She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the “Final Five” at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She also won the bronze medal for the balance beam during the Olympics.
Biles is a three-time world all-around champion from 2013 to 2015, three-time world floor champion from 2013 to 2015, two-time world balance beam champion in 2014 and 2015, four-time United States national all-around champion from 2013 to 2016, and a member of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2014 and 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Having won a combined total of nineteen Olympic and World Championship medals, Biles is the most decorated American gymnast, taking over from Shannon Miller, who had held the record since 1996.
With her win in Rio, Biles became the sixth woman to have won an individual all-around title at both the World Championships and the Olympic Games. With four Olympic gold medals, Biles set an American record for most gold medals in women’s gymnastics at a single Olympic Games.
Simone is the third of four siblings. Her birth mother, Shanon Biles, was unable to care for Simone or her other children, Ashley, Tevin, and Adria, due to her drug and alcohol addiction, and the children were in and out of foster care.
Her birth father, Kelvin Clemons, abandoned the family, struggled with addiction and was never present in his children’s life.