Simone Biles
American artistic gymnast
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| May 2025 | Awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Washington University in St. Louis. |
| April 2025 | Awarded her fifth career Laureus World Sports Award in the Sportswoman of the Year category for the fourth time |
| 2024 | During the Paris Olympics qualification round, Biles qualified for the team final in first place and individually qualified for all-around, vault, balance beam, and floor exercise finals. |
| 2024 | Qualified for the Olympic team final in first place and individually qualified to the all-around, vault, balance beam, and floor exercise finals. |
| 2024 | Qualified for the Olympic trials, winning the all-around and first on floor exercise, despite falling off the balance beam on day two. |
| 2024 | Won gold medal in all events at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, becoming the first gymnast to win nine all-around titles at the event. |
| 2024 | Wins Olympic gold medals in individual all-around and vault, becomes the oldest female gymnast to win a U.S. national championship, and leads the United States team (dubbed the 'Golden Girls') to team gold. |
| 2024 | In the Olympic floor exercise final, Biles won silver, ending her streak of 10 consecutive international gold medals on the apparatus. |
| 2024 | Wins her ninth United States national all-around championship, becoming the oldest female gymnast to win the title. Wins Olympic gold in individual all-around and vault, silver on floor exercise and team competition. |
| 2024 | In the Olympic balance beam final, Biles finished fifth, marking the first time in nine Olympic or World Championship beam finals that she did not win a medal. |
| 2024 | In the Olympic vault final, Biles won gold, becoming the second woman after Věra Čáslavská to win two Olympic vault titles by performing her Biles II and a Cheng vault. |
| 2024 | During the Olympic team final, Biles competed on all four apparatuses and helped the United States win the gold medal. |
| 2024 | In the Olympic all-around final, Biles won gold, becoming the third female artistic gymnast to win two Olympic all-around titles and the first to do so non-consecutively. |
| 2024 | At the Olympic trials, Biles placed first in the all-around, first on floor exercise, second on uneven bars, and fourth on balance beam. She was selected to represent the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympics. |
| 2024 | At the Paris Olympics, Biles became the fourth American female artistic gymnast to compete in three Olympic Games and the first reserve for the uneven bars final. |
| 2024 | At the Olympic closing ceremony, Biles participated in the ceremonial passing of the Olympic flag from Paris to Los Angeles. |
| 2024 | Documentary series 'Simone Biles Rising' released, consisting of 2 episodes |
| July 2024 | Named Sports Illustrated's Sportsperson of the Year for winning three gold medals at the Summer Olympics and changing gymnastics in the United States. |
| May 18 2024 | Biles opened her competitive season at the Core Hydration Classic, winning her seventh career U.S. Classic all-around title. She placed first in the all-around, first on floor exercise, first in vault, and second on uneven bars and balance beam. |
| April 2024 | Awarded her fourth career Laureus World Sports Award in the Comeback of the Year category. |
| December 2023 | Named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the third time in her career and international female Champion of Champions by L'Équipe for the fourth time. |
| December 2023 | Named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year for the third time in her career. |
| October 2023 | Qualified first in the all-around final at the World Championships with a score of 58.932 and became the only gymnast to qualify for all individual event finals except uneven bars. |
| October 2023 | Won her sixth world all-around gold medal at the World Championships, surpassing Vitaly Scherbo as the most successful gymnast of all time at the Olympics and World Championships. |
| October 2023 | Won gold medal on floor exercise at the World Championships with a score of 14.633, becoming the first gymnast in world championships history to win six gold medals on one apparatus. |
| October 2023 | Won silver medal on vault at the World Championships with an average score of 14.549, despite falling on her first vault and incurring a deduction. |
| October 2023 | Won gold medal on balance beam at the World Championships with a score of 14.800, beating silver medalist Zhou Yaqin by one-tenth of a point. |
| September 2023 | Attended the U.S. women's selection camp for the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, winning the first day of competition and securing automatic qualification to the U.S. Worlds team. |
| August 2023 | Won her eighth national all-around title at the U.S. National Championships, breaking Al Jochim's record and becoming the oldest woman to win the title at 26 years and 166 days old. |
| August 5 2023 | Competed at the 2023 U.S. Classic, winning the all-around competition by five points and placing first on balance beam and floor exercise. |
| June 2023 | Announced return to competition at the 2023 U.S. Classic after a break. |
| April 22 2023 | Married professional football player Jonathan Owens. |
| July 7 2022 | Presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden, becoming the youngest person to receive this honor. |
| February 15 2022 | Announced her engagement to professional football player Jonathan Owens. |
| 2021 | Wins her seventh United States national all-around championship. |
| August 2 2021 | Competed in the balance beam final, winning a bronze medal with a scaled-down routine. This medal tied her with Shannon Miller for most Olympic medals by an American female gymnast (7 total) and matched Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina's record of 32 combined World and Olympic medals. |
| July 2021 | Competed in the 2020 Olympic Games qualifications, qualifying first in the all-around and becoming the only athlete to qualify for all individual finals (all-around, vault, floor exercise, balance beam, and uneven bars). |
| July 31 2021 | Withdrew from the floor exercise final, leaving open the possibility of competing in the balance beam final. |
| July 30 2021 | Withdrew from the vault and uneven bars finals due to continued mental health and performance challenges. |
| July 28 2021 | Withdrew from the individual all-around competition at the Olympics, citing mental health concerns. |
| July 7 2021 | Presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden, becoming the youngest person to receive this honor. |
| June 2021 | Won her 7th national all-around title at the U.S. National Championships, qualifying for the Olympic Trials. She placed first in vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, and third in uneven bars. |
| May 2021 | Competed at the U.S. Classic, debuting a groundbreaking Yurchenko double pike vault never before completed by a woman, and won her U.S. Classic all-around title. The vault was given a preliminary D-score of 6.6, making it the highest-valued vault in women's gymnastics. |
| April 2021 | Announced leaving Nike for a new apparel sponsorship with Athleta. |
| 2020 | At the Tokyo Olympics, Biles withdraws from most competitions due to 'the twisties', winning a silver medal with the team nicknamed the 'Fighting Four'. |
| 2020 | Wins the Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year award. |
| March 2020 | USA Gymnastics announced Biles would not attend the Tokyo World Cup due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. |
| February 2020 | Simone Biles was initially selected to represent the United States at the Tokyo World Cup scheduled for April 4. |
| October 2019 | Won gold on floor exercise, tying the record of most gold medals won at a single World Championships with Larisa Latynina and Boris Shakhlin, and becoming the record holder for most world titles on floor exercise. |
| October 2019 | Led Team USA to its fifth consecutive team title at the World Championships, surpassing Svetlana Khorkina as the most-decorated female gymnast in World Championship history. |
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