If you ever wondered why Simone Biles is widely considered the most talented gymnast of all time — truly the GOAT — let us explain. She's the most decorated gymnast in history, with 37 Olympics and World Championship medals to her name. in 2022 — making her the youngest person to ever receive one — for her contributions to society, both as a and as an advocate for , sexual assault victims, and children in foster care.
And she's landed gymnastic moves that no other woman gymnast has done before — not just one or two, but five, all of which now bear her name. Here, we've compiled all the moves named after Biles (so far). Each is given a difficulty value in the — numerical values for vaults and letters for skills on every other event — or a provisional value, when a skill has yet to be landed in international competition.
If the scores don't wow you, the skills themselves surely will. This is Biles's signature move: a double back layout with a half twist. She's been doing it since at least 2013, and it was named after her once she competed with it at the World Championships that year.
In this routine, it's her second tumbling pass. In true Biles fashion, she keeps making it harder, and has progressed the tumbling pass over the years. At the , for example, she added a front layout to the Biles.
G This is Biles's second namesake skill on floor. It's the triple-double (that's two flips and three twists in a tucked position) that she warmed up with before the but then .