1=Ramsay |first2=John |last2=Sinnott |title='I have to focus on my mental health,' says Simone Biles after withdrawing from gold medal event |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/sport/simone-biles-tokyo-2020-olympics/index.html |date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820212406/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/sport/simone-biles-tokyo-2020-olympics/index.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last=Andrew |first=Scottie |title=Simone Biles' withdrawal reminds us that she's human – and still very much the GOAT |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/sport/simone-biles-tokyo-olympics-withdrawal-spt-trnd/index.html |access-date=July 28, 2021 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820212408/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/27/sport/simone-biles-tokyo-olympics-withdrawal-spt-trnd/index.html |url-status=live }} The U.S. team went on to win the silver medal behind the Russian athletes.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/roc-wins-women-s-team-gold-medal-ending-team-usa-s-decade-long-reign |title=ROC wins women's team gold medal, ending Team USA's decade long reign |publisher=International Olympic Committee |date=July 27, 2021 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-date=July 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727145350/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/en/news/roc-wins-women-s-team-gold-medal-ending-team-usa-s-decade-long-reign |url-status=dead}}

On July 28, 2021, Biles withdrew from the finals of the individual all-around competition, again citing mental health concerns.{{cite tweet |author=USA Gymnastics |user=USAGym |number=1420266286441922562 |title=After further medical evaluation, Simone Biles has withdrawn from the final individual all-around competition.}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/sports/olympics/jade-carey-simone-biles-suni-lee.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20211228/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/sports/olympics/jade-carey-simone-biles-suni-lee.html |archive-date=December 28, 2021 |url-access=limited |title=Sunisa Lee and Jade Carey will represent the U.S. in the all-around with Simone Biles out. |first1=Maggie |last1=Astor |first2=Carla |last2=Correa |work=The New York Times |date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=July 28, 2021}}{{cbignore}} Following further medical evaluation on July 30, she also withdrew from the vault and uneven bars finals, both scheduled for the first day of the individual event finals.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31924094/simone-biles-withdraws-vault-uneven-bars-summer-olympics |title=Simone Biles withdraws from vault, uneven bars at the 2021 Olympics; status for last two individual events to be determined |first=D'Arcy |last=Maine |publisher=ESPN |date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731015237/https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31924094/simone-biles-withdraws-vault-uneven-bars-summer-olympics |url-status=live }} Due to a continued mental block, on July 31, Biles also withdrew from the floor final, scheduled for the second day of individual event finals, while still leaving the possibility of competing in the balance beam final on the last day of the event finals.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/31/simone-biles-withdraws-floor-exercise-final-tokyo-olympics/5445648001/ |title=Simone Biles withdraws from floor exercise final at Olympics; status for balance beam unclear |first=Nancy |last=Armour |website=USA Today |date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=August 1, 2021 |archive-date=August 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801031134/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/07/31/simone-biles-withdraws-floor-exercise-final-tokyo-olympics/5445648001/ |url-status=live }} She later confirmed on August 2 that she would compete in the beam final.{{cite web |url=https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-gymnastics-simone-biles-sports-united-states-olympic-team-a9e634c6afb71b6d2ba06293d54f0a4d |title=American star Simone Biles to return for balance beam finals |first=Will |last=Graves |work=Associated Press |date=August 2, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=October 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211003222834/https://apnews.com/article/2020-tokyo-olympics-gymnastics-simone-biles-sports-united-states-olympic-team-a9e634c6afb71b6d2ba06293d54f0a4d |url-status=live }} Although Biles performed a relatively scaled-down routine with an easier double pike dismount in the beam final, she won the bronze medal behind China's Guan Chenchen and Tang Xijing. With the bronze, she tied Shannon Miller for most Olympic medals by an American female gymnast with seven total. Biles also tied Soviet/Russian female gymnast Larisa Latynina for most medals won by a woman of all time, with 32 combined World and Olympic medals.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/03/sports/gymnastics-olympics-biles-beam-final |title=Simone Biles, in a Comeback, Takes Bronze on the Balance Beam |first=Juliet |last=Macur |website=The New York Times |date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-date=October 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211009131440/https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/03/sports/gymnastics-olympics-biles-beam-final |url-status=live }} She called her bronze beam medal her most meaningful one, as she felt it symbolized her focus on mental health and her perseverance.{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/olympics/simone-biles-says-tokyo-bronze-means-more-all-her-golds-n1275804 |title=Simone Biles says Tokyo bronze means more than all her golds |first=Elisha |last=Fieldstadt |publisher=NBC News |date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718180834/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/olympics/simone-biles-says-tokyo-bronze-means-more-all-her-golds-n1275804 |url-status=live }} Biles later revealed that her aunt had died unexpectedly two days before the beam event final.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/simone-biles-aunt-death-family-b1896242.html |title=Simone Biles reveals her aunt died two days before her Olympic comeback |first=Nathan |last=Place |website=The Independent |date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-date=August 4, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804015508/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/simone-biles-aunt-death-family-b1896242.html |url-status=live }}

Biles explained that she withdrew primarily due to experiencing "the twisties", a psychological phenomenon causing a gymnast to lose air awareness while performing twisting elements, throughout the Olympics.{{cite news |first=Elle |last=Reeve |title=Simone Biles and 'the twisties': How fear affects the mental health and physical safety of gymnasts |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/us/simone-biles-olympics-gymnastics-physical-mental-health/index.html |date=July 28, 2021 |publisher=CNN |access-date=July 28, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820211408/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/us/simone-biles-olympics-gymnastics-physical-mental-health/index.html |url-status=live }} She noted that while it was not the first time she had had the twisties on vault or floor, it was the first time she experienced them on uneven bars and balance beam.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/30/sport/simone-biles-olympics-twisties-spt/index.html |title=Simone Biles says she still has the 'twisties' and it's impacting her on the 4 individual events |first=Jill |last=Martin |publisher=CNN |date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=July 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210731065955/https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/30/sport/simone-biles-olympics-twisties-spt/index.html |url-status=live }} Biles made the decision to withdraw after the first rotation of the team final because she felt that she had "simply got so lost [her] safety was at risk as well as a team medal".{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/olympics/what-are-twisties-simone-biles-explains-gymnastics-struggle-tokyo-olympics-n1275460 |title=What are the 'twisties?' Simone Biles explains gymnastics struggle at Tokyo Olympics |first=Henry |last=Austin |publisher=NBC News |date=July 30, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802112753/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/olympics/what-are-twisties-simone-biles-explains-gymnastics-struggle-tokyo-olympics-n1275460 |url-status=live }} During the week, Juntendo University allowed Biles to practice at their gym, located an hour outside of Tokyo, where she could practice quietly away from the public eye.{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/simone-biles-beam-olympics-comeback-secret-gym-11628007010 |title=The Secret Japanese Gym Where Simone Biles Trained for Her Olympic Comeback |last1=Inada |first1=Miho |last2=Beaton |first2=Andre |last3=Radnofsky |first3=Louise |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=August 3, 2021 |access-date=August 9, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820211410/https://www.wsj.com/articles/simone-biles-beam-olympics-comeback-secret-gym-11628007010 |url-status=live }}

