Simone Biles 2016 Olympics!
This year’s olympics were HUGE!! It had everybody talking and debating about which team was better and who was going to win at the end of it all. 19 year old Simone Biles, winner of 2016’s gold gymnastics medal was one of the main topics on everybody’s tongue. The natural daredevil, was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio was actually adopted, when she was taken from her birth mother who struggled with addiction and was placed in foster care with her three siblings. She was adopted at six years old and has lived with her grandparents ever since.
Only seeing her through the television screen, looks can be very deceiving, especially height. Simone is the shortest out of all five-hundred and fifty five olympic athletes. She is four foot nine and is killing the game. Aside from being a gymnast she is also a huge role model in her family. Her younger sister Adria is a gymnast as well. Adria is seventeen as well, and practices with Simone on routines.
Only being nineteen years old, Simone is the first at a lot of things and she hasn’t even been in the game that long. She is the first female to win three world titles and is the first african american woman to become an all around the world champion! Simones coach of eight years came into the game with her and they both didn’t have any learning experience. Her coach says “We had to learn together; but that’s why we are so close because we had to learn from each other.
Simone Biles is a great addition to history!