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Simone Biles

Simone Biles Celebrity Profile
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Simone Biles of the U.S. talks to other gymnasts as she warms up on the second and last day of the apparatus finals of the Gymnastics World Championships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar Gymnastics World Championships, Doha, Qatar - 03 Nov 2018
US Olympian Simone Biles throws out the ceremonial first pitch before the start of the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals MLB 2019 World Series game two at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, 23 October 2019. The American League Champion Astros face the National League Champion Washington Nationals in a best-of-seven series to determine Major League Baseball's champion. Washington Nationals at Houston Astros, USA - 23 Oct 2019
Simone Biles of the United State listens to the national anthem during the award ceremony for the vault exercise in the women's apparatus finals at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany Gymnastics World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany - 12 Oct 2019
Editorial use only Mandatory Credit: Photo by Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock (10159658aw) Simone Biles 'Good Morning Britain' TV show, London, UK - 19 Mar 2019 OLYMPIC CHAMPIONS Simone Biles is four-times world champion and winner of three individual Olympic gold medals. Max Whitlock, Britain's greatest ever, has won two Olympic gold medals. This weekend, they will appear together in The Superstars Of Gymnastics at The O2 in London, a spectacle which has been dubbed 'Strictly gymnastics'. In January 2018, shortly before Larry Nassar was sentenced, Biles tweeted a statement in which she reported that, along with more than 160 other women, she had been sexually assaulted by the former national team doctor. She is reluctant to discuss Nassar at length but has agreed to a brief discussion without too much detail or reference to names. View Gallery View Gallery 11 Photos.

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Height:
4' 9"
Hometown:
Columbus

Bio:
Simone Biles (born Simone Arianne Biles in Columbus, Ohio on March 14, 1997) is an American gymnast. She is a three-time World all-round champion (2013-15) and a four-time United States national all-around champion (2013-16). Simone is the first African-American to be world all-around champion and the first woman to win three consecutive world all-around titles. Simone was a part of the Olympic gold medal-winning gymnastics team called the “Final Five” at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She set a new American record for most gold medals in women’s gymnastics in a single Games. She won gold in the women’s individual all-around, vault, floor exercise, and women’s gymnastics team final. She also snagged a bronze medal in the balance beam event. Simone will compete on season 24 of Dancing With the Stars with pro Sasha Farber.

Best Known For:
Simone is best known being a part of the “Final Five” at the Rio Olympics and winning four gold medals in women’s gymnastics.

Personal Life:
Simone was adopted by her grandparents. She verbally committed to the UCLA gymnastics team but planned to take a gap year to attended the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2015, she announced she would turn professional and lost her NCAA eligibility.