Simone Biles
American gymnast Simone Biles starts the list of the best athletes. With five-time World all-around champion (2013–2015, 2018–2019), five-time World floor exercise champion (2013–2015, 2018–2019), three-time World balance beam champion (2014–2015, 2019), two-time World vault champion (2018–2019), a seven-time United States national all-around champion (2013–2016, 2018–2019, 2021), and a member of the gold medal-winning American teams at the 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Biles is the gymnast with the most World medals (25) and most World gold medals (19), having exceeded Vitaly Scherbo's record 23 World medals by winning her 24th and 25th, both gold, at the 2019 competition in Stuttgart.
25-year-old Simona has rewritten American and world records in gymnastics from her adolescence, and her reign is just beginning.
- Born: March 14, 1997
- Nationality: U.S.