Simone Biles Broke 13 Records During 2024 Olympics

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Climbed to No. 2 in the overall rankings of female gold medalists in gymnastics at the Olympics, tied with Vera Caslavska with seven.

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Climbed to No. 2 overall for the total amount of medals won (gold, silver, bronze) in women’s gymnastics events. She's also tied with Caslavska with 11.

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Extended her record as the most awarded American gymnast at the Olympics with 11 medals.

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Became one of just 29 athletes to win more than 10 medals at the summer or winter Olympics during their careers.

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Broke the record of Larisa Latynina and Caslavska for the longest gap between gold medals in individual all-around artistic gymnastics event at the Olympics. Biles won eight years after winning her first individual all-around gymnastics event in 2016, while both Latynina and Caslavska won it consecutively (four years apart).

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Became one of only three female gymnasts to win the individual all-around artistic gymnastics gold medal at the Olympics two times.

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Became the first American athlete (male or female) to win two gold medals for individual all-around event.

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Helped Team USA break its tie with the former Soviet Union for the most gold medals in the female individual all-around artistic gymnastics event with seven gold medals.

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Tied Caslavska for the most gold medals in the women’s vault event at the Olympics (two gold medals)

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Set the record for the longest gap between two gold medals in vault gymnastics event (eight years), regardless of gender

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Became the first American athlete (male or female) to win two Olympic gold medals in vault

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Tied the record of Polina Astakhova, Larysa Latynina and Ludmilla Tourischeva for the most medals won (by individual gymnasts) in the Team all-around artistic gymnastics event (three medals). Biles won gold in Rio, silver in Tokyo and gold again in Paris in the event.

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Became the first American gymnast to win three medals for the gymnastics team events.