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**Simone Biles Owens** is an American gymnast. She’s currently the most decorated gymnast of all time in world championships history, & the 3rd most decorated overall.

## 2013-2014

Biles made her senior debut at the American cup, where she placed 2nd. She competed at the US classic, but withdrew after injuring her ankle. After winning the national championships, she won the world championships AA & FX gold, a silver on vault, & a bronze medal on beam.

Biles' debut in 2014 was pushed back due to a shoulder injury. She returned to the US classic, where she won, & won nationals after that. She also won a gold in every event at worlds except for vault, where she won silver, & on bars, where she did not qualify.

## 2015-2017

Biles started the year off by winning the American Cup. After once again winning the national championships, Biles was named for the world championships. There, she won the all around, floor, beam, and team titles, in addition to winning a bronze medal on vault. In 2016, after a successful national championships, Simone was named for the Olympic Team. There, she was gold on vault, with the team, on floor, & bronze on beam.

Biles didn't appear much in 2017 for mental reasons, but otherwise had a great performance at Orleans cup. Hurricane Harvey pushed her back a little, but competed at the Orleans cup anyways, finishing in 1st place.

## 2018

Simone fell on bars at the US classic, but still won. Prior to the national championships, Biles suffered a broken toe, but still competed anyways and finished 1st. In September, Simone fell at US wold trials, but still made it. At the world championships, she had a solid qualification, but was diagnosed with a kidney stone earlier that day, and struggled in the team final, but still won gold. In the all around, she fell twice, but still won due to her high difficulty. She also won floor & vault, silver on bars, & another bronze medal on beam. At the autumn games, Biles only competed on beam and floor, where she won gold on beam and bronze on floor after a fall.

## 2019-2021

Simone made her 2019 debut at the Stuttgart World Cup, winning yet another gold. She competed at her 7th national championships, winning the competition, despite a fall on floor. Also despite a fall on bars at the US world trials, she still qualified for the world championships, winning all finals except for bars, where she was 5th.

Simone missed the 2020 season due to COVID-19. She returned to the US classic in 2021. Despite falling on bars & floor, she won the competition. After a success national championships, Biles competed at the Olympic trials. She had a good day one, but struggled on day two. She overrotated on her vaults, has a mistake on bars, went out of bounds on floor, and fell on beam. Because she placed first, she was named for the Olympic Games.

### Tokyo Olympics

In qualifications, Biles struggled with her performances, overrotating her full twisting double on both floor and beam, in addition to having a subpar vault performance. Despite this, she qualified for the team and floor finals in 2nd, and the top qualifier for vault & all around, as well as qualifying for the bars and beam finals. In team finals, Simone shockingly withdrew from the competition after faltering on vault, & also withdrew from most of the individual finals. However, she competed in the beam final, where she performed a watered down routine & placed 3rd.

It was later reported that she had a case of the "twisties", a psychological phenomenon causing a gymnast to lose air awareness while performing twisting elements, throughout the Olympics.

### Post-Olympics

Biles confirmed to compete at the Gold Tour, and did not compete at worlds as a result. After the tour, Simone took time off to focus on her mental health.

## 2023

After marrying NFL player Jonathan Owens, Simone Biles returned to elite gymnastics. She started things off by winning the US Classic by 5 full points. At the national championships, she won by nearly 4 full points despite suffering a minor injury on day 1. Later, at world trials, she fell on bars but was still named for her 6th world championships.

### Gallery

2013-2016 gallery

Biles at the 2017 Orleans cupBiles at the 2018 national championshipsBiles in qualifications at the 2018 world championshipsBiles in event finals at the 2018 world championshipsBiles at the 2018 autumn championshipsBiles at the 2019 us national championshipsBiles at the 2019 world championshipsBiles at 2021 the US classicBiles at the 2021 us national championshipsBiles at the 2021 US Olympic trialsBiles at the 2021 Gold TourBiles at the 2023 US ClassicBiles at the 2023 US championshipsBiles in qualifications at the 2023 world championshipsBiles in team finals at the 2023 world championshipsBiles during the all around final at the 2023 world championshipsBiles in event finals at the 2023 world championships

Biles in podium training at the 2021 Olympic GamesBiles in qualifications at the 2021 Olympic GamesBiles in qualifications at the 2021 Olympic GamesBiles in the team final at the 2021 Olympic GamesBiles in the beam final at the 2021 Olympic Games
1. ↑  Hurricane Harvey