Some commentators criticized Biles, accusing her of being a "quitter" or selfishly depriving another athlete of the chance to compete.{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2021/07/28/charlie-kirk-piers-morgan-slam-simone-biles-shes-a-selfish-sociopath-shame-to-the-country/ |title=Charlie Kirk, Piers Morgan slam Simone Biles as a "selfish sociopath" and "shame to the country" |first=Brenley |last=Goertzen |website=Salon |date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=August 7, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807060736/https://www.salon.com/2021/07/28/charlie-kirk-piers-morgan-slam-simone-biles-shes-a-selfish-sociopath-shame-to-the-country/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/simone-biles-doesnt-need-to-look-invincible/619606/ |title=Simone Biles's Critics Don't Understand This Generation of Athletes |last=Hill |first=Jemele |author-link=Jemele Hill |website=The Atlantic |date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803110030/https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/07/simone-biles-doesnt-need-to-look-invincible/619606/ |url-status=live }} She was also slandered with racist, sexist, and transphobic comments in the Russian state-owned media, as well as having been openly accused of being a drug cheat due to her therapeutic use exemption for ADHD medication.{{cite news |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlins-olympic-purity-pundits-slam-simone-biles-in-racist-transphobic-media-tirade |title=Olympic 'Purity' Pundits Slam Biles in Racist, Transphobic Media Tirade |newspaper=The Daily Beast |date=July 27, 2021 |last1=Davis |first1=Julia |access-date=August 13, 2021 |archive-date=August 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210810195346/https://www.thedailybeast.com/kremlins-olympic-purity-pundits-slam-simone-biles-in-racist-transphobic-media-tirade |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports.ru/gymnastics/1099580473-svetlana-zhurova-bajls-legalno-prinimaet-svoi-preparaty-takoj-diagnoz-.html |title=Светлана Журова: «Байлс легально принимает свои препараты. Такой диагноз придумать сложно, так что буллинг в ее адрес надо прекращать |trans-title=Svetlana Zhurova: "Biles takes her medications legally. Such a diagnosis is difficult to come up with, so bullying against her should be stopped " |language=ru |first=Anna |last=Lapteva |website=Sports.ru |date=July 29, 2021 |access-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210901200402/https://www.sports.ru/gymnastics/1099580473-svetlana-zhurova-bajls-legalno-prinimaet-svoi-preparaty-takoj-diagnoz-.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.sportmk.ru/sports/2021/12/10/gadko-i-licemerno-bayls-nazvali-sportsmenkoy-goda-v-rossii-vozmutilis.html |title="Гадко и лицемерно": Байлс назвали спортсменкой года, в России возмутились (Despicable and hypocritical: Biles was recognized as the female Athlete of the Year, people in Russia are furious) |date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410221949/https://www.sportmk.ru/sports/2021/12/10/gadko-i-licemerno-bayls-nazvali-sportsmenkoy-goda-v-rossii-vozmutilis.html |url-status=live }} Multiple gymnasts, however, defended Biles' decision and relayed their own stories of struggling with the twisties.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2021/07/28/twisties-gymnastics-simone-biles-tokyo-olympics/ |title=Simone Biles said she got the 'twisties.' Gymnasts immediately understood. |first=Emily |last=Giambalvo |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=July 28, 2021}} Biles' decision to prioritize her mental health was generally widely praised and credited with starting a wider conversation about the role of mental health in sports.{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/mental-health/565742-simone-biles-sparks-nationwide-conversation-on-mental-health |title=Simone Biles sparks nationwide conversation on mental health |first=Lauren |last=Vella |website=The Hill |date=July 31, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802112753/https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/mental-health/565742-simone-biles-sparks-nationwide-conversation-on-mental-health |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://www.axios.com/simone-biles-praised-prioritizing-mental-wellness-12d3d74c-6e28-4491-9597-4c6d6f6edcb2.html |title=Simone Biles lauded for 'bravery in prioritizing' mental wellness |first=Rebecca |last=Falconer |website=Axios |date=July 28, 2021 |access-date=August 2, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820212624/https://www.axios.com/2021/07/28/simone-biles-praised-prioritizing-mental-wellness |url-status=live }} Alongside Biles, other Olympians in Tokyo also showed greater willingness to discuss and publicly acknowledge mental health issues, indicative of a wider approach to sport where athletes are prioritizing their health over performance.{{cite web |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/08/08/tokyo-olympics-game-changer-athletes-and-mental-health/5523250001/ |title=Will Tokyo Olympics be a game-changer in how we view athletes' mental health? |first=Josh |last=Peter |website=USA Today |date=August 8, 2021 |access-date=September 1, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820211415/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2021/08/08/tokyo-olympics-game-changer-athletes-and-mental-health/5523250001/ |url-status=live }}

= 2023 =

In late June, it was announced that Biles would return to competition at the 2023 U.S. Classic, held on August 5 in the Chicago metropolitan area.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/37928065/simone-biles-returning-first-meet-toyko-games |title=Simone Biles returning for first meet since Tokyo Games |work=ESPN |date=June 28, 2023 |access-date=June 29, 2023 |archive-date=July 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230701214341/https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/37928065/simone-biles-returning-first-meet-toyko-games |url-status=live }} She competed all four events for an all-around score of 59.100, finishing exactly five points ahead of runner-up Leanne Wong.{{cite web |last1=Roenigk |first1=Alyssa |title=Biles stamps return with dominant win in Classic |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/38141508/simone-biles-wins-us-classic-return-2-year-layoff |website=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 6, 2023 |language=en |date=August 5, 2023 |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806110139/https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/38141508/simone-biles-wins-us-classic-return-2-year-layoff |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=2023 Core Hydration Classic – Senior Women |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2023/w_23classic_sr.pdf |website=Core Hydration Classic |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181257/https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2023/w_23classic_sr.pdf |url-status=live }} Biles also placed first on balance beam (14.800) and floor exercise (14.900). Although she did not attempt a second vault, she did complete a Yurchenko double pike.{{cite web |last1=Astor |first1=Maggie |title=Back in Competition, It's Like Simone Biles Never Left |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/sports/olympics/simone-biles-gymnastics-us-classic.html |website=The New York Times |access-date=August 6, 2023 |language=en |date=August 5, 2023 |archive-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230806110139/https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/sports/olympics/simone-biles-gymnastics-us-classic.html |url-status=live }} Biles also obtained the necessary qualification score to advance to the 2023 U.S. National Championships.{{cite web |last1=Baer |first1=Jack |title=Simone Biles dominates U.S. Classic, qualifies for national championships in long-awaited return to competition |url=https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/news/simone-biles-dominates-us-classic-qualifies-for-national-championships-in-long-awaited-return-to-competition-022500935.html#:~:text=Simone%20Biles%20dominates%20U.S.%20Classic,long%2Dawaited%20return%20to%20competition |website=Yahoo Sports |date=August 6, 2023 |access-date=August 6, 2023 |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820211416/https://consent.yahoo.com/v2/collectConsent?sessionId=2_cc-session_b28245be-82df-4295-abf5-3ec87c9f9406#:~:text=Simone%20Biles%20dominates%20U.S.%20Classic,long%2Dawaited%20return%20to%20competition |url-status=live }} At the National Championships Biles won her eighth national all-around title ahead of Shilese Jones and Leanne Wong. Additionally, she placed first on balance beam and floor exercise and third on uneven bars behind Jones and Skye Blakely. With her eighth national title, Biles broke the record of Al Jochim, who won seven titles on the national level, the last one in 1933.{{Cite news |date=August 28, 2023 |title=Turnen: Simone Biles gewinnt ihre achte US-Meisterschaft und stellt 60 Jahre alten Rekord ein |language=de |work=Der Spiegel |url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/olympia/turnen-simone-biles-gewinnt-ihre-achte-us-meisterschaft-und-stellt-60-jahre-alten-rekord-ein-a-2e68d22a-fb04-482a-9494-46466f37835c |access-date=August 28, 2023 |issn=2195-1349 |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820211420/https://www.spiegel.de/sport/olympia/turnen-simone-biles-gewinnt-ihre-achte-us-meisterschaft-und-stellt-60-jahre-alten-rekord-ein-a-2e68d22a-fb04-482a-9494-46466f37835c |url-status=live }} Additionally Biles became the oldest woman to win the title at 26 years and 166 days old; she surpassed Linda Metheny Mulvihill, who was 24 and 100 days in 1971.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/biles-becomes-all-time-all-around-champion-at-xfinity-u-s-gymnastics-championships/|title=Biles becomes all-time all-around champion at Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships|work=USA Gymnastics|date=August 27, 2023|access-date=August 28, 2023|archive-date=July 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181300/https://usagym.org/biles-becomes-all-time-all-around-champion-at-xfinity-u-s-gymnastics-championships/|url-status=live}}

In September, Biles attended the U.S. women's selection camp for the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2023 Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Katy, Texas.{{cite web |last1=Armour |first1=Nancy |title=How to watch Simone Biles, Shilese Jones and others vie for spots on world gymnastics team |url=https://eu.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2023/09/18/simone-biles-us-world-gymnastics-selection-camp/70857550007/ |website=USA Today |access-date=September 21, 2023 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181301/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2023/09/18/simone-biles-us-world-gymnastics-selection-camp/70857550007/ |url-status=live }} Despite two falls, she won the first day of competition with an all-around score of 55.700 which granted her automatic qualification to the U.S. Worlds team.{{cite web |last1=Steinke |first1=Matt |title=Biles wins all-around at U.S. women's Worlds Selection Camp, makes sixth World Championships team • USA Gymnastics |url=https://usagym.org/biles-wins-all-around-at-u-s-womens-worlds-selection-camp-makes-sixth-world-championships-team/ |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=September 21, 2023 |location=Katy |date=September 20, 2023 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181301/https://usagym.org/biles-wins-all-around-at-u-s-womens-worlds-selection-camp-makes-sixth-world-championships-team/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Giambalvo |first1=Emily |title=In surprisingly tight finish, Simone Biles secures top spot on U.S. worlds team |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2023/09/19/simone-biles-shilese-jones-us-world-championships-team/ |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=September 21, 2023 |date=September 20, 2023}}

== 2023 World Championships ==

File:Simone Biles, Antwerp October 2023 (cropped).jpg in Antwerp]]

At the World Championships, Biles qualified in first place in the all-around final with a score of 58.932, nearly two points ahead of teammate Shilese Jones.{{Cite web |title=52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships |url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/2023/Artistic-16194/en-us/Default/Phase/Ranking/00001501020200010011 |access-date=October 7, 2023 |website=gym.longinestiming.com |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009085328/https://gym.longinestiming.com/2023/Artistic-16194/en-us/Default/Phase/Ranking/00001501020200010011 |url-status=live }} She also qualified in first place to every event final except for the uneven bars, where she placed 5th, earning a spot in that final. This made her the only gymnast to qualify for all individual event finals, at these World Championships.

