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Simone Biles Owens Biography: Gymnastics Career, Family, Net Worth, Age, Relationship, Awards and Sponsorships 2024

Simone Biles Owens (born Simone Arianne Biles; March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her seven Olympic medals tied with Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals won by an American gymnast and is the equal ninth-most overall. Having won 26 World Championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast in the history of the Gymnastics World Championships and is considered by many to be the greatest gymnast of all time. In 2022, Biles was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Joe Biden.

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Biles at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name Simone Arianne Biles Owens
Born March 14, 1997 (age 26)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Hometown Spring, Texas, U.S.
Residence Spring, Texas, U.S.
Spouse

(m. 2023)

Height 4 ft 8 in (142 cm)
Discipline Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
Level Senior international elite
Years on national team 2012–2016
2018–2021
2023–present (USA)
Gym World Champions Centre (2015-present)[3]
Bannon’s Gymnastix Inc. (2003–2014)
Head coach(es) Laurent Landi
Cecile Canqueteau-Landi
Former coach(es) Aimee Boorman
Choreographer Sasha Farber
Eponymous skills 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”)
Medal record
Representing 23px Flag of the United States.svg Simone Biles Owens Biography: Gymnastics Career, Family, Net Worth, Age, Relationship, Awards and Sponsorships 2024 United States

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Women’s artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 4 1 2
World Championships 20 3 3
Pacific Rim Championships 2 0 0
Total 26 4 5
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro All-around
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Vault
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Floor exercise
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo Team
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Balance beam
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Antwerp All-around
Gold medal – first place 2013 Antwerp Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning All-around
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow All-around
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha Team
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha All-around
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha Vault
Gold medal – first place 2018 Doha Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart All-around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Vault
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Balance beam
Gold medal – first place 2019 Stuttgart Floor exercise
Gold medal – first place 2023 Antwerp Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Antwerp Vault
Silver medal – second place 2014 Nanning Vault
Silver medal – second place 2018 Doha Uneven bars
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Antwerp Balance beam
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Doha Balance beam
Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Everett Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Everett All-around
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 2 1

Early Life and Education

Biles was born on March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio the third of four siblings. Her birth mother, Shanon Biles, was unable to care for Simone or her other children. All four went in and out of foster care. In 2000, Biles’ maternal grandfather, Ron Biles, and his second wife, Nellie Cayetano Biles, 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. Biles holds Belizean citizenship through her adoptive mother and considers Belize to be her second home. Biles and her family are Catholic. Biles attended Benfer Elementary School in Harris County, Texas.[ In 2012, Biles switched from public school to homeschooling allowing her to increase her training from about 20 to 32 hours a week. She would complete her high school degree in mid-2015. Biles verbally committed to UCLA on August 4, 2014, and signed a National Letter of Intent in November 2014, 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.

Personal life

Relationships

Biles was in a relationship with fellow gymnast Stacey Ervin Jr from August 2017 to March 2020.

She has been in a relationship with professional American football player Jonathan Owens since August 2020. Biles announced her engagement to Owens on February 15, 2022. They married on April 22, 2023.

Career-related injuries and health

In October 2013, Biles had surgery for bone spurs in her right tibia bone resulting in a three-week sidelining.

In 2014, Biles had a shoulder injury resulting in withdrawal from the March 2014 American Cup.

In September 2017, Biles opened up about having attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) after her medical records were leaked online, revealing that she had been taking Ritalin (methylphenidate), used to treat the condition, during the Olympics. Having been diagnosed as a child, she had previously disclosed her condition to the World Anti-Doping Agency and obtained a medical exemption, allowing her to take the medication during competitions. In Biles’s statement, she said that ADHD is “nothing to be ashamed of and nothing that I’m afraid to let people know.”

In 2018, Biles suffered a broken toe. She also suffered from a kidney stone.

Gymnastics career

Pre-elite

Biles first tried gymnastics at age 6 during a day-care field trip. The instructors suggested she continue with gymnastics. Biles soon enrolled in an optional training program at Bannon’s Gymnastics. She began training with coach Aimee Boorman at age eight.

Junior

2011

Biles began her elite 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.[27] Later that month, Biles competed at the 2011 U.S. Classic in Chicago, Illinois, where she placed 20th all-around, fifth on the balance beam and floor exercise.

2012

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.

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. LouisMissouri. She finished third all-around, first on vault, and sixth on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. 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 

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. Biles led for two rotations but finished second behind her teammate, Ohashi, after a fall off the beam.

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.

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 whom she credits with helping her anxiety and confidence issues and allowing her to begin her streak of dominance in the sport.

Biles competed at the 2013 USA Gymnastics National 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.

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. 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. 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. She dominated the preliminary round despite a major error on the uneven bars, qualifying in first place in 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.

In late June it was announced that Biles would return to competition at the 2023 U.S. Classic, held on 5 August in the Chicago metropolitan area. She competed in all four events for an all-around score of 59.100, finishing exactly five points ahead of runner-up Leanne Wong. Biles also placed first on balance beam (14.800) and floor exercise (14.900). Although she did not attempt a second vault, she did compete in a Yurchenko double pike. Biles also obtained the necessary qualification score to advance to the 2023 U.S. National Championships. 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 a national level, the last one in 1933. 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.

In September, Biles attended the U.S. women’s selection camp for the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2023 Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships, held in Katy, Texas. 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.

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. In November 2015, she announced on Twitter her sponsorship by Nike. On November 23, 2015, she signed a deal to allow GK Elite Sportswear to sell a line of leotards bearing her name. Later in 2015, Biles signed a deal with Core Power to become a spokesperson for its Everyday Awesome team of athletes. In August 2016, Kellogg’s put the Final Five‘s picture on the Gold Medal Edition of SpecialBerriess; the back of the box showed Biles with one of her Rio gold medals. After the 2016 Rio games, Biles signed deals to endorse Procter & GambleThe Hershey Company, and United Airlines. In September 2016, Biles became a spokesperson for Mattress Firm‘s program of supporting foster homes. In 2016, Biles signed a deal with Spieth America to create a line of gymnastics equipment, and another to become a spokesperson for Beats By Dr Dre. In 2018, she worked with Caboodles to create and market products for women with active lifestyles. In April 2021, Biles announced that she was leaving Nike for a new apparel sponsorship with the Gap‘s Athleta brand.

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