Nationality: USA
Inducted: 2024
Notable Record(s):
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Most medals won at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (30)
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Most gold medals won at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (23)
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First double-double dismount on beam in competition (9 Aug 2019)
An ICON because...
Widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts in history, Simone Biles has won 37 Olympic and World Championship medals – 27 of them gold.
A three-time winner of the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year, she has invented five new gymnastic skills, each of which is named after her: one on the balance beam, two on the vault and two on the floor.
Following a difficult Tokyo Olympics in 2021 – when she was hampered by “the twisties”, a mental block that affected her spatial awareness in mid-air – Simone has returned to competition stronger than ever, winning a record sixth all-around title at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
