Top five American gymnasts of all time ft. Simone Biles

Simone Biles leads the list of the greatest American gymnasts. While the seven-time Olympic champion is a cut above the rest, the USA has produced several other world-class gymnasts over the last century, who have dominated the international stages, earning one laurel after another at the World Championships and Olympic Games.

Following the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials, Biles is set to lead the five-member team for the USA at the Paris Olympics 2024. While she is already the most decorated gymnast of all time, if anyone has doubts about her greatness, the 27-year-old would look to end those in Paris.

Top five greatest American gymnasts of all time

#5 Dominique Dawes

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Dominique Dawes, 47, is one of only four American gymnasts alongside Simone Biles to compete at three consecutive Olympic Games. She was part of the 1992,1996, and 2000 Summer Olympics, winning four medals in her three campaigns. Along with a gold and two bronze medals as part of Team USA, Dawes secured the individual bronze medal on floor exercise in her career.

She also enjoyed impressive runs in the World Championships. Dawes amassed four world medals in her career, three silver and one bronze. Three of those four medals were in individual competition.

#4 Shawn Johnson

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Shawn Johnson is regarded as among the most famous and greatest American gymnasts of all time. Although she competed in only one Olympic Games, Johnson won four medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A gold medal winner on the balance beam, she also won silver medals in the all-around, floor exercise, and team competitions. It marks one of the most successful Olympic campaigns for an American gymnast after Nastia Liukin’s 2008 and Simone Biles’ 2016 Olympic pursuits.

Johnson also won three gold medals at the 2007 World Championships. She secured the team, all-around, and floor exercise titles. In the same year at the Pan American Games, the 32-year-old had won four gold medals.

#3 Nastia Liukin

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Daughter of gymnastics icon Valeri Liukin, Nastia Liukin enjoyed tremendous success on the international stage. She won a whopping five medals including a gold at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Liukin was crowned the all-around Olympic champion and won three silver medals, on team, uneven bars, and balance beam. She secured a bronze medal in floor exercise.

In the World Championships, Liukin amassed nine medals. She won the gold medal four times, two each at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships. All of her other five medals were silver.

#2 Shanon Miller

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Shanon Miller is the joint-most decorated American gymnast of all time with seven medals in two Olympic Games. Miller won two gold medals at the 1996 Olympics in balance beam and team competitions. At the 1992 Olympics, she secured five medals, two silver (all-around and balance beam) and three bronze medals (Team, uneven bars, and floor exercise).

Miller also enjoyed a dominant run at the World Championships, winning five gold medals in the two Games in 1993 and 1994. She also secured three world silver and one bronze medal in her career.

#1 Simone Biles

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Simone Biles stands as the greatest American gymnast and one of the best the world has ever seen. With a total of 37 Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the most decorated gymnast in the world. Biles has won the joint-most Olympic medals by an American, seven. However, four of those are gold while Shanon Miller only had two.

Along with 23 gold medals at the World Championships, the most by anyone, Simone Biles has five gymnastics skills named after her. She has a total of 30 world medals to her name, and, as a gauge of her greatness, the next best is 23 by Vitaly Scherbo.