Simone Biles Biography: Age, Height, Personal Life, Achievments, Facts & Net Worth

Simone Biles

Simone Biles is an American artistic gymnast, who is widely considered the greatest gymnast ever. Her zeal to achieve the impossible through sheer dedication and hard work has made her the greatest.

There is hardly anything, she hasn’t achieved in the sport and has won 14 medals in her trophy cabinet that includes 10 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze. She is the first ever female gymnast to have won three consecutive World All around titles and most world championship gold medals ever.

She also holds gold medal in the individual all-around, vault and floor at the 2016 Olympics in Rio Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Today we will look at Simone Biles biography, early life, professional life, achievements and net worth.

Simone Biles Early life

Simone Biles Early life

Simone Biles was born to Kelvin Clemons and Shanon Biles on 14th March 1997, in Columbus, Ohio. Her childhood was full of obstacles and hurdles as both of her parents were drug and alcohol addict and were never really played a major role in her grooming and conditioning.

Simone is third of the four siblings; the others being Ashley, Tevin, and Adria. Adria Biles is also a gymnast. Simone was raised by her grandfather, Ron Biles (Shanon’s father), and his wife, Nellie Cayetano Biles. Ron is a former air traffic controller and Nellie is a nurse and a former co-owner of a chain of nursing homes in the USA.

Simone Biles Personal life

Simone Biles Personal life

In 2017, she officially announced her relationship with Stacey Ervin Jr., the director and head coach and director at the World Championship center. On January 2018, she accused USA Gymnastics physician Larry Nassar for sexually assaulting her and was awarded with Arthur Ashe Courage Award in honor for raising her voice.

Simone Biles Professional life
Simone Biles started her professional career at the age of 6 and enrolled at Bannon’s Gymnastix. Two years later she started training professionally and participated in American Classic in Houston.

In 2012 she participated in US classic and came first all-round and at vault. She made her senior debut with American Cup in 2013, but couldn’t finish first and settled with second position.

The same year she won in all round, vault, floor exercises and balanced team in the City of Jesolo Trophy. She didn’t stop there and won gold in AA, silver in VT, Gold in FX and bronze in BB.

Simone Biles Professional life

In 2014 she won a gold medal at the USA Gymnastics National Championships and World Champions in AA, VT, BB, and FX.

Her biggest achievement till date is winning gold in individual all-around, vault and floor exercises at 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. She also won a bronze medal at balanced beam.

At U.S. Gymnastics Championships in 2019 she became the first gymnast ever to land a double-twisting, double somersault dismount.

She has also participated at the season 24 of Dancing with the Stars and finished fourth, which was a feat in itself. She has authored a book named “courage to Soar,” and a film was also premiered based on the book.

Simone Biles Achievements

Simone Biles Achievements

  • She has been awarded with ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete in 2016
  • She has been awarded with BBC Overseas Sports Personality of the year in 2016
  • She has been Named Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 2016
  • She has been called the Olympic Athlete of the Year by the USOC in 2015
  • She has won a total of 14 medals across various competitions till date that includes 10 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze.
  • She is the only American to female athlete to have won all the national titles

Simone Biles Personal Details
Date of Birth-March 14, 1997
Age- 22 years
Birth Place- Columbus, Ohio
Zodiac sign/Sun sign- Pisces
Nationality- American and Belize
Hometown- Spring, Texas.
School- Homeschooler
College- Due to join UCLA after the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Educational Qualification- High School (2015)
Father- Ronald Biles
Mother- Nellie Biles
Marital Status- Unmarried
Sexual Orientation – Straight
Affairs/Boyfriends- Stacey Ervin

Physical Measurements
Height- in centimeters- 142 cm, in meters- 1.42 m, in Feet Inches- 4’ 8”
Weight- in Kilograms- 47 kg, in Pounds- 103.6 lbs
Body Measurements (approx.) 32-26-34
Eye Colour- Black
Hair Colour- Black

Simone Biles Net worth
Simon Biles has an estimated net worth of $4 million, mostly from Prize money and endorsements like The Hershey Company, United Airlines, and Proctor & Gamble.

Simone Biles Controversies

Simone Biles Controversies

The then USA Gymnastics interim CEO stepped down over a controversy that erupted on her now-deleted tweet criticizing Nike.

My withdrawal comes in the wake of personal attacks that, left undefended, would have made my leading USAG a liability for the organization,” she said in a statement.

With respect to Mr. Kaepernick, he nationally exercised his first amendment right to kneel. I exercised mine: to mark over on my own golf shoes, the logo of the company sponsoring him for ‘believing in something even if it means sacrificing everything’—while at a tournament for families who have lost a member of the armed services… who literally sacrificed everything,” Bono’s statement read.

To this, Biles reacted, stating: “That one tweet has now been made a litmus test of my reputation over almost two decades of public service.” She also called for a “smarter USA gymnastics president.”

Biles’ brother Tevin Biles-Thomas was arrested on charges of triple murder. “Still having a hard time processing last week’s news,” she shared on social media.

My heart aches for everyone involved, especially for the victims and their families. There is nothing that I can say that will heal anyone’s pain, but I do want to express my sincere condolences to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy,” Simone continued. “I ask everyone to please respect my family’s privacy as we deal with our pain. XO.

USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal broke where athletes were sexually assaulted by gym owners, coaches, and staff working for gymnastics programs across the country, particularly, longtime USA Gymnastics (USAG) national team doctor Larry Nassar. Simon Biles was one of the complainants after the scandal broke in September 2016. She, among others, accused Nassar of sexually assaulting them.

Simon Biles was in the middle of another controversy when she responded to inappropriate comments by teammate Gabby Douglas, who tweeted women have a “responsibility” to dress “modestly and be classy” in reply to a social media message from 2016 USA Olympics Gymnastics teammate Aly Raisman, whose message revolved around women’s right to be “sexy and comfortable in their own skin”

Social Media Profiles
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Simone Biles Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnxqFgLcdqkZ2U8Qp90LRDw

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