In the team competition, Biles hit her routines on every event, contributing scores of 14.800, 14.466, 14.300, and 15.166 on vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, respectively, to help the US to an unprecedented seventh consecutive team gold medal.{{Cite web |last=Steinke |first=Matt |date=October 4, 2023 |title=Team USA women win historic gold at Artistic World Championships • USA Gymnastics |url=https://usagym.org/team-usa-women-win-historic-gold-at-artistic-world-championships/ |access-date=October 7, 2023 |website=USA Gymnastics |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181303/https://usagym.org/team-usa-women-win-historic-gold-at-artistic-world-championships/ |url-status=live }}

In the all-around competition, Biles hit all her routines, save for a small stumble during her choreography on floor exercise. She received the highest scores of the day on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise and earned her sixth world all-around gold medal with an overall score of 58.399, ahead of Brazil's Rebeca Andrade and Biles' teammate Jones. With this, Simone Biles surpassed Vitaly Scherbo as the most successful gymnast of all time at the Olympics and World Championships. In addition, she became the only gymnast besides Kōhei Uchimura to win the all-around title six times.{{Cite web |date=October 6, 2023 |title=Simone Biles wins 6th all-around title at worlds to become most decorated gymnast in history |url=https://apnews.com/article/gymnastics-world-championships-simone-biles-a3aaf6453d62916b7ccc49b5123ecac7 |access-date=October 7, 2023 |website=AP News |language=en |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820211421/https://apnews.com/article/gymnastics-world-championships-simone-biles-a3aaf6453d62916b7ccc49b5123ecac7 |url-status=live }}

In the vault final, Biles fell on her first vault, the Yurchenko double pike, and also incurred a deduction of 0.5 due to her coach spotting her on the podium. Despite this, she earned the silver medal with an average score of 14.549, only 0.201 points behind Andrade.{{Cite web |date=October 7, 2023 |title=Simone Biles wins vault silver at gymnastics worlds despite fall |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/simone-biles-vault-gymnastics-world-championships |access-date=October 7, 2023 |website=NBC Sports |language=en-US |archive-date=October 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007135137/https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/simone-biles-vault-gymnastics-world-championships |url-status=live }} In the uneven bars final, she placed 5th with a score of 14.200.{{Cite web |title=52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships |url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/2023/Artistic-16194/en-us/Default/Phase/Ranking/00001501020200030002 |access-date=October 7, 2023 |website=gym.longinestiming.com |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181314/https://gym.longinestiming.com/2023/Artistic-16194/en-us/Default/Phase/Ranking/00001501020200030002 |url-status=live }} In the balance beam final, she placed first with a score of 14.800,{{Cite web |title=52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships |url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/2023/Artistic-16194/en-us/default/Phase/Ranking/00001501020200030003 |access-date=October 9, 2023 |website=gym.longinestiming.com |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820211558/https://gym.longinestiming.com/2023/Artistic-16194/en-us/default/Phase/Ranking/00001501020200030003 |url-status=live }} one-tenth of a point ahead of the silver medalist Zhou Yaqin. During the floor exercise final she won the gold medal with a score of 14.633 after a one-tenth penalty for a step out of bounds,{{Cite web |title=52nd FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships |url=https://gym.longinestiming.com/2023/Artistic-16194/en-us/default/Phase/Ranking/00001501020200030004 |access-date=October 9, 2023 |website=gym.longinestiming.com |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820211935/https://gym.longinestiming.com/2023/Artistic-16194/en-us/default/Phase/Ranking/00001501020200030004 |url-status=live }} finishing with a lead of just .133 over Rebeca Andrade. By winning an unprecedented sixth gold medal on floor, Biles also became the first gymnast in world championships history to win that many titles on one apparatus.

= 2024 =

Biles opened her season at the Core Hydration Classic on May 18, where she placed first in the all-around and won her seventh career U.S. Classic all-around title. Additionally she recorded the highest single-vault score and placed first on floor exercise and second on uneven bars and balance beam behind Shilese Jones and Sunisa Lee respectively.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/biles-wins-senior-all-around-crown-at-2024-core-hydration-classic/|title=Biles wins senior all-around crown at 2024 Core Hydration Classic|date=May 18, 2024|work=USA Gymnastics|access-date=May 20, 2024|archive-date=August 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820211928/https://usagym.org/biles-wins-senior-all-around-crown-at-2024-core-hydration-classic/|url-status=live}}

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At the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, she won the gold medal in all events and became the first gymnast to win nine all-around titles at the event. She won 5.9 points ahead of second-place finisher Skye Blakely.{{cite news |last1=DeMeyer |first1=Tess |title=Simone Biles wins ninth national all-around title, sweeps event titles at U.S. Gymnastics Championships |url=https://nl.nytimes.com/f/a/At6zAOqUiFZOQv8U-FbCZA~~/AAAAAQA~/RgRoQCK4P0T4aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vYXRobGV0aWMvNTUzNTM5OC8yMDI0LzA2LzAyL3NpbW9uZS1iaWxlcy13aW5zLXVzLWd5bW5hc3RpY3MtY2hhbXBpb25zaGlwcy8_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9OSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ubl8yMDI0MDYwMyZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xMjUyMjAmbmw9dGhlLW1vcm5pbmcmcmVnaV9pZD03NTcwOTEyNyZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTE2ODU0MCZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9N2EwNzJkMjE2YzI2ZTA3NDE2M2Q2YzM2MWNkM2FiMmVXA255dEIKZlW4nV1mGjdLaVIYbHVpcy52YWxsZXNwaW5AZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAD |work=The Athletic |date=June 3, 2024 |access-date=June 3, 2024 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181306/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5535398/2024/06/02/simone-biles-wins-us-gymnastics-championships/?campaign_id=9&emc=edit_nn_20240603&instance_id=125220&nl=the-morning®i_id=75709127&segment_id=168540&te=1&user_id=7a072d216c26e074163d6c361cd3ab2e |url-status=live }} Biles's all-around score on day one of 60.450 was the highest recorded score in this Olympic quad.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5532970/2024/05/31/simone-biles-leads-us-gymnastics-championships/ |title=Simone Biles builds large lead after night 1 of U.S. Gymnastics Championships |work=The Athletic |first=Tess |last=DeMeyer |date=May 31, 2024 |access-date=May 31, 2024 |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820212936/https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5532970/2024/05/31/simone-biles-leads-us-gymnastics-championships/ |url-status=live }} As a result, she qualified for the Olympic trials.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/usa-gymnastics-announces-rosters-for-2024-olympic-team-trials-gymnastics/|title=USA Gymnastics announces rosters for 2024 Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics|date=June 3, 2024|work=USA Gymnastics|access-date=July 1, 2024|archive-date=August 7, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240807173638/https://usagym.org/usa-gymnastics-announces-rosters-for-2024-olympic-team-trials-gymnastics/|url-status=live}}

At the Olympic trials, Biles placed first in the all-around, second on uneven bars, fourth on balance beam, and first on floor exercise. Despite falling off the balance beam on day two of the competition, she still won by over five points ahead of the runner-up Sunisa Lee. After the competition, she was selected to represent the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics alongside Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, Lee, and Hezly Rivera.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/us-womens-olympic-gymnastics-team-for-paris-2024 |title=U.S. women's Paris 2024 gymnastics team announced |website=olympics.com |first=Sam |last=Peene |date=June 30, 2024 |access-date=July 1, 2024 |archive-date=July 1, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240701085340/https://olympics.com/en/news/us-womens-olympic-gymnastics-team-for-paris-2024 |url-status=live }}

== 2024 Summer Olympics ==

Biles became the fourth American female artistic gymnast to compete at three Olympic Games.

Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, Biles submitted a new skill for the code of points for the uneven bars, a Weiler kip with 1.5 pirouette, which would make her the only female gymnast to have a skill named on every apparatus.{{Cite web |last=Dutch |first=Taylor |date=July 29, 2024 |title=Here's What Needs to Happen for Simone Biles to Get (Another) Skill Named After Her |url=https://www.self.com/story/simone-biles-gymnastics-skill-named-for-her |access-date=August 8, 2024 |website=SELF |language=en-US |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808203942/https://www.self.com/story/simone-biles-gymnastics-skill-named-for-her |url-status=live }} She ultimately did not compete the skill.

File:Simone biles 2024 Olympics.jpg]]

During the qualification round, Biles and her team qualified for the team final in first place. Individually she qualified to the all around, vault, balance beam and floor exercise finals. Additionally she was the first reserve for the uneven bars final. During the team final Biles competed on all four apparatuses and helped the United States win the gold medal ahead of second place Italy.

During the all-around final, Biles placed first ahead of rival Rebeca Andrade and defending champion Sunisa Lee, despite an uncharacteristic mistake on the uneven bars that left her behind Andrade and Kaylia Nemour after two of four rotations.{{Cite web |last=Bohannon |first=Molly |title=Simone Biles Doesn't Perform New Bars Skill In All-Around Final—But Still Wins Gold |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/08/01/simone-biles-doesnt-perform-new-bars-skill-in-all-around-final-but-still-wins-gold/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240808203942/https://www.forbes.com/sites/mollybohannon/2024/08/01/simone-biles-doesnt-perform-new-bars-skill-in-all-around-final-but-still-wins-gold/ |archive-date=August 8, 2024 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |website=Forbes |language=en}} Biles recovered by recording the top scores on balance beam and floor exercise of the night to win the competition. In winning the all-around competition Biles became the third female artistic gymnast to win two Olympic all-around titles after Larisa Latynina (1956–1960) and Věra Čáslavská (1964–1968) and the first to do so non-consecutively.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-gymnastics-all-results-simone-biles-quest-olympic-all-around-title|title=Simone Biles claims second Olympic all-around title in epic showdown|work=International Olympic Committee|date=August 1, 2024|first=Scott|last=Bregman|access-date=August 16, 2024|archive-date=August 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820213152/https://olympics.com/en/news/paris-2024-gymnastics-all-results-simone-biles-quest-olympic-all-around-title|url-status=live}}{{Cite news |last=Cappelle |first=Laura |date=August 1, 2024 |title=Live Updates: Simone Biles Hits Final Routine to Win Second All-Around Gymnastics Gold Medal |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/08/01/world/olympics-gymnastics-simone-biles |access-date=August 1, 2024 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} She is one of eight Olympic gymnasts in any discipline to win two all-around titles along with Latynina, Caslavska, Alberto Braglia (MAG), Viktor Chukarin (MAG), Sawao Kato (MAG), Kohei Uchimura (MAG), and Evgeniya Kanaeva (RG); no one has ever won three.

