Current:Home > MySimone Biles now has more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast ever -Elite Financial Minds
Simone Biles now has more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast ever
View
Date:2025-04-27 16:42:57
PARIS — Add another record to Simone Biles’ collection.
Biles and the U.S. women's gymnastics team won gold in the team final on Monday night at the 2024 Paris Olympics, giving Biles more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast. She has eight Olympics medals in three Games, breaking the tie she had with Shannon Miller. Biles already held the record for most golds by an American gymnast, having won four at the Rio Olympics.
She also a silver and two bronzes from Rio and Tokyo.
Allyson Felix is the only non-swimmer American woman who has more Olympic medals than Biles (11). That record could fall in Paris, too, with Biles qualified for four individual event finals: all-around; vault, balance beam and floor exercise.
In women’s gymnastics, Biles is now tied for seventh for most Olympic medals won. Her five golds tie her with Nadia Comaneci and two other gymnasts for third-most at the Olympics.
2024 Olympic medals: Who is leading the medal count? Follow along as we track the medals for every sport.
Larisa Latynina’s 18 Olympic medals are the most by any female athlete, as are her nine golds. The gymnast competed for the Soviet Union at the 1956, 1960 and 1964 Olympics.
Biles was already the most-decorated gymnast in history, male or female, with now 38 medals at the world championships and Olympics. She surpassed Vitaly Scherbo with her five medals at 2023 worlds, four of them gold.
The USA TODAY app brings you every Team USA medal — right when it happens. Download for full Olympics coverage, crosswords, audio storytelling, the eNewspaper and much more.
veryGood! (8665)
Related
- Average rate on 30
- Officials identify driver who crashed into a Texas pipeline and sparked a 4-day fire
- As SNL turns 50, a look back at the best political sketches and impressions
- After Helene’s destruction, a mountain town reliant on fall tourism wonders what’s next
- Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
- Bachelor Nation's Kendall Long Is Pregnant, Expecting First Baby With Husband Mitchell Sagely
- Princess Beatrice, husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi expecting second child
- Virginia school board to pay $575K to a teacher fired for refusing to use trans student’s pronouns
- 2025 'Doomsday Clock': This is how close we are to self
- Run to Kate Spade for Crossbodies, the Iconic Matchbox Wallet & Accessories Starting at $62
Ranking
- Could your smelly farts help science?
- The Latest: VP candidates Vance and Walz meet in last scheduled debate for 2024 tickets
- Dating today is a dumpster fire. Here’s a guide to viral toxic terms.
- 13-year-old Michigan girl charged with murder in stabbing death of younger sister
- How to watch the 'Blue Bloods' Season 14 finale: Final episode premiere date, cast
- Who are the 2024 MacArthur ‘genius grant’ fellows?
- Streets of mud: Helene dashes small town's hopes in North Carolina
- Haunted by migrant deaths, Border Patrol agents face mental health toll
Recommendation
Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
The grace period for student loan payments is over. Here’s what you need to know
Details from New Mexico’s lawsuit against Snap show site failed to act on reports of sextortion
Ex-Jaguars worker who stole $22M from team sues FanDuel, saying it preyed on his gambling addiction
Why Sean "Diddy" Combs Is Being Given a Laptop in Jail Amid Witness Intimidation Fears
Travis Kelce Shows Off His Hosting Skills in Are You Smarter Than a Celebrity? Trailer
Maryland announces juvenile justice reforms and launch of commission
Proof Gabourey Sidibe’s 5-Month-Old Twin Babies Are Growing “So Big So Fast”