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Biles grew up in Spreadingto, theafter she and her sister Adria were adopted by their grandparents, Ronald and Nellie Biles. Simone became interested  six during a day-care field trip to Bannon’s Gymnastix, and she remained thehere for 11 years under the direction of her coach, Aimee Boorman. Biles won a gold in floor exercise and a bronzhe Women’s Junior Olympic National Championships in 2010 before breaking into the elite level of competition in 2011. Less than two years later she dominated the sport. What set Biles apart was her consistency, her exuberant personality, and the high degree of difficulty she incorporated into her routines in all four eventsIn 2013, her first year as a senior competitor, the 4-foot 8-inch (1.4-meter) Biles won the all-around title at her first world gymnastics championships, becoming the first African American woman to claim the title. She also  the floor exercise, earned the silver medal in vault, and took home the bronze medal in balance beam. At the 2014 world championships, Biles captured four gold medals: in the women’s team competition and the individual all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise events. She also took the silver medal in vault.

Biles claimed her third consecutive U.S. all-around title in 2015, becoming the first woman to accomplish that feat since Kim Zmeskal in 1992. At the 2015 world championships, she completed her hat trick of all-around titles. She also secured the balance beam and floor exercise titles, the bronze medal in vault, and a share of the team title. Those wins brought her career total to 14 world championship medals, the most ever earned by a U.S. gymnast, male or female. In addition, her 10 world championship gold medals were the most won by a female gymnast in the sport’s history. Biles would go on to add to those totals