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Childhood
When Simone was three years old, her mother's custody was taken away.
Her father, like her mother, was a drug addict and abandoned his
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Adoption
In 2003, they officially adopted the two youngest siblings, Simone and Adria, and Ron's sister, Harriet, adopted the older two. -
Career
Simone Biles officially began her career at the Huntsville, Texas "American Classic" meet in 2011. She finished third in the Individual Meet, first on vault and balance beam, fourth on floor, and eighth on uneven bars. Later that month, she competed in the 2011 "Cover Girl" tournament, held in Chicago, Illinois, where she finished fifth on balance beam and floor -
American Classic
Her first meet of 2012, was again at the "American Classic" competition, but this time, she finished first overall in the individual and vault, second on floor, third on balance beam, and fourth on uneven bars. -
American Cup
Biles' debut as a senior gymnast was in March 2013, at the "American Cup," an international event. She and her partner Katelyn Ohashi were called up to replace Elsabeth Black and Kyla Ross, who had withdrawn from the competition due to injuries. During the individual final, Biles was leading the competition for two rounds, however her fall from the balance beam prevented her from winning, finishing in second place, behind her compatriot Katelyn. -
Secret U.S. Classic
In July of this year, he participated in the 2013 "Secret U.S. Classic" competition. He performed poorly, falling several times, and did not compete in the vault after spraining his ankle during the floor exercise. Later, she was invited together with the national team to enter the training camp at the ranch of Marta Karolyi, coordinator of the United States national team. -
American Cup
Biles missed the start of the season due to a shoulder injury, missing out on the 2014 American Cup. where she won the individual all-around by a wide margin over second place, she won the vault, balance beam and floor final -
Artistic Gymnastics World Championships
On October 17, she was selected to compete at the 2014 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning, China. During the team final, Biles led the American team, which was crowned world champion with a difference of almost seven points from the second place, the Chinese team. -
American Cup
He started the season on March 7, competing in the 2015 American Cup, held in Texas, managing to win the overall individual competition with 62,299 points and with an advantage of more than four points compared to second place. Biles ended that month competing in the City of Jesolo trophy, a competition where he won the individual overall with a score of 62.100. -
Olympic Trials
In July she participated in the Olympic Trials (Olympic team selection trials) where she managed to be one of the athletes chosen to represent the United States at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games. -
Boyfriend
In August 2017, he announced that he was in a relationship with Stacey Ervin Jr, the director and coach of the World Champions Center. -
World Artistic Gymnastics Championship
In January 2018, he declared that he had been the victim of sexual abuse by the former doctor of the US gymnastics team Larry Nassar,
At the World Artistic Gymnastics Championship of that same year, held in Doha. Biles was once again the winner of the all-around contest, in addition to winning the vault and floor finals and getting the team victory with the United States, for which she won four gold medals, in addition to silver on uneven bars and bronze on balance beam. -
Artistics Gymnastics World Championships
At the 2019 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, held in Stuttgart, she qualified for all the finals to be played, being the third time she had achieved this achievement.For the finals, the USA gymnastics team clinched the gold medal for the fifth consecutive time, giving Biles her twenty-first medal and sixteenth world championship gold medal. -
Olympic Games
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Biles announced her withdrawal from participation during the team artistic gymnastics team final, citing mental health issues; The United States ended up winning the silver medal.
2021: -
Nike
On April 23, 2021, Biles broke her relationship with Nike that had united her since the end of 2015, to join the North American sports brand Athleta, linked to Gap.