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During the vault final, Biles performed her eponymous Biles II (Yurchenko double pike) and a Cheng to win the gold medal; as a result, she became the second woman after Čáslavská to win two Olympic vault titles.{{cite web|url=https://www.fox43.com/article/sports/olympics/simone-biles-vault-final-2024/507-eaa2bb40-844f-4a1d-b1fe-d38c68c01b46|title=How did Simone Biles do in the women's vault final?|work=WPMT|date=August 3, 2024|access-date=August 16, 2024|archive-date=August 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820212942/https://www.fox43.com/article/sports/olympics/simone-biles-vault-final-2024/507-eaa2bb40-844f-4a1d-b1fe-d38c68c01b46|url-status=live}} During the balance beam final, Biles fell off the apparatus and incurred a three-tenth neutral deduction for not properly saluting the judges at the conclusion of her routine. She finished fifth as a result.{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-beam-final-quiet-5180e143b98128546069bbc7378f18ef|title=It was oddly quiet at the Olympics balance beam final, and Simone Biles says the gymnasts noticed|date=August 5, 2024|work=Associated Press|first=Will|last=Graves|access-date=August 16, 2024|archive-date=August 16, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240816132224/https://apnews.com/article/2024-olympics-beam-final-quiet-5180e143b98128546069bbc7378f18ef|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |title=Simone Biles gets Olympic silver in floor after falling during balance beam final |url=https://news.sky.com/story/simone-biles-misses-out-on-fourth-gold-of-games-after-stumbling-during-beam-routine-13191307 |access-date=August 8, 2024 |website=Sky News |language=en |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820212944/https://news.sky.com/story/simone-biles-misses-out-on-fourth-gold-of-games-after-stumbling-during-beam-routine-13191307 |url-status=live }} This marked the first time in her nine appearances in Olympic or World Championship beam finals that she did not win a medal; nevertheless, she is the most decorated gymnast on balance beam of all time with four gold and four bronze medals at Olympic and World Championship competition.

During the floor exercise final, Biles incurred six-tenths worth of neutral deductions for going out of bounds. She scored 0.033 points less than Rebeca Andrade and won the silver medal.{{cite news |title=Olympics 2024: Simone Biles misses out on gold medal as Brazil's Rebeca Andrade claims floor exercise victory |url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/12040/13191338/olympics-2024-simone-biles-misses-out-on-gold-medal-as-rebeca-andrade-claims-floor-exercise-victory |access-date=August 5, 2024 |work=Sky Sports |date=August 5, 2024}} This marked the first time ever in Biles' senior international career that she did not win floor exercise, ending her streak of 10 consecutive international gold medals on the apparatus.

At the closing ceremony, Biles was part of the ceremonial passing of the Olympic flag, signifying the end of the 2024 Paris Olympics and the transition into the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://people.com/simone-biles-carries-olympic-flag-during-2024-paris-olympics-closing-ceremony-8693342|title=Simone Biles Carries the Olympic Flag During Paris Closing Ceremony as Olympics Transition to Los Angeles|date=August 11, 2024|work=People}}

Awards and recognition

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Biles was named individual Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation in 2014, and after the world championships, she was named one of ESPNW's Impact 25.{{cite web |title=Slideshow: 2014 espnW Impact 25 |url=http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/impact25/slideshow/12020053/12/simone-biles-17-2014-world-all-gymnastics-champion |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151122050234/http://espn.go.com/espnw/news-commentary/impact25/slideshow/12020053/12/simone-biles-17-2014-world-all-gymnastics-champion |archive-date=November 22, 2015 |access-date=October 31, 2015 |publisher=ESPN}}{{cite web |title=Sportswoman of the Year |url=http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/en/home/programs/awards/sportswoman-of-the-year |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031071640/http://www.womenssportsfoundation.org/en/home/programs/awards/sportswoman-of-the-year |archive-date=October 31, 2015 |access-date=October 31, 2015 |publisher=Women's Sport Foundation}} Biles was named Team USA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year in December 2015, making her the fourth gymnast to win the honor.{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/12/10/simone-biles-usoc-team-usa-female-olympic-athlete-of-the-year/77125382/ |title=Simone Biles named U.S. Female Olympic Athlete of the Year |last1=Axon |first1=Rachel |date=December 10, 2015 |access-date=July 8, 2016 |work=USA Today |archive-date=April 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408035449/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/12/10/simone-biles-usoc-team-usa-female-olympic-athlete-of-the-year/77125382/ |url-status=live}} In December 2016, Biles was chosen as one of the sponsors of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, alongside Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Katie Ledecky.{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-release-huntington-ingalls-industries-celebrates-ceremonial-steel-cut-for-aircraft-carrier-enterprise-cvn-80-at-newport-news-shipbuilding |title=Photo Release—Huntington Ingalls Industries Celebrates Ceremonial Steel-Cut for Aircraft Carrier Enterprise (CVN 80) at Newport News Shipbuilding |last=Industries |first=Huntington Ingalls |website=Huntington Ingalls Newsroom |language=en |access-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905202756/http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/releases/photo-release-huntington-ingalls-industries-celebrates-ceremonial-steel-cut-for-aircraft-carrier-enterprise-cvn-80-at-newport-news-shipbuilding |url-status=live}} They are the first Olympians to be given this honor. In 2016, Simone Biles won the Glamour Award for the Record Breaker.{{cite web |url=https://www.glamour.com/story/announcing-glamours-women-of-the-year-2016 |title=Glamour's Women of the Year 2016: Gwen Stefani, Simone Biles, Ashley Graham, and More Honorees |last=Glamour |website=Glamour |date=November 2016 |language=en |access-date=December 9, 2018 |archive-date=December 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181214050613/https://www.glamour.com/story/announcing-glamours-women-of-the-year-2016 |url-status=live}} That same year, she was chosen as one of BBC's 100 Women as well as ESPN's Woman of the Year.{{Cite web |title=USA Gymnastics {{!}} Athletes |url=https://members.usagym.org/pages/athletes/nationalTeamWomen.html?id=164887 |access-date=July 23, 2024 |website=members.usagym.org |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820213157/https://members.usagym.org/pages/athletes/nationalTeamWomen.html?id=164887 |url-status=live }} She was also one of the finalists for Time's 2016 Person of the Year. Biles was also nominated for a 2016 ESPY award for Best Female Athlete along with Elena Delle Donne, Katie Ledecky, and Breanna Stewart; Stewart won the award.{{cite web |url=http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2016/12/time_person_of_the_year_2016_finalists.html |title=Time Person of the Year: 2016 finalists revealed – who should win? |author=Geoff Herbert |date=December 5, 2016 |publisher=syracuse.com |access-date=December 8, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170305040046/http://www.syracuse.com/us-news/index.ssf/2016/12/time_person_of_the_year_2016_finalists.html |url-status=live}}{{cite news |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/espy-awards-full-winners-list-908457/item/espy-awards-2016-best-game-905489 |title=ESPY Awards: The Winners List |last1=Nordyke |first1=Kimberly |date=July 13, 2016 |access-date=July 14, 2016 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |archive-date=July 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160717093340/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/espy-awards-full-winners-list-908457/item/espy-awards-2016-best-game-905489 |url-status=live}} In 2016, Biles became the third gymnast after Olga Korbut and Nadia Comăneci to be named the BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/38304889 |date=December 18, 2016 |access-date=January 14, 2023 |publisher=BBC Sport |title=BBC Sports Personality 2016: Simone Biles wins overseas award |archive-date=April 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406090519/https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/sports-personality/38304889 |url-status=live }}

