Simone Biles is the most celebrated gymnast in the United States let alone world today. There are top level gymnasts all over the world from China to Italy to Great Britain and more but Simone is the goat, which means the Greatest Of All Time in their field. Most often, the acronym G.O.A.T. praises exceptional athletes but also musicians and other public figures.
Standing at only 4 foot 8 inches, Simone Bile was made for the sport. Her small frame and strength helped her become the powerhouse and genius gymnast she is today.
Simone Bile is a four-time Olympic gymnastics champion from the United States. She has become the first female athlete to have reached such a level of praise and success.
Biles is unstoppable as she has won 25 World medals, which would be exactly 19 golds the most in gymnastics history. She is unique. Why? Because Biles is the first female American. gymnast to win four gold medals. All at a single Olympic games!
1. Simone Biles started doing gymnastics at young age when in daycare
Gymnastics is not an easy sport or activity to start but the earlier the better. When Biles was only six years old, she started to already practice and learn gymnastics. Why? Because Biles took a daycare field trip. In particular, this gym located outside of Houston is where Simone Biles at only 6 years began to imitate the first older gymnasts she saw. It was all coincidental and luck because it was the coaches who initially first spotted Simone’s talent. The coaches were so insistent they even sent a letter to Simone Biles parents. It was these coaches that suggested Biles take up and start doing gymnastics.
In the beginning of her career and training, Biles worked with coach Aimee Boorman from almost the beginning. Her dedication with these coaches lasted until she worked with Boorman through the Rio Olympics. Clearly, Biles had an early and loyal group of coaches and personal dedication and as well indeed natural talent for gymnastics.
2. Simone Biles grew up in a variety of places and was adopted
Biles was born in Columbus, Ohio. However, today Biles now lives near Houston, Texas. Her background was more varied than most for various personal and family reasons, and of course her dedication to gymnastics.
However, the pioneering gymnast and her siblings were put in foster care because of problems with her mother related to substance issues. Consequently, she was put into homes, which were for foster care. However, things were greatly improved when Biles’ grandfather, Ron, and her grandmother, Nellie, soon adopted and raised Simone Biles and her siblings inTexas.
In a beautiful development for Simone Biles and the world of gymnastics, her maternal grandparents raised her. Simone’s grandfather was an Air Force veteran and her grandmother a retired nurse.Tremendously, by officially adopting Biles at 6 years old as well and moving to Texas she was able to excel in childhood and become a top gymnastics legend and record breaker.
3. Simone Biles has five gymnastics moves named after her as of now …
Simone Biles is such a genius that she has five gymnastic moves named after her. Amazingly, she has a whopping five gymnastics moves named after her. In order for an element to be named after a gymnast, they must be the first to successfully perform the element in a major international competition, like the World Championships or the Olympics. More could be in development because she keeps adding moves quite often. She is one of a kind in every way! As a gymnast, Simone Biles had submitted the particular moves to a governing body for consideration. Biles has two moves on vault, including the Biles II (aka a Yurchenko double pike), which helped her win the gold medal on vault at the 2024 Paris Olympics. She also has one on beam (a dismount with two flips and two twists) and two on floor, both extremely difficult tumbling moves.
Some or all of these bear the name Biles. Moreover, If you are to have moves or things named after you is an honor in itself. Biles is clearly in a league of her own innovating and pushing gymnastics to an even more exciting, challenging, and innovative direction.
4. Simone Biles is so popular and loved that she has her own emoji.
How many people let alone celebrities and athletes have their own emoji. It is truly a feat because as well all know and love, emojis are universally loved. For Simone, her emoji is the “Simoji.” Her emoji can be bought as a 99-cent app. The Simone Biles emoji showcases numerous cartoon gymnast figures or characters in Biles’s likeness doing gymnastics! She is the first female athlete and first Olympian honored with her own emoji, so this is special.
Biles has mentioned in an interview, in reference to the emojis, which emojis meant the most to her. For Biles, her favorite emoji overall would be the winking smiley face. This emoji has its tongue sticking out. One of her emojis is a little gray goat, which is wearing a shiny orange leotard. This emoji is doing the splits while wearing a gold medal as well. Some other big name athletes who had the honor to get their own GOAT emoji are usually football players like Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes.
5. Biles is always breaking records and setting new records in Gymnastics
Biles is head and shoulders above the competition. Biles can truly compete and make things better for herself compared to anyone else. For example, Biles is the first female gymnast to successfully perform a vault move called the Yurchenko double pike in competition for gymnastics. Biles is also the only American woman to make three Olympic teams in Olympic history.
