Simone Biles Named Sports Illustrated’s 2024 Sportsperson Of The Year

Simone Biles Named Sports Illustrated’s 2024 Sportsperson Of The Year

Simone Biles is adding another accolade to her resume as Sports Illustrated’s 2024 Sportsperson of the Year.

Fresh off her stellar performance at the 2024 Paris Olympics, where she claimed four medals in team, all-around, vault, and floor exercise, Biles expressed her surprise at the honor, saying,

“Honestly, it is such a huge honor… I was still very shocked. I feel like I’m always shocked winning any sort of award or being honored.”

 

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The magazine praised Biles for her unmatched achievements and impact, saying,

“Simone Biles is Sports Illustrated’s 2024 Sportsperson of the Year because she won gold, and then another gold, and then another; because she changed the face of her sport and the conversations around athletes in general.”

Congrats, Simone!

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