“If you ever have a mistake, you try to just kind of forget about it because if you carry that with you for the rest of the routine, then the rest of your routine might not go as planned. So you just kind of shake it off, and you just continue your routine like you didn't fall.”

American artistic gymnast, born 1997

Simone Biles Owens is an American artistic gymnast. Born in 1997, she has become one of the defining athletes of her sport, with 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals. Her record makes her the most decorated gymnast in history, and she holds the most Olympic medals earned by a U.S. gymnast. She is also tied with Věra Čáslavská as the second-most decorated female Olympic gymnast, behind Larisa Latynina.