In July 2017, Biles won the ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=3582 |title=Liukin, Johnson win ESPY Awards |date=July 16, 2009 |work=USA Gymnastics |access-date=July 25, 2017 |archive-date=August 24, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170824012904/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=3582 |url-status=live}} She is the second gymnast to win this award after Nastia Liukin won it in 2009.{{cite web |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2721304-espy-2017-winners-awards-results-recap-top-moments-and-twitter-reaction |title=ESPY 2017 Winners: Awards Results, Recap, Top Moments and Twitter Reaction |last=Wells |first=Adam |website=Bleacher Report |access-date=July 13, 2017 |archive-date=July 13, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713071115/https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/2721304-espy-2017-winners-awards-results-recap-top-moments-and-twitter-reaction.amp.html |url-status=live}} In 2017, Simone won the Shorty Awards for the best in sports.{{cite web |url=http://shortyawards.com/9th/simone_biles |title=Simone Biles – The Shorty Awards |website=shortyawards.com |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210170150/https://shortyawards.com/9th/simone_biles |url-status=live}} At the 2017 Teen Choice Awards, Simone won favorite female athlete. In 2017, Biles won Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=February 16, 2017 |title=Simone Biles Named 2017 Laureus World Sportswoman Of The Year |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5061310-simone-biles-named-2017-laureus-world-sportswoman-of-the-year |website=FloGymnastics |access-date=February 16, 2017 |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820213453/https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5061310-simone-biles-named-2017-laureus-world-sportswoman-of-the-year |url-status=live }} In 2017, Biles was awarded the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement.{{cite web |title=Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=achievement.org |publisher=American Academy of Achievement |url=https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#sports |access-date=April 15, 2020 |archive-date=December 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161215023909/https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#sports |url-status=live}} In 2018, Biles was inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |title=Simone Biles – Texas Woman's University |url=https://twu.edu/twhf/honorees/simone-biles/ |access-date=January 25, 2023 |website=twu.edu |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181305/https://twu.edu/twhf/honorees/simone-biles/ |url-status=live }} In May 2018, it was announced that Biles and the other survivors would be awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/olympics/2018/05/16/larry-nassar-victims-arthur-ashe-award-espy |title=Larry Nassar Sexual Assault Survivors to Receive Arthur Ashe Award For Courage At ESPYs |date=May 16, 2018 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |access-date=May 17, 2018 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109041450/https://www.si.com/olympics/2018/05/16/larry-nassar-victims-arthur-ashe-award-espy |url-status=live}} In December, it was announced that Biles was named ESPN The Magazine's most dominant athlete of 2018.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/25471261/espn-magazine-dominant-20-features-best-best-year |title=The Dominant 20: The best of the best |publisher=ESPN |date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211174217/http://www.espn.com/espn/story/_/id/25471261/espn-magazine-dominant-20-features-best-best-year |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/25460098/simone-biles-chloe-kim-lebron-james-most-dominant-athletes-2018 |title=The Dominant 20 |publisher=ESPN |date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=November 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113111940/http://www.espn.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/25460098/simone-biles-chloe-kim-lebron-james-most-dominant-athletes-2018 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |work=Andscape |url=https://andscape.com/features/simone-biles-most-dominant-athlete-of-2018/ |title=Most dominant athlete of 2018: Simone Biles |date=December 11, 2018 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212122125/http://theundefeated.com/features/simone-biles-most-dominant-athlete-of-2018/ |url-status=live}} In February 2019, it was announced that Biles was named Laureus World Sports Award in the category of Sportswoman of the Year for the second time,{{cite web |last= |first= |date=February 18, 2019 |title=Laureus World Sports Awards: Simone Biles and Novak Djokovic win top honours |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/47286364 |website=BBC |access-date=February 18, 2019 |archive-date=February 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190218232556/https://www.bbc.com/sport/47286364 |url-status=live }} beating out tennis players Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber, snowboarder Ester Ledecká, triathlete Daniela Ryf, and skier Mikaela Shiffrin.{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2373 |title=Biles wins 2019 'Sportswoman of the Year' at Laureus World Sports Awards |work=International Gymnastics Federation |date=February 19, 2019 |access-date=February 19, 2019 |archive-date=February 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220062914/http://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2373 |url-status=live}} Biles was nominated for the 2019 ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete but lost to soccer player Alex Morgan.{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1055145/espys-2019-winners-the-complete-list |title=ESPYS 2019 Winners: The Complete List |work=E! News |date=July 10, 2019 |access-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-date=July 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716163757/https://www.eonline.com/news/1055145/espys-2019-winners-the-complete-list |url-status=live}} In November 2019, Biles won the People's Choice Award for The Game Changer of 2019.{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24835 |title=Biles wins 2019 People's Choice Awards Game Changer Award |work=USA Gymnastics |date=November 11, 2019 |access-date=November 11, 2019 |archive-date=April 20, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200420231419/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24835 |url-status=live}} In February 2020 Biles was awarded the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year for the second consecutive year and third time overall,{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/28724710/simone-biles-wins-third-laureus-award-lionel-messi-lewis-hamilton-share-mens |title=Simone Biles wins third Laureus award; Lionel Messi, Lewis Hamilton share men's |publisher=ESPN |date=February 17, 2020 |access-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-date=February 18, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218130105/https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/28724710/simone-biles-wins-third-laureus-award-lionel-messi-lewis-hamilton-share-mens |url-status=live}} beating out nominees Allyson Felix, Megan Rapinoe, Mikaela Shiffrin, Naomi Osaka, and Shelly-Ann Fraser.{{cite web |date=February 18, 2020 |title=Simone Biles wins third Laureus award; Lionel Messi, Lewis Hamilton share men's trophy |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/simone-biles-wins-third-laureus-award-lionel-messi-lewis-hamilton-share-mens-trophy/articleshow/74184061.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618081450/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/more-sports/others/simone-biles-wins-third-laureus-award-lionel-messi-lewis-hamilton-share-mens-trophy/articleshow/74184061.cms |archive-date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=February 18, 2020 |work=Times of India}} Biles has appeared on the covers of magazines such as Vogue ,Vanity Fair, Essence , and People.{{Cite web |last=Aguirre |first=Abby |others=Photography by Annie Leibovitz |date=July 9, 2020 |title=Simone Biles on Overcoming Abuse, the Postponed Olympics, and Training During a Pandemic |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/simone-biles-cover-august-2020 |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Vogue |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=Cooper |first=Leah Faye |others=Photography by Adrienne Raquel, Styled by Nicole Chapoteau |date=January 10, 2024 |title=Simone Biles Talks Marriage, WAG Life With Taylor Swift, and the Paris Olympics |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/simone-biles-cover-interview |access-date=August 14, 2024 |magazine=Vanity Fair |language=en-US |archive-date=August 14, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814030245/https://www.vanityfair.com/style/simone-biles-cover-interview |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Cineas |first=Fabiola |date=July 23, 2020 |title=Representation is deeper than putting Black icons on magazine covers |url=https://www.vox.com/21330898/vogue-simone-biles-vanity-fair-viola-davis-cover |access-date=August 14, 2024 |website=Vox |language=en-US |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820213730/https://www.vox.com/21330898/vogue-simone-biles-vanity-fair-viola-davis-cover |url-status=live }}

In February 2021, Biles criticized ESPN's SportsCenter for excluding women athletes in their "Greatest of All Time" picture.{{cite web |title=As GOAT debate continues, Simone Biles is doing it for herself |url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/as-goat-debate-rages-simone-biles-is-doing-it-for-herself/ |access-date=February 18, 2021 |website=Olympic Channel |archive-date=February 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210217184539/https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/stories/news/detail/as-goat-debate-rages-simone-biles-is-doing-it-for-herself/ |url-status=live}} In September 2021, she appeared on the Time 100, an annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world, for "championing mental health".{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Li |date=September 15, 2021 |title=Simone Biles named one of Time's "100 Most Influential People" as she takes a stand against a system that perpetrated abuse |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/simone-biles-time-2021-most-influential-people/ |publisher=CBS News |language=en-US |access-date=November 13, 2021 |archive-date=August 20, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820213455/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/simone-biles-time-2021-most-influential-people/ |url-status=live }}

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On July 7, 2022, Biles was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest honor given to civilians, by President Joe Biden in a ceremony at the White House. She was among a group of 17 honorees, which included Megan Rapinoe.{{cite news |last=Buckner |first=Candace |date=July 7, 2022 |title=Simone Biles and Megan Rapinoe changed their sports — and their country |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/07/simone-biles-megan-rapinoe-medal-freedom/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |oclc=1330888409 |access-date=July 8, 2022 |archive-date=January 31, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131182824/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2022/07/07/simone-biles-megan-rapinoe-medal-freedom/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web |title=President Biden Announces Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://bidenwhitehouse.archives.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/01/president-biden-announces-recipients-of-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom/ |publisher=White House |date=July 1, 2022 |access-date=July 1, 2022 |archive-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706103807/https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/07/01/president-biden-announces-recipients-of-the-presidential-medal-of-freedom/ |url-status=live }} She is the youngest person to receive this award.{{cite web |last=Kindelan |first=Katie |date=July 7, 2022 |title=Simone Biles awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom |url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/simone-biles-awarded-presidential-medal-freedom/story?id=86370058#:~:text=At%2025%2C%20Biles%20made%20history,the%20White%20House%20on%20Thursday. |website=ABC News |access-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-date=July 18, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240718181306/https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/simone-biles-awarded-presidential-medal-freedom/story?id=86370058#:~:text=At%2025%2C%20Biles%20made%20history,the%20White%20House%20on%20Thursday. |url-status=live }}

In December 2023, Biles was named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the third time in her career (2016,2019,2023). She was also was named international female Champion of Champions by L'Équipe for the fourth time in her career after previously winning the award in 2016,2018,2019.{{cite web |last1=Biles |first1=Simone |title=Simone Biles et Novak Djokovic Champions des champions Monde 2023 de « L'Équipe » |url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tous-sports/Actualites/Simone-biles-et-novak-djokovic-champions-des-champions-monde-2023-de-l-equipe/1439163 |access-date=December 27, 2023 |page=224}}

