https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z Simone Biles en-us 2018-12-03 18:06:17 UTC 2019-01-22 17:37:05 UTC hello@padlet.com meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/312471109 Biles, Simonee. “COURAGE to SOAR.” Simone Biles | Official Website, 2017, www.simonebiles.com/book.]]> 2018-12-08 07:59:34 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/312471109 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/316348062 Simone Biles had been training for her whole life leading up to making the 2011 nationals team, but at the end of the day she didnt make the team because she simply wasnt good enough]]> 2018-12-21 07:03:18 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/316348062 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/316538896  Simone was born in Ohio to a woman named Shanon and had three siblings: older siblings Ashley and Tevin, and a younger sister Adria. Because Shanon had a drug addiction, Simone and her siblings were eventually placed into foster care and then taken in by Shanon’s father and his wife, Poppa and Momma Biles. ]]> 2018-12-23 02:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/316538896 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317549458 Eventually, Simone’s two older siblings returned to Ohio and were adopted by Poppa Biles’ sister, while Simone and her younger sister Adria were adopted by Poppa and Momma Biles.

]]> 2019-01-04 23:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317549458 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317550391 Simone began taking gymnastics lessons after a class field trip to a gym, and quickly moved through the levels of the Junior Olympic (JO) Program, a competitive gymnastics league. She completed the top levels, nine and ten, while still in middle school.]]> 2019-01-05 00:05:29 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317550391 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317724406 In 2008, she placed second all-around in the state championship and qualified for the JO Gymnastics Western Championships--as a reward, her dad gave her a dog. Simone began winning meets regularly and placed fourth all-around at the Western Championships and third all-around and first in the floor exercise at nationals.]]> 2019-01-07 02:51:22 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317724406 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317724716  In 2011, she won gold at her first meet as an elite gymnast. After her coach, Aimee, sent a video of her performance to national team coordinator Martha Karolyi, Simone was invited to the famous developmental camp at Martha's ranch in Huntsville, Texas.]]> 2019-01-07 02:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317724716 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317725049 Simone’s parents were strict while she was growing up, but she made good friends and had fun pretending to be a Cheetah Girl. When Simone was seven, her grandmother fell ill and moved from Belize to Texas to live with Simone's family. She eventually died after a battle with pulmonary fibrosis. ]]> 2019-01-07 02:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317725049 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317750899 Middle school was uneventful for Simone until she had to transfer to a private school closer to her gym in order to increase her training hours; she disliked this school.]]> 2019-01-07 07:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317750899 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317751074 After Simone’s 2011 failure to make the national team, she made the difficult decision to be homeschooled in order to continue her elite gymnastics career. Although Simone was disappointed to miss high school events like prom, she enjoyed homeschooling with her tutor, Miss Heather.]]> 2019-01-07 07:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317751074 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317751506 For her first few years of high school, Simone had a bad attitude towards her coaches, but she continued to train and perform very well. At the 2012 American Classic, Simone scored first all-around for her age category and automatically qualified for the Visa National Championships]]> 2019-01-07 07:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317751506 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317752077 Simone won first place all-around at the U.S. Secret Classic in May and third all-around at the Visa National Championships, winning first place in vault and being selected for the national team.]]> 2019-01-07 07:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317752077 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317752273  At her first "assignment," or national team meet, Simone fell off the beam largely due to nerves, but still performed very well. She then won first all-around and silver all-around at two major meets in Italy and Germany.]]> 2019-01-07 07:44:27 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317752273 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317752480  At the 2013 Secret Classic, however, she had a terrible performance and Aimee pulled her from the meet. ]]> 2019-01-07 07:45:21 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/317752480 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322836093 After more intense training and meeting with a sports psychologist, Simone went on to win first place all-around at the P&G National Championships and earn a spot on the U.S. national team. ]]> 2019-01-22 04:02:25 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322836093 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322836144 Simone then competed at the World Championships, which she won.]]> 2019-01-22 04:02:59 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322836144 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322837465 The following year, Simone received Catholic confirmation and her long-time coach Aimee quit working at Simone's gym, so Simone's parents built their own gym in order for Simone to continue training with her coach.]]> 2019-01-22 04:15:36 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322837465 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322837625  In a “three-peat,” she again won the World championships in 2015, becoming the most decorated female gymnast in Olympic history>]]> 2019-01-22 04:16:52 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322837625 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322837728 At 18, Simone visited the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and committed, but had to retract because she decided to go professional. ]]> 2019-01-22 04:17:42 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322837728 meredsid000 https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322837785 Simone concluded the memoir with her experience at the Olympics shortly after, when her team—the “Final Five” won gold and she won gold all-around individually, with golds in both floor and vault and a bronze on beam.]]> 2019-01-22 04:18:15 UTC https://padlet.com/meredsid000/im6wkghmib0z/wish/322837785