After securing two medals at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Simone Biles has made history once again, joining Shannon Miller as the most decorated American in the history of Olympic gymnastics. So, just how many Olympic medals has Biles won? The answer is staggering.
Although Biles had only competed at one Olympics before, her medal count coming into Tokyo was higher than most gymnasts get in their entire career. At the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Biles won five Olympic medals: four gold and one bronze. These included three individual gold medals for floor exercise, vault, and the all-around competition; one gold medal in the team event; and one individual bronze medal for balance beam, where she finished behind Dutch gymnast Sanne Wevers and “Final Five” teammate Laurie Hernandez. That’s one medal for every event in which she competed, excluding only the uneven bars.
In winning those four gold medals, Biles set an American record for the most gold medals won by a woman gymnast in a single Olympic Games. She also joined teammate Gabby Douglas as one of only two American women to win both the individual all-around and the team gold at the same Olympics.
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