Simone Biles
Birthday: March 14, 1997
Nickname: $imoney
Famous For: Simone is the most decorated American gymnast of all time.
Famous Quote: "Today, do what others won't so tomorrow you can accomplish what others can't."
20 Interesting Facts
1. Simone was born in 1997 in Columbus, Ohio.
2. Simone is 4 foot, 8 inches tall.
3. Simone is the third of four siblings.
4 Her birth mother couldn't take off her and all four children went into foster care.
5. When she was 3 years old, her grandmother and grandfather took care of her and her sister then later adopted them.
6. Simone first tried gymnastics at age 6 during a daycare field trip.
7. Simone started training with a coach at the age of 8.
8. At 14, she started homeschooling. This allowed her to train for 6-8 hours a day.
9. At the age of 16, she began to dominate at the junior elite level of gymnastics.
10. In 2013, she became the first black American woman to win an All Around title.
11. In her first Olympics in 2016, she won 4 gold medals.
12. Simone is the most decorated American gymnast ever. She has won 32 Olympic and World Championship medals in her gymnastics career.
13. She has four difficult gymnastic moves named after her.
14. She loves pizza and treats herself to a pepperoni pizza after each gymnastics meet.
15. There is a goat on Simone's leotard (gymnastics outfit). It is a symbol for the greater of all time.
16. She loves dogs. She owns two French bulldogs named Lilo and Rambo.
17. Simone has her own emoji called the "Simoji."
18. She has four difficult gymnastic moves named after her.
19. President Joe Biden gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2022.
20. Simone is 25 years old today and is engaged to get married.
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