Current:Home > FinanceSimone Biles now has more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast ever -MoneyStream
Simone Biles now has more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast ever
PredictIQ Quantitative Think Tank Center View
Date:2025-04-08 09:12:33
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! (59)
Related
- Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
- Amazon announces dates for its October Prime Day sales
- Ukraine boxing champion Oleksandr Usyk released after brief detention in Poland
- Georgia house fire victims had been shot before blaze erupted
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- Police shift focus in search for Kentucky highway shooting suspect: 'Boots on the ground'
- Amazon announces dates for its October Prime Day sales
- Prosecutors charge 10 with failing to disperse during California protest
- McConnell absent from Senate on Thursday as he recovers from fall in Capitol
- O'Doul's in Milwaukee? Phenom Jackson Chourio can't drink in Brewers postseason party
Ranking
- North Carolina justices rule for restaurants in COVID
- Michael Hill and April Brown given expanded MLB roles following the death of Billy Bean
- O'Doul's in Milwaukee? Phenom Jackson Chourio can't drink in Brewers postseason party
- Dolphins put Tua Tagovailoa on injured reserve after latest concussion
- As Trump Enters Office, a Ripe Oil and Gas Target Appears: An Alabama National Forest
- Partial lunar eclipse occurs during Harvest supermoon: See the stunning photos
- City approves plan for Oklahoma hoops, gymnastics arena in $1.1B entertainment district
- Sean “Diddy” Combs Arrest: Lawyer Says He’s in “Treatment and Therapy” Amid Sex Trafficking Charges
Recommendation
Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
The Secret Service again faces scrutiny after another gunman targets Trump
Texas lawmakers show bipartisan support to try to stop a man’s execution
Michael Hill and April Brown given expanded MLB roles following the death of Billy Bean
Senate begins final push to expand Social Security benefits for millions of people
For families of Key Bridge collapse victims, a search for justice begins
Texas pipeline fire continues to burn in Houston suburb after Monday's explosion
Diddy is accused of sex 'freak off' parties, violence, abuse. What happened to 'transparency'?