#3 Simone Biles (USA)
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Simone Biles was one of the superstars at the Rio Olympic games. She did not disappoint though claiming gold in the individual All-Around event. She also won gold medals in the floor exercise and vault events before bagging a bronze on the balance beam. She then went on to help her team to an overall gold medal as team USA reasserted their dominance in the world of gymnastics over the likes of Russia and China.
But the individual all-around was the one which she was after and she managed to win the same by finishing ahead of her compatriot Ali Raisman and Russia’s Aliya Mustafina with an overall score of 62.198, almost two points clear of her nearest rival.
She put in dominating displays in the floor exercise and the vault as well brushing aside every other competition on her way to gold. The likes of Ali Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Koechlin helped Biles on her way to the gold medal in the team event in gymnastics.
Medals : 4 Gold (Women’s Team, Women’s Individual All-Around, Women’s Vault, Women’s Floor Exercise) , 1 Bronze (Women’s Balance Beam)
