Simone Biles - Biography, Height, Weight, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Career, Life Story & More
Name Simone
Biles
Full Name Simone Arianne Biles
Profession Women's artistic gymnastics
Date of Birth March
14, 1997
Age (as of 2023) 26
Years
Birthplace Columbus, Ohio
Zodiac sign Pisces
Nationality American and Belize
Hometown Spring, Texas
Religion Christianity
Ethnicity African-American
Simone Biles Educational Qualification
School Homeschooler
College Due to join UCLA after
the
2016 Summer Olympics
Educational
Qualifications High
School (2015)
Simone Biles Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.) in
centimeters- 142 cm
in
meters- 1.42 m
in
Feet Inches- 4’ 8”
Weight (approx.) in
Kilograms- 47 kg
in
Pounds- 103.6 lbs
Body Measurements
(approx.) 32-26-34
Eye Colour Black
Hair Colour Black
Simone Biles Debut
International
Debut 2013 City of Jesolo
Trophy
in Jesolo, Italy.
Coach/Mentor Aimee
Boorman
Chreography Dominic
Zito
Club World Champions Centre
Career
Turning Point 2013
City of Jesolo
Trophy
in Jesolo, Italy
Simone Biles Family
Family Father- Ronald Biles
(Air
traffic controller)
Mother-
Nellie Biles
(Stepmother
and guardian,
Co-owner
of chain
of
nursing homes
Shanon Biles (Birth
mother)
Simone Biles Siblings
Sisters Adria
Biles
Brother Adam
Biles
Simone Biles Relationship Status
Marital Status Married
Husband
Simone Biles Favourites
Hobbies Shopping, Netflix and
hanging
out with friends
Food Italian
Event Floor Exercises
TV Shows Pretty Little Liars
&
Finding Carter
Artists Zac Efron
Movie Divergent
Music Today's Hot List
Book Hunger Games series
Subject History
Simone Biles Net Worth
Net Worth
(approx.) $2 million
American artistic gymnast Simone Biles is well-known
for winning the individual gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games.
She is an artistic gymnast who often performs well on the floor, vault, and
all-around events. For a number of years, Simone Biles has held the titles in
each of the three sports. She is the most renowned American gymnast and the
most decorated gymnast in history thanks to her total of 32 medals at the
Olympics and World Championships. She holds the record for
the most Olympic gold medals earned by a female American in a single
competition. She is only the sixth woman in history to win both the individual
all-around gold medal at the World Championship and an Olympic medal. She
gained notoriety for her participation in Dancing with the Stars. At the
moment, Simone Biles resides in Spring, Texas in the USA.
Simone Biles Early Years
On March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, Shanon Biles and
Kelvin Clemons welcomed Simone into the world. Since he battled addiction
issues and left his family, Simone's father was never a part of her life.
Shanon, Simone's mother, struggled with alcohol and drug abuse as well. She
also had little involvement in the upbringing of her kids.
Ashley, Tevin, Adria, and Simone Biles are the other
three members of the family. Gymnast Adria Biles also competes. Her maternal
grandfather Ron Biles and his wife Nellie Cayetano Biles raised Simone. The
previous air traffic controller is Ron. Nurse Nellie formerly shared ownership
of a chain of nursing facilities in the USA.
Simone Biles Career
Simone Biles' career as a gymnast began when she
attempted the sport for the first time at the age of six while on a field trip
with her daycare peers. Her teachers were impressed, and they advised her to
pursue gymnastics.
She quickly made the decision to enrol in a training
program at Bannon's Gymnastics and started working with her official coach,
Aimee Boorman. she was only eight years old. She participated in the American
Classic in Houston in 2011, which marked the start of her formal career. Her
performance at the top spot on the vault and balancing beam earned her a
third-place overall finish. She competed in the USA Classic later that year in
Chicago, Illinois, and finished overall in 20th place. Her achievement in 2012
inspired her to focus more on her gymnastics career. She began homeschooling
instead of continuing in public school to pursue this goal, giving herself
approximately two more hours of training each day.
She won first place overall in the 2012 American
Classic in Huntsville, Texas, where she once again excelled at the vault. She
also won the US Classic in Chicago, which allowed her to compete in the
National Championship.
She finished third overall and first in vault at the
National Championship in 2012 as well. Her selection for the Junior National
Team was rather simple as a result. After Elizabeth Price and Kyla Ross
withdrew from the 2013 American Cup due to injuries, she and teammate Katelyn
Ohashi made their senior international debuts.