In April 2024, Biles was awarded her fourth career Laureus World Sports Award in the category of Comeback of the Year.{{cite web |last= |first= |date=April 22, 2024 |title=Simone Biles among Laureus World Sports Awards winners |url=https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/laureus-world-sports-awards-winners-list |website=NBC Sports |access-date=April 22, 2024 |archive-date=April 22, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240422195008/https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/laureus-world-sports-awards-winners-list |url-status=live }} In July 2024, she was awarded the Best Comeback Athlete ESPY Award.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/espys/story/_/id/40520337/2024-espys-winners-list |title=2024 ESPYS: Here is the list of winners |website=ESPN.com |date=July 11, 2024 |access-date=July 11, 2024 |archive-date=July 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240712005135/https://www.espn.com/espys/story/_/id/40520337/2024-espys-winners-list |url-status=live }} Biles was named Sports Illustrated's 2024 Sportsperson of the Year for not only winning three gold medals at the 2024 Summer Olympics, but for also changing gymnastics in the United States and the conversations around athletes in general.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.si.com/sportsperson/simone-biles-sports-illustrated-2024-sportsperson-of-the-year|title=Simone Biles Is SI's 2024 Sportsperson of the Year|date=January 2, 2025|magazine=Sports Illustrated|first=Stephanie|last=Apstein}}{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Culture/simone-biles-named-sports-illustrated-2024-sportsperson-year/story?id=117255404|title=Simone Biles named Sports Illustrated 2024 Sportsperson of the Year|date=January 2, 2025|work=ABC News|first=|last=}}

In April 2025, Biles was awarded her fifth career Laureus World Sports Award in the category of Sportswoman of the Year for the fourth time.{{cite web|date=22 April 2025|url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/artistic-gymnastics-usa-simone-biles-laureus-world-sportswoman-of-the-year-fourth-win|website=Olympics.com|title=Simone Biles wins Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year for the fourth time after record-breaking Olympic campaign}}

In May 2025, Biles was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Washington University in St. Louis.{{cite web|date=1 April 2025|url=https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/education/simone-biles-washington-university-st-louis-commencement-address-speaker/63-0cf5cb79-33a3-464e-bdf4-b33764b07f95|website=kdsk.com|title=Simone Biles to deliver 2025 WashU commencement address}}

Sponsors and endorsements

Biles signed with the Octagon sports agency in July 2015, which also markets fellow American gymnast Aly Raisman and Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps.{{cite web |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5043115-simone-biles-turns-pro |title=Simone Biles Turns Pro |work=FloGymnastics |date=July 29, 2015 |access-date=December 11, 2018 |archive-date=December 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215222740/https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5043115-simone-biles-turns-pro |url-status=live}} In November 2015, she announced on Twitter her sponsorship by Nike.{{cite tweet |last=Biles |first=Simone |author-link=Simone Biles |user=Simone_Biles |number=664181734569717760 |date=November 10, 2015 |title=It's official. I am proud to announce I am a Nike Athlete ❤️ having fun here in Portland #JustDoIt https://t.co/7vCIPfvZD6 |language=en |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423181705/https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/664181734569717760 |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |url-status=live}} On November 23, 2015, she signed a deal to allow GK Elite Sportswear to sell a line of leotards bearing her name.{{cite web |url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5047602-simone-biles-signs-with-gk-elite-sportswear |title=Simone Biles Signs With GK Elite Sportswear |website=flogymnastics.com |date=November 23, 2015 |language=en |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210154625/https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5047602-simone-biles-signs-with-gk-elite-sportswear |url-status=live}} Later in 2015, Biles signed a deal with Core Power to become a spokesperson on its Everyday Awesome team of athletes.{{cite web |url=https://www.bevindustry.com/articles/88982-core-power-partners-with-simone-biles |title=Core Power partners with Simone Biles |website=bevindustry.com |language=en |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210154632/https://www.bevindustry.com/articles/88982-core-power-partners-with-simone-biles |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/08/120151/simone-biles-special-k-kelloggs-box |title=Simone Biles & The Final Five Are Officially On A Cereal Box! |website=refinery29.com |language=en |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210111054/https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2016/08/120151/simone-biles-special-k-kelloggs-box |url-status=live}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/17596269 |title=Gold medalist Biles signs her 1st post-Rio deal |date=September 20, 2016 |publisher=ESPN |language=en |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210154629/http://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/17596269 |url-status=live}} 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 Dr Dre.{{Citation |last=audio news |title=Beats By Dre-Greatness Doesn't Stop_ Simone Biles-audio news |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNXgvIEKVmM |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200521051122/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNXgvIEKVmM&gl=US&hl=en |url-status=live}} In 2018, she worked with Caboodles to create and market products for women with active lifestyles.{{cite web |url=https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/caboodles-rebrands-simone-biles-1202867446/ |title=Caboodles Re-brands, Partners With Simone Biles |last1=Ilchi |first1=Layla |date=October 8, 2018 |website=Women's Wear Daily |language=en |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210111003/https://wwd.com/fashion-news/fashion-scoops/caboodles-rebrands-simone-biles-1202867446/ |url-status=live}} In April 2021, Biles announced that she was leaving Nike for a new apparel sponsorship with the Gap's Athleta brand.{{Cite news |last=Radnofsky |first=Louise |date=April 23, 2021 |title=Simone Biles Leaves Nike for Partnership With Athleta |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/simone-biles-gymnastics-nike-athleta-11619140549 |access-date=April 23, 2021 |issn=0099-9660 |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423194027/https://www.wsj.com/articles/simone-biles-gymnastics-nike-athleta-11619140549 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last=Thomas |first=Lauren |date=April 23, 2021 |title=Gymnast Simone Biles is leaving Nike to work with Gap's Athleta brand |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/23/gymnast-simone-biles-is-leaving-nike-to-work-with-gaps-athleta-brand.html |access-date=April 23, 2021 |publisher=CNBC |language=en |archive-date=April 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210423194242/https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/23/gymnast-simone-biles-is-leaving-nike-to-work-with-gaps-athleta-brand.html |url-status=live}}

Personal life

= Relationships =

Biles was in a relationship with fellow gymnast Stacey Ervin Jr. from August 2017 to March 2020.{{cite web |url=https://people.com/sports/simone-biles-boyfriend-stacey-ervin-jr-split/ |title=Simone Biles and Boyfriend Stacey Ervin Jr. Split After 3 Years of Dating: 'It Was for the Best' |last=Harmata |first=Claudia |work=People |date=July 9, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710032839/https://people.com/sports/simone-biles-boyfriend-stacey-ervin-jr-split/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/simone-biles-splits-from-boyfriend-stacey-ervin-jr-after-3-years/ |title=Simone Biles Confirms Split From Boyfriend Stacey Ervin Jr. After 3 Years: 'It Was for the Best' |last=Jackson |first=Dory |work=Us Weekly |date=July 9, 2020 |access-date=July 10, 2020 |archive-date=July 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200711221947/https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/simone-biles-splits-from-boyfriend-stacey-ervin-jr-after-3-years/ |url-status=live}}

She started dating professional American football player Jonathan Owens in August 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.eonline.com/news/1175814/simone-biles-makes-romance-with-nfl-player-jonathan-owens-instagram-official |title=Simone Biles Makes Romance with NFL Player Jonathan Owens Instagram Official |date=August 2, 2020 |access-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-date=August 3, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200803013406/https://www.eonline.com/news/1175814/simone-biles-makes-romance-with-nfl-player-jonathan-owens-instagram-official |url-status=live}} They met through the dating app Raya.{{Cite web|url=https://www.biography.com/athletes/a61569630/simone-biles-husband-jonathan-owens-relationship|title=Catching Feelings: How Simone Biles and Husband Jonathan Owens Built Their "Unbreakable" Bond|date=July 16, 2024|website=Biography|access-date=August 20, 2024|archive-date=August 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240820213715/https://www.biography.com/athletes/a61569630/simone-biles-husband-jonathan-owens-relationship|url-status=live}} Biles announced her engagement to Owens on February 15, 2022.{{cite twitter |number=1493600632909053953 |user=Simone_Biles |date=February 15, 2022 |title=WOKE UP A FIANCÉE 💍💍😭}}{{cite web |url=https://people.com/sports/simone-biles-jonathan-owens-engaged/ |title=Simone Biles and Boyfriend Jonathan Owens Are Engaged: 'The Easiest Yes' |work=People |date=February 15, 2022 |first=Jason Duaine |last=Hahn |access-date=February 15, 2022 |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806045407/https://people.com/sports/simone-biles-jonathan-owens-engaged/ |url-status=live }} They married on April 22, 2023.{{Cite web |last=Hernandez |first=Victoria |title=Simone Biles is married! Seven-time Olympic medalist announces marriage to Jonathan Owens, Texans' safety |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2023/04/22/simone-biles-marries-jonathan-owens-houston-texans-safety/11557648002/ |access-date=April 22, 2023 |website=USA TODAY |language=en-US |archive-date=August 6, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240806045406/https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/2023/04/22/simone-biles-marries-jonathan-owens-houston-texans-safety/11557648002/ |url-status=live }}

The couple went viral for an interview they did on The Pivot Podcast on December 19, 2023{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcZt10Mwz5Y&t=10s |title=Simone Biles' Husband Jonathan Owens Faces BACKLASH After Saying He's the Bigger 'Catch' |date=2023-12-22 |last=E! News |access-date=2024-12-07 |via=YouTube}} in which Owens made controversial comments about their relationship, such as stating he was "the catch" in their relationship,{{Cite web |title=Simone Biles Says She 'Broke Down' After Husband Jonathan Owens' Viral Interview |url=https://people.com/simone-biles-broke-down-after-husband-jonathan-owens-viral-interview-8635072 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=People.com |language=en}} and that he initially had not wanted to commit, exclaiming "I was fighting it! I was fighting it! I was fighting it!"{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmdb0RzvG7c |title=Jonathan Owens Undrafted to Starter, NFL Playoff Push, Wife Simone Biles & Mental Health {{!}} The Pivot |date=2023-12-19 |last=The Pivot Podcast |access-date=2025-01-05 |via=YouTube}} He said that had Biles not "shot her shot" and convinced him, he would most likely not be with her. When asked "how in the hell did you pull Simone Biles," he said "really, how'd she pull me, man? That's the question."

