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Simone Biles now has more Olympic medals than any other American gymnast ever
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Editor's note: Simone Biles has won Olympic gold in the team final , all-around final and vault final and silver in the floor final at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
PARIS — Add another record to Simone Biles ' collection .
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Biles won gold in the team final , all-around final and vault final , along with a silver in the floor final, at the 2024 Paris Olympics , extending her record of most Olympic medals by American gymnast. She has 11 Olympics medals in three Games, including seven golds, two silvers and two bronzes. Biles is tied with Allyson Felix for most Olympic medals by an American woman who is not a swimmer.
Her seven golds tie her with Věra Čáslavská for most among female gymnasts. 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 41 medals at the world championships and Olympics. She surpassed Vitaly Scherbo with her five medals at 2023 worlds, four of them gold.
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