Biles is the gymnast with the highest number of World medals (25) and most World gold medals (19) and has surpassed Vitaly Scherbo's record-breaking 23 World medals by winning her 25th and 24th medals, both gold, at the competition of 2019 in Stuttgart. [8] She is the female gymnast to have the highest number of World all-around championships (5). She's the sixth person to be awarded an all-around title both at the World Championships and the Olympics and is the first gymnast since Lilia Podkopayeva in the year 1996 to hold both titles simultaneously. Biles is the tenth gymnast and the first American female gymnast to receive the World medal on every event, and the first female gymnast since Daniela Silivas in 1988 to achieve a medal at every event in a single Olympic Games or World Championships the feat was achieved at the 2018 World Championships in Doha. Biles was born on 14 March 1997 in Columbus, Ohio. She is the fourth of her siblings. Shanon Biles, her birth mother, was unable to care for Simone as well as her three other children, Adria, Ashley, or Tevin. All four children were into and out of foster care. After finding out that Shanon's children were in foster care, Ron Biles (Biles' maternal grandfather) and Nellie Cayetano Biles (his second wife) started to care for Shanon in Spring, Texas. In 2003, Simone and Adria were adopted by the couple. Shanon's aunt is Ron's sister. Harriet has adopted the two children. Biles is a Belizean citizen. Belizean citizenship through her adoptive mother . Biles calls Belize as her second home. Biles is Catholic, as is her family.
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