These comments resulted in widespread backlash online,{{Cite web |date=2024-01-20 |title=Simone Biles husband interview controversy, explained: Why Jonathan Owens' dating comments sparked backlash {{!}} Sporting News |url=https://www.sportingnews.com/us/nfl/news/simone-biles-husband-jonathan-owens-interview/b9565ae08a1e1593ea5367a7 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=www.sportingnews.com |language=en-us}} with commenters across all platforms saying things such as, “You should value your wife and not talk about her with such disdain, a man doesn’t need to diminish his wife to feel good or more important!”{{Cite web |date=2024-07-09 |title=Jonathan Owens didn't know about backlash to comments about Simone Biles 'for a while' |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/jonathan-owens-simone-biles-comments-controversy-rcna160841 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}} and "the way this unknown man sat there and tried to humble his wife, Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, Simone Biles. In the words of Adele, 'Divorce babes, divorce."{{Cite web |last=Gerstein |first=Julie |title=Olympic gold medalist Simone Biles' husband Jonathan Owens says he's 'the catch' in their relationship. Her fans disagree. |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/simone-biles-jonathan-owens-the-catch-in-the-relationship-2023-12 |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US}}

After four days, Biles posted a tweet asking "are y'all done yet" which just resulted in even more negative comments regarding Jonathan Owens.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-24 |title=Simone Biles reacts to backlash over husband Jonathan Owens saying he didn't know her before they dated |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/jonathan-owens-meeting-simone-biles-042936137.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuYmluZy5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAC4IV4lMED35Z4t3PHaKl76mhaXo4OUf2pBNmcW17oABxmof25fThJUsktjnVacpEefSrUM0DwSvIq_wHjXeOM6Z28LqBeAO8CfSjSv4QWBiX6HoCbV70g_-48WgbcJge4H-9wKG6BE0WqubIFTBxBUBytIah_7av7wAxjpA1G1y |access-date=2025-01-05 |website=Yahoo News |language=en-US}} Months later, in April 2024, on the Call Her Daddy podcast, regarding this controversy, Biles said, "I thought it was hilarious at first and then they hurt my feelings... One night, I broke down and I'm like, why are you guys talking about my husband like this? You don't know him, you don't know who he is."{{Cite web |date=2024-04-17 |title=Simone Biles says the backlash from husband's viral interview 'really hurt': 'I broke down' |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/simone-biles-call-her-daddy-rcna147972 |access-date=2024-12-07 |website=TODAY.com |language=en}}

=Larry Nassar assault=

File:Richard Blumenthal with USA Gymnastics sex abuse survivors.jpg]]

On January 18, 2018, Biles said that former USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar had sexually assaulted her{{cite web |date=January 15, 2018 |author=Lutz, Tom |title=Simone Biles: I was sexually abused by USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar |url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/15/simone-biles-larry-nassar-sexual-abuse-allegations-usa-gymnastics |access-date=July 28, 2021 |website=The Guardian |language=en |archive-date=December 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211227080033/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/jan/15/simone-biles-larry-nassar-sexual-abuse-allegations-usa-gymnastics |url-status=live }} and that USA Gymnastics helped cover it up.{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/15/us/simone-biles-larry-nassar/index.html |title=Simone Biles says Larry Nassar abused her |last=Grinberg |first=Emanuella |date=January 16, 2018 |publisher=CNN |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210110943/https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/15/us/simone-biles-larry-nassar/index.html |url-status=live}} She did not attend Nassar's sentencing hearings from January 16 to 24, 2018, saying that she "wasn't emotionally ready to face Larry Nassar again".{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/us/simone-biles-gymnast-nassar/index.html |title=Simone Biles: I wasn't emotionally ready to face Larry Nassar again |last=Levenson |first=Eric |date=February 1, 2018 |publisher=CNN |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210110903/https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/us/simone-biles-gymnast-nassar/index.html |url-status=live}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/sports/larry-nassar-sentencing.html |title=Larry Nassar Sentencing: 'I Just Signed Your Death Warrant' |last1=Cacciola |first1=Scott |date=January 24, 2018 |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 10, 2018 |last2=Mather |first2=Victor |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=March 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302201826/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/sports/larry-nassar-sentencing.html |url-status=live}} Biles and the other survivors were awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award in 2018. At the 2018 U.S. National Championships, Biles wore a teal leotard that she had designed to honor the survivors of Nassar's abuse, as a statement of unity.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/24420472 |title=Biles pays tribute to survivors in nationals sweep |date=August 20, 2018 |publisher=ESPN |language=en |access-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-date=December 10, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181210111240/http://www.espn.com/olympics/gymnastics/story/_/id/24420472 |url-status=live}} On September 15, 2021, Biles testified to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee that she blamed "the entire system" for enabling and perpetuating Nassar's crimes, saying that USA Gymnastics and the United States Olympic and Paralympic Committee "failed to do their jobs". Three of her national-team teammates, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols, and Aly Raisman, testified with her.{{cite web |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/572379-simone-biles-in-emotional-testimony-blames-entire-system-for-enabling-nassar |title=Simone Biles tells Congress 'entire system' enabled Nassar abuse |author=Williams, Jordan |newspaper=The Hill |date=September 15, 2021 |accessdate=September 27, 2021 |archivedate=September 15, 2021 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915155305/https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/572379-simone-biles-in-emotional-testimony-blames-entire-system-for-enabling-nassar}}

Skills

File:Simone Biles at the 2016 Olympics all-around gold medal podium (28262782114).jpgBiles is known for performing extraordinarily difficult skills well. Her 2023 routine on vault and her 2024 routine on floor exercise are the most difficult ever performed in women's artistic gymnastics. As of 2024, she is the sole gymnast to have competed four skills valued at H or higher in the 2022–2024 Code of Points on floor exercise.

Skills rated E or higher that she has performed in her senior career include:

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|+Overview of Simone Biles' gymnastics skills

scope="col"|Apparatus

!scope="col"|Name/Skill

!scope="col"|Description

!scope="col"|Difficulty{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points{{cite web |title=Women's Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=12 January 2025}}}}

!scope="col"|Performed

rowspan="5" |Vault

|scope="row"|López

|Yurchenko ½-on entry, layout salto forwards with ½ twist off
(aka "½ on–½ off")

| align=center|4.8

|2013–15

scope="row"|Amanar

|Yurchenko entry on, layout salto backwards with 2½ twists

| align=center|5.4

|2013–21

scope="row"|Cheng

|Yurchenko ½-on entry, layout salto forwards with 1½ twists off (aka "½ on–1½ off")

| align=center|5.6

|2016–24

scope="row"|Biles

|Yurchenko ½-on entry, layout salto forwards with 2 twists off
(aka "½ on–double full off")

| align=center|6.0

|2018

scope="row"|Biles II

|Yurchenko entry on, double piked salto backwards off

| align=center|6.4

|2021–24

rowspan="3" |Uneven bars

|scope="row"|Piked Tkatchev

|Counter reverse piked hecht over high bar

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|E

|2013, 2015–24

scope="row"|Van Leeuwen

|Toe-on Shaposhnikova transition with ½ twist to high bar

| 2018–24

scope="row"|Fabrichnova

|Dismount: Double-twisting (2/1) double tucked salto backwards

| align=center|F

| 2018–21, 2024

rowspan="7" |Balance beam

|scope="row"|Front pike

|Piked salto forwards to cross stand

| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;"|E

|2018

scope="row"|Layout

|Layout salto backwards with legs together (to two feet)

