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Simone Arianne Biles Owens[ 4 ] OLY (née Biles; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history. [ 5 ] She is widely regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time. [ 6 ]
American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980. [2] A total of 90 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 62 medals at the Olympics – 11 in team all-around, 11 in individual all-around, 7 in vault, 10 in uneven bars, 11 in balance beam, and 12 in floor exercise.
This section lists the female Artistic Gymnasts who have won at least one medal in every event (team final, all-around, Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor Exercise) at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The years listed refer to the World Championships at which the gymnast won her first medal in the event; the dates of any ...
On Thursday, Simone Biles made a strong case for being one of the greatest gymnasts of all time in a dominating performance for the ages. Biles captured her second gold medal of Rio Olympics ...
On Thursday, Simone Biles made a strong case for being one of the greatest gymnasts of all time -- see the most incredible photos from her routine.
Ágnes Keleti and Margit Korondi both competed for Hungary in 1956 and 1960. [7][8] Keleti won 10 medals, including two golds on floor exercise. [7] Korondi won eight total medals. [8] Czechoslovakia's Věra Čáslavská won 11 total Olympic medals, the second-most of any female gymnast. She won one in 1960, four in 1964, and six in 1968.
In June 2007, Gaylord was named the seventh-best U.S. gymnast of all time by Yahoo Sports. [27] In 1990, he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. [28] He was also named to the UCLA Hall of Fame in 1995, the US Olympic Hall of Fame in 2005, and the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2009. [29] [30]
Back in October, Biles won her record 21st gold medal, which made her the most decorated woman gymnast of all time. See more photos of the couple: Show comments. Advertisement.