Simone Biles Medals List

Born March 14, 1997, in Columbus, Ohio, Simone Arianne Biles Owens is an American artistic gymnast. Simone holds 37 World Championships and Olympic medals. Biles is regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time with seven Olympic medals tying with Shannon Miller for the most by a U.S. gymnast.

Simone Biles' Olympic Medals Wins

At the 2016 Rio Olympics, Simone Biles won four medals. She took home gold in the individual all-around, vault, and floor events and a bronze on the balance beam. Biles also helped the U.S. team to win gold.

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Biles was expected to win several gold medals but withdrew from most events due to "the twisties" a temporary loss of air awareness during twists. However, she won a silver medal with her team and a bronze on the balance beam.

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Simone Biles' Medals Breakdown

World Championships

Simone Biles has won the World all-around championship six times, is a six-time World floor exercise champion, and a four-time World balance beam champion. Biles also claimed the World vault title twice and has been a key member of the gold-winning American teams in 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, and 2023.

Biles has won four World silver medals (2013–2014 and 2023 on vault, 2018 on uneven bars) and three World bronze medals (2015 on vault, 2013 and 2018 on balance beam). In 2019, she broke the record for the most World Championship medals in gymnastics surpassing Vitaly Scherbo's 23 medals by winning her 24th and 25th medals. Biles now holds 30 World Championship medals.

Pacific Rim Championships

At the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships, Simone Biles won the all-around title. She achieved the highest scores on vault, debuting a tougher vault, floor exercise with a new routine, and balance beam.

Simone Biles' Olympic Appearances

Biles made Olympic appearances in the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, and the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

Simone Biles' Record & Achievements

2016

• Won Glamour Award for the Record Breaker.

• Named in ESPNW's Impact 25 and Sportswoman of the Year by the Women's Sports Foundation.

2017

• Won ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete.

• Won Shorty Awards for best in sports.

• Won Teen Choice Award for favorite female athlete.

• Holds Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year.

• Holds the Golden Plate Award from the American Academy of Achievement.

2018

Awarded Arthur Ashe Courage Award.

Inducted into Texas Women's Hall of Fame.

2019

Holds Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year (second time).

2020

Won Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year (third time)

2021

Won the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden.

2024

Earned fourth Laureus World Sports Award for Comeback of the Year.

Simone Biles' Olympic Journey

2016 Rio Summer Olympics

Biles competed in the Women's Qualification. She helped Team USA qualify in first place and personally for four individual finals. Biles won her first gold medal in the team event on August 9 contributing the highest scores on vault, beam, and floor. Team USA finished over eight points ahead of Russia.

Biles won gold in the individual all-around, leading in vault, beam, and floor. She and Aly Raisman became the second American pair to achieve this. Biles then won gold in the vault final with two impressive scores and despite a small error in the balance beam final, she secured a bronze medal. She ended her Olympics with a gold medal in the floor exercise.

With four gold medals and a bronze, Biles set an American record for most gold medals in women’s gymnastics at a single Games. Biles became the flag bearer in the closing ceremonies making her the first American female gymnast to do so. Biles ensured the USA medaled in every women's gymnastics event for the first time since 1984.

2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics

At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Despite errors during qualifications, Biles helped the U.S. team qualify for the team final and individually qualified for all finals, leading the all-around qualification. However, during the team final, Biles struggled with her Amanar vault and decided to withdraw due to mental health issues. Her team won silver behind Russia. Biles credited Naomi Osaka who also withdrew from competitions earlier for mental health as her inspiration.

Biles withdrew from the individual all-around, vault, uneven bars, and floor finals, citing a mental block known as "the twisties," which causes gymnasts to lose air awareness. She decided to compete in the balance beam final where she won bronze tying Shannon Miller for the most Olympic medals by an American female gymnast with seven medals.

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