As of the 2019 World Championships, Biles is the gymnast with the most World medals (25) and most World gold medals (19) of any gender, as well as the female gymnast with the most World all-around titles (5). Biles is the sixth woman to win an individual all-around title at both the World Championships and the Olympics, and the first gymnast since Lilia Podkopayeva in 1996 to hold both titles simultaneously.

She is the tenth gymnast and first American gymnast to win a World medal on every event, and the first gymnast since Daniela Silivaș in 1988 to win a medal on every event at a single Olympic Games or World Championships, having accomplished this feat at the 2018 World Championships.

Olympic Champion Mary Lou Retton called Biles the "greatest gymnast ever" and multiple other observers have echoed the sentiment.

Personal information
Full name	Simone Arianne Biles
Born	March 14, 1997 (age 22) Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Hometown	Spring, Texas, U.S.
Residence	Spring, Texas, U.S.
Height	4 ft 8 in (142 cm)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Years on national team	2012–16, 2018 – Present (US)
Gym	World Champions Center (current) Bannon's Gymnastix Inc. (2003–2014)
Head coach(es)	Laurent Landi
Former coach(es)	Aimee Boorman
Choreographer	Dominic Zito
Eponymous skills	Biles (6.4) (vault): Yurchenko half-on, front layout salto with double twist off Biles (H) (balance beam): double double tucked salto dismount Biles (G) (floor exercise): double layout half out Biles II (J) (floor exercise): triple double tucked salto
Medal record   Representing  United States Women's artistic gymnastics Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 4 0 1 World Championships 19 3 3 Pacific Rim Championships 2 0 0 FIG All-Around World Cup 2 1 0 Total 27 4 4 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro All-Around 2016 Rio de Janeiro Vault 2016 Rio de Janeiro Floor Exercise 2016 Rio de Janeiro Balance Beam World Championships 2013 Antwerp All-Around 2013 Antwerp Floor Exercise 2014 Nanning Team 2014 Nanning All-Around 2014 Nanning Balance Beam 2014 Nanning Floor Exercise 2015 Glasgow Team 2015 Glasgow All-Around 2015 Glasgow Balance Beam 2015 Glasgow Floor Exercise 2018 Doha Team 2018 Doha All-Around 2018 Doha Vault 2018 Doha Floor Exercise 2019 Stuttgart Team 2019 Stuttgart All-Around 2019 Stuttgart Vault 2019 Stuttgart Balance Beam 2019 Stuttgart Floor Exercise 2013 Antwerp Vault 2014 Nanning Vault 2018 Doha Uneven Bars 2013 Antwerp Balance Beam 2015 Glasgow Vault 2018 Doha Balance Beam Pacific Rim Championships 2016 Everett Team 2016 Everett All-Around

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Biles was born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, the third of four siblings. Her birth mother was unable to care for Simone or her other children, all four went in and out of foster care. Biles' grandfather and his sister each adopted two children after learning that his grandchildren had been in foster care.

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Biles is well known for her performance of difficult skills at a high level of execution. Her 2018 and 2019 routines on vault and floor exercise are the most difficult of all time in women's artistic gymnastics.

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 Olympiad. Douglas won both in the 2012 London games. Douglas is the first African American or the first of African descent of any nationality in Olympic history to become the individual all-around champion, and the first U.S. gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics.

As the first American female gymnast to be given the honor, Biles was chosen by Team USA to be the flag bearer in the closing ceremonies.