|2013

scope="row"|Mitchell

|1080° (3/1) turn in tuck stand on one leg

|2018–24

scope="row"|Double pike

|Dismount: Double piked salto backwards

|2021

scope="row"|Barani

|Jump forward with ½ twist to tucked salto backwards

| align=center|F

|2015–18

scope="row"|Full-in

|Dismount: Full-twisting (1/1) double tucked salto backwards

| align=center|G

|2013–24

scope="row"|Biles

|Dismount: Double-twisting (2/1) double tucked salto backwards

| align=center|H

|2019, 2021

rowspan="8" |Floor exercise

|scope="row"|Mitchell

|1080° (3/1) turn in tuck stand on one leg

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|E

|2021

scope="row"|Mukhina

|Full-twisting (1/1) double tucked salto backwards

|2013–21

scope="row"|Double layout

|Double layout salto backwards

| align=center|F

|2013–14, 2023–24

scope="row"|Biles

|Double layout salto with ½ twist

| align=center|G

| 2013–24

scope="row"|Silivas

|Double-twisting (2/1) double tucked salto backwards

| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;"|H

| 2013–24

scope="row"|Chusovitina

|Full-twisting (1/1) double layout salto backwards

|2015–16, 2019, 2023

scope="row"|Moors

|Double-twisting (2/1) double layout salto backwards

| align=center|I

|2018

scope="row"|Biles II

|Triple-twisting (3/1) double tucked salto backwards

| align=center|J

|2019–21, 2024

= Eponymous skills =

{{Main|Gymnastics elements named after Simone Biles}}

Biles's named elements on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise introduced during the 2017–2021 quad are the most difficult elements on each apparatus (the Biles on beam, Biles on vault, and Biles II on floor). She was the sole gymnast to have performed any of these skills in an FIG international competition until Hillary Heron of Panama performed the Biles I on floor at the 2023 World Championships.{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4o-fh8ejZ4 | title=Hillary Heron Performs the Biles 1 – Worlds 2023 Antwerp | website=YouTube | date=October 2023 | access-date=October 2, 2023 | archive-date=October 4, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004114837/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4o-fh8ejZ4 | url-status=live }} In May 2021, she became the first woman to complete a Yurchenko double piked on the vault during competition.{{cite web |last=Gaydos |first=Ryan |date=May 25, 2021 |title=Simone Biles still not over landing historic Yurchenko double pike |url=https://www.foxnews.com/sports/simone-biles-not-over-yurchenko-double-pike |access-date=May 25, 2021 |publisher=Fox News |language=en-US |archive-date=May 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525152012/https://www.foxnews.com/sports/simone-biles-not-over-yurchenko-double-pike |url-status=live}}

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|+Gymnastics elements named after Simone Biles

scope="col"| Apparatus

!scope="col"| Name

!scope="col"| Description

!scope="col"| Difficulty{{efn|name=difficulty}}

!scope="col"| Competition completed

rowspan="2" | Vault

|scope="row"| Biles

| Yurchenko ½ entry on–forward layout double twist off

| align=center|6.0

| 2018 World Championships

scope="row"| Biles II

| Yurchenko entry on–double piked backwards off

| align=center|6.4

| 2023 World Championships

scope="row"| Balance beam

| style="text-align:left;"| Biles

| Backward double-twisting (2/1) double tucked dismount

| align=center|H (0.8)

| 2019 World Championships

rowspan="2" |Floor exercise

| style="text-align:left;"| Biles

|scope="row"| Backward double layout salto ½ twist out

| align=center|G (0.7)

| 2013 World Championships

scope="row"| Biles II

| Backward triple-twisting (3/1) double tucked

| align=center|J (1.0)

| 2019 World Championships

{{notelist}}

Competitive history

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Overview of junior level competitions with Simone Biles

scope="col" align=center | Year

!scope="col" align=center | Event

!scope="col" | Team

!scope="col" | {{Abbr|AA|All-Around}}

!scope="col" | Gymnastics vault

!scope="col" | Gymnastics uneven bars

!scope="col" | Gymnastics balance beam

!scope="col" | Gymnastics floor

rowspan="3"|2011

|scope="row" align=left|American Classic

|

{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}8{{gold1}}4
scope="row" align=left|U.S. Classic

|

2055
scope="row" align=left|U.S. National Championships

|

147221012
rowspan="2"|2012

|scope="row" align=left|U.S. Classic

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}6{{silver2}}
scope="row" align=left|U.S. National Championships

|

{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}666

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+Overview of senior level competitions with Simone Biles

scope="col" align=center | Year

!scope="col" align=center | Event

!scope="col" | Team

!scope="col" | {{Abbr|AA|All-Around}}

!scope="col" | Gymnastics vault

!scope="col" | Gymnastics uneven bars

!scope="col" | Gymnastics balance beam

!scope="col" | Gymnastics floor

rowspan="6"|2013

|scope="row" align=left|American Cup

|

{{silver2}}
scope="row" align=left|City of Jesolo Trophy

| {{gold1}}

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|Chemnitz Friendly

| {{gold1}}

{{silver2}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|U.S. Classic

|

78
scope="row" align=left|U.S. National Championships

|

{{gold1}}{{silver2}}{{silver2}}{{silver2}}{{silver2}}
style="background:#ccf;"

|scope="row" align=left|World Championships

| {{N/A}}

{{gold1}}{{silver2}}4{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" rowspan="3"|2014

|align=left|U.S. Classic

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}4{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|U.S. National Championships

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}4{{silver2}}{{gold1}}
style="background:#ccf;"

|scope="row" align=left|World Championships

| {{gold1}}

{{gold1}}{{silver2}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
rowspan="5"|2015

|scope="row" align=left|American Cup

|

{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|City of Jesolo Trophy

| {{gold1}}

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|U.S. Classic

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}4{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|U.S. National Championships

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}5{{gold1}}{{silver2}}
style="background:#ccf;"

| scope="row" align=left|World Championships

| {{gold1}}

{{gold1}}{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
rowspan="5"|2016

|scope="row" align=left|Pacific Rim Championships

| {{gold1}}

{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|U.S. Classic

|

5{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|U.S. National Championships

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}4{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|Olympic Trials

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}44{{gold1}}
style="background:#98fb98;"

|scope="row" align=left|Olympic Games

|{{gold1}}

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}|{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}
2017colspan=7 | did not compete
rowspan=4|2018

|scope="row" align=left|U.S. Classic

|

{{gold1}}10{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left|U.S. National Championships

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | Worlds Team Selection Camp

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{silver2}}4{{gold1}}
style="background:#ccf;"

| scope="row" align=left | World Championships

| {{gold1}}

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{silver2}}{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}
rowspan="5" | 2019

| scope="row" align=left | Stuttgart World Cup

|

{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | U.S. Classic

|

{{gold1}}5{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | U.S. National Championships

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | Worlds Team Selection Camp

| {{gold1}}

{{gold1}}4{{silver2}}{{gold1}}
style="background:#ccf;"

| scope="row" align=left|World Championships

| {{gold1}}

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}5{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
2020colspan=7 | did not compete due to COVID-19 pandemic
rowspan="4" | 2021

| scope="row" align=left | U.S. Classic

{{gold1}}15{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | U.S. National Championships

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | Olympic Trials

|

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{bronze3}}{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}
style="background:#98fb98;"

| scope="row" align=left | Olympic Games

| {{silver2}}

{{abbreviation|WD|Biles withdrew from the all-around final}}{{abbreviation|WD|Biles withdrew from the vault final}}{{abbreviation|WD|Biles withdrew from the uneven bars final}}{{bronze3}}{{abbreviation|WD|Biles withdrew from the floor exercise final}}
2022colspan=7 | did not compete
rowspan="4" | 2023

| scope="row" align=left | U.S. Classic

{{gold1}}{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | U.S. National Championships

|

{{gold1}}{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | Worlds Team Selection Camp

|

{{gold1}}13{{bronze3}}{{gold1}}
bgcolor=#CCCCFF

| scope="row" align=left | World Championships

| {{gold1}}

{{gold1}}{{silver2}}5{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
rowspan="4" |2024

| scope="row" align=left | U.S. Classic

{{gold1}}{{silver2}}{{silver2}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | U.S. National Championships{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}
scope="row" align=left | Olympic Trials{{gold1}}{{silver2}}4{{gold1}}
bgcolor=98FB98

| scope="row" align=left | Olympic Games

{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{gold1}}{{abbreviation|R1|Biles was first reserve for the uneven bars final}}5{{silver2}}

Filmography

= Documentary =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="margin-right: 0;"
scope="col" | Year

! scope="col" | Title

! scope="col" | Notes

! scope="col" | {{tooltip|Ref.|Reference}}

rowspan="2" |2024

! scope="row" | Simone Biles Rising

| rowspan="2" |2 episodes

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite web |last= |first= |url=https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/simone-biles-documentary-on-olympics-twisties |title=Simone Biles Talks "Trauma Response" & Epic Olympic Comeback in New Documentary |publisher=NBC |date=June 21, 2024 |access-date=June 21, 2024}}{{cite web |last= |first= |url=https://www.netflix.com/hk-en/title/81700902 |title=Simone Biles Rising |publisher=Netflix |date= |access-date=}}

scope="row" | Simone Biles Rising: Part Two

| style="text-align: center;" |{{cite web |last= |first= |url=https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/simone-biles-rising-part-two-netflix-docuseries-rcna167567 |title=Simone Biles channels 'Emily in Paris' while promoting Part 2 of her docuseries |publisher=TODAY.com |date=August 22, 2024 |access-date=August 22, 2024}}

See also

References

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