At the 2013 City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy,
Simone Biles won first place. She defeated the previous medallist Kyla Ross to
claim the title of all-around champion at the 2013 National Championships. In
all four competitions, she also took home silver. She was able to earn a spot
on the Senior National Team and World Championship Team as a result. At the
World Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Belgium, she took first place in the
Women's All-Round competition. After missing a few competitions at the
beginning of the year due to a shoulder issue, she duplicated her achievement
by winning the gold at the 2014 Gymnastics National Championship. In Nanning,
China, at the 2014 World Artistry Gymnastics Championship, she successfully
defended her world champion title. With a score of 62.2999, she won the 2015 AT
& T American Cup by 4.467 points over the silver medallist. In the same
month, she also took home the 2015 City of Jaslo Trophy. Simone Biles revealed
on July 29, 2015, that she would be going pro and had signed with Octagon. She
became just the second woman to do so by winning her third overall national
championship.
After winning the 2015 Artistic Gymnastics
Championship, she became the first woman to win three straight global
championships. On November 11, 2015, global sportswear company Nike agreed to
sponsor her. She won the all-around title in 2016 by a wide margin at both the
National Championship and the Pacific Rim Championships. She was included in
the Olympic team on July 10th, according to the announcement.
Simone Biles earned her first gold medal at the 2016
Olympic Games on August 9 in the team competition. On August 11th, she won the
individual event's all-around gold medal. With a score of 15.966, she captured
her second gold in the women's vault. She won gold in the floor competition
with the same score. Additionally, she took a bronze on the balancing beam.
Simone Biles Individual Life
Her medical information was made public in 2016
following the World Anti-Doping Agency's hack by the Russian cyber espionage
group Fancy Bear.
Her attention deficit hyperactivity disorder was
revealed on Twitter. She was given Therapeutic Use Exemption and permitted to
have the same treatment.
Before coaching Simone Biles, her instructor had never
worked with an outstanding gymnast, and she believes that this inexperience helped
the two of them experiment with and learn new techniques.
Simone considers Aimee Boorman to be a second mother.
The relationship with Aimee, in Simone's opinion, is beneficial to her in life
because she can read her thoughts and mood. Taylor Swift and Zac Efron are two
celebrities she admires greatly.
From 2017 to 2020, Simone Biles was dating Stacey
Ervin Jr. She started dating American football player Jonathan Owens in August
2020. She declared her engagement to Jonathan Owens on February 15, 2022.
Simone Biles Boyfriend/Husband
Biles dated Stacey Ervin Jr., a fellow gymnast, from
August 2017 to March 2020. She has been dating professional American football
player Jonathan Owens since August 2020. On February 15, 2022, Biles confirmed
her engagement. The two got married on April 22, 2023.
Simone Biles Recognition &
Achievements
She was selected by the Women's Sports Foundation as
Sportswoman of the Year in 2014 and 2016 and in the top 25 on ESPNW's list.
In 2015, she received a James E. Sullivan Award
nomination.
In 2015, she was named the Team USA female athlete of
the year.
She was selected as one of the BBC's 100 women for
2016. In the same year, she was a finalist for Person of the Year in TIME
magazine.
In 2016, she was a candidate for the ESPY's BEST
Female Athlete honor.
In one Olympic Games, she won the most gold medals of
any female gymnast.
She is only the fourth woman in Olympic history to win
every significant award.
She is only the second gymnast in Olympic history to
win both the team gold and the individual gold.
At the medal ceremony, Simone Biles carried the USA
team's flag. She was the first gymnast from the United States to receive this
recognition.
At the 2013 World Championship in Antwerp, she won
gold in all-around and floor, silver in vault, and bronze in balance beam.
She took home the team gold, the individual gold for
all-around, the balance beam gold, the floor gold, and the vault silver in the
2014 Nanning World Championship.
She kept her team, all-around, balance beam, and floor
gold medals from the 2015 World Championship in Glasgow, and she also took home
a bronze in the vault event.
She won the team, all-around, vault, and floor gold
medals at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Bronze was also awarded
to her for balance beam.
In the 2016 Everett Pacific Rim Championship, she won
both the team and individual gold medals.
In Season 24 of Dancing with the Stars, she was one of
the competitors paired with Sasha Farber. She came in fourth place overall.