Simone Biles

American gymnast Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in World Championships history with 30 medals (23 gold), and has won 11 Olympic medals (7 gold) across the 2016 Rio and 2024 Paris Games. Four gymnastics skills are named after her (the Biles on vault, floor, and beam), requiring difficulty levels no other competing gymnast has attempted. After withdrawing from events at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics citing mental health, she returned at the 2024 Paris Olympics to win 4 gold medals at age 27.