Simone Biles is an American artistic gymnast. Biles is the originator of the most difficult skill on women’s vault, balance beam, and floor exercise and the only gymnast to attempt each skill to date. In 2022, President Joe Biden awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history, and she is widely considered to be the greatest gymnast of all time. With 11 Olympic medals, she is tied with Věra Čáslavská as the second-most decorated female Olympic gymnast, and has the most Olympic medals earned by a U.S. gymnast.