Who is Simone?

Simone Arianne Biles was born on March 14, 1997 in Columbus, Ohio. Ron and Nellie Cayetano Biles, who were originally Simone's grandparents, adopted her and her younger sister, who is also a gymnast, in 2003. Biles is Catholic and also holds Belizean citizenship through her mother. She refers to Belize as being her second home.

Simone spent all her secondary education homeschooled and graduated in 2015. She verbally committed to UCLA on August 4, 2014 and wanted to hold off on the enrollment until the 2016 Summer Olympics was over. In July, however, she turned down the school saying she wanted to be professional and didn't want to be NCAA eligible.

Her first incounter with gymnastics was during a day-care field trip when she was six years old. She soon enrolled in an optional training program at Bannon's Gymnastix Inc.

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