
Biography
Personal Data
- Date of Birth: 3/14/97
- Hometown: Columbus, OH
- Resides: Spring, TX
- Height: 4’8”
- Passions: Reading, history, shopping and spending time with friends
Career Highlights
- Olympic Gold medalist in vault, floor, Individual and Team all-around, Bronze medalist on Beam at 2016 Rio Olympics
- Won the all-around by a 2.1 margin of victory, larger than the margins of victory from 1980-2012 combined
- First woman gymnast to win three consecutive World all-around titles
- Most World Championship gold medals won by a female gymnast in history (10)
- Most decorated World Championship American gymnast with 14 total medals (10 gold, two silver, two bronze)
- First woman to capture four gold medals at a single World Championships (2014 & 2015) since the Soviet Union’s Ludmilla Tourischeva in 1974
- First female African-American all-around world champion
- Undefeated in the all-around competition since 2013
- First American woman in 23 years to win three all-around national titles
- Honored as the 2014 Women's Sports Foundation's “Sportswoman of the Year”
- Named Olympic Athlete of the Year by the USOC 2015
- Named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 2016
- L'Equipe Championne des championnes monde 2016
- Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Sports 'Favorite Newcomer' Award 2016
- BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the Year 2016
- Glamour's 'The Record Breaker' Woman of the Year 2016
- One of the Most Influential People in the World list by TIME magazine
- Shorty Award recipient for Best in Sports
Transcending Sport
- One of the most decorated gymnasts in recent history, Biles has the talent and competitive spirit necessary to become one of the best gymnasts in the history of the sport
- Receiving high praise from peers and Olympic legends alike, has been dubbed “the most talented gymnast of all-time"
- First woman gymnast to win three consecutive World All-Around titles
- Most World Championship gold medals won by a female gymnast in history and most decorated World Championship American gymnast with 30 total medals
- First American woman in 23 years to win three all-around national titles
Family Affair
- Simone Arianne Biles was born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, OH
- Simone and her younger sister Adria were adopted by their parents Ron and Nellie at a young age
- Simone grew up in the north Houston suburb of Spring, TX with her sister Adria and brothers, Ron II, and Adam
- Simone holds Belizean citizenship through her mother. She refers to Belize as her second home
- Simone trains at World Champions Centre (WCC), a gym founded and owned by her parents in Spring, TX
Keeping Things Light
- Biles was always jumping around at a young age and was introduced to the sport on a school field trip to Bannon’s Gymnastix at the age of six, where she began spontaneously imitating the gymnasts’ moves, insisting that her parents enroll her at the gym
- Her big grin and engaging personality shine through both in and out of the sport and while she trains close to 35 hours per week, Biles knows how to keep things fun and is known for inventing new skills during training
- One move, a complex flip that she incorporated into her floor routine during the 2013 World Championships, is now known as the "Biles"