More importantly, Simone has broken a lot of records. She stands alone in being a competitor and champion. Why? She continues to be dominant and successful in pushing herself.. Biles has established a record-setting 37 world and Olympic medals! This is just stunning considering how young she is overall still.
In summary, it is no question why Simone Biles is often referred to as the ‘GOAT.” Furthermore, Biles developed the technical gymnastic move involving a roundoff back handspring onto the springboard! Truly stunning as this maneuver includes vaulting high enough to complete two flips in a pike position.
6. Simone Biles has helped establish her own massive gym in Texas
As gymnasts, Simone Biles is unique and doing her own thing and breaking records in gymnastics as a sport. However, how many young athletes or gymnasts already own gyms? Incredibly, Biles at just the age of 24 has done more than many and owns a big gym in Texas. In summary, Biles is part owner along with her parents, Ron and Nellie Biles, which run a business by and for African Americans.
This gym is the ideal training arena for Biles and fellow Olympian Jordan Chiles. The gym by Biles is a state-of-the-art complex for gymnastics in the United States. The gym in Houston, Texas is 52,000 square feet. It features lots of gymnastics equipment, and as well a private school and a viewing area with pictures of Simone Biles.
Also, she has established the Simone Biles International Invitational, which is a championship that is held every year. Simone Biles is clearly investing her life and money into gymnastics for herself and family and as well future generations in the US.
7. Simone Biles had the same coach since she was 8 years old
Simone’s coach, Aimee Boorman, is an American artistic gymnastics coach. However, their work together and relationship led to her coaching the 2016 Olympic champion. Moreover, Biles would also go ahead to greatness even after their working relationship ended. Being loyal and knowing your friends and supporters is crucial in life. It is no different with Simone Biles.
In the beginning, the Gymnastics coach, Boorman, noticed Simone about a year after she started training. Boorman could clearly see the talent and raw natural ability. It was clear that Simone Biles was destined for the stars and she clearly noticed her natural talent.
Interestingly enough, Boorman had never trained an elite gymnast as of yet. Moreover, it was a risk considering the legacy coaches in gymnastics like Bela and Martha Karolyi. In the end, Simone Biles saw the fresh experience with Boorman as advantageous. As it was a learning process that both shaped the coach and gymnast to win big time.
8. Gymnastics training also pursued by Simone Biles’ sister
Biles has a sister who is dedicated to gymnastics. Thanks to Simone and Adria’s parents, Nellie and Ron, who were adopted around the same time very young. Both sisters, Simone and Adria, were raised together with gymnastics. The bond and training for gymnastics is so close that up until the age of 16, Adria trained with Simone. Also, both trained and participated in gymnastics competitions together!
Both had personal stories involving their future careers in gymnastics. For example, Simone used to jump off a second-floor railing while an admiring and equally active, Adria,would train and compete in early meets. In terms of differences, Adria is about 6 inches taller than Simone, but interestingly enough fans often had confused the sisters at the Rio Olympics.
All in all, in terms of her gymnastic career, Adria has had some success. When Adira started at 9-years old she had been able to compete at the junior elite level. This is a big feat for any budding gymnast, and from there Adria even started training and competing alongside with Simone and competing until 2016.
9. Biles is active in Philanthropy and Giving to the Community
Not many know, but Biles has been active and concerned in regards to doing charitable work. Being successful also means being someone who is attentive to giving to the neediest and underprivileged.
It is not surprising then that one of Biles greatest contributions have been her support and aid for foster care organizations. This is a personal issue for Biles because of her adoption and family challenges. Clearly, for Biles, this is a cause close to her heart. For Biles, she grew up in foster homes as a young child so she donates and provides financial support.
Biles has dedicated her time to help establish “ChildHelp” and “Project Glimmer.” These two charities focus on providing and giving support to children in foster care. Moreover, these charities help build confidence in disadvantaged children.
Biles also recently partnered with “Athleta,” which would help in launching a clothing line. Biles’ clothing line is performance wear where a portion of the profits and proceeds go to charitiable organizations.
10. Biles has her own line of Gymnastics Equipment
Not many athletes or gymnasts have their own line or brand of equipment. However, Biles has
has collaborated with numerous brands to create her own line of gymnastics equipment. What does this mean? Bile has leotards, grips, and other varied accessories that bestows her name for gymnastics!
Simone Biles Signature Collection of gymnastics equipment is produced and sold by Spieth America. In general, Biles’ exclusive collection showcases a variety of high quality and popular equipment designed to help athletes pursuing gymnastics. It is stressed that this equipment is good for anyone of all ages and skill levels to train like Simone Biles herself.
Expect to find things like the Simone Biles wood beam and more things like mats. Biles has been very active to get her own gym, brand, and resources built and funded.
