The 2024 US gymnastics season is all set to fill up the air soon. Winter Cup, US Classics and Championships, Olympic trials, and numerous more await the gymnasts and the enthusiasts alike. Now as the dates near the brink, one of the world’s most decorated gymnasts Simone Biles, has stepped up to bear presents in honor of the season ahead. And has done so, with some help from the cherished gymnastics brand, GK Elite.

Simone Biles and GK Elite have boosted a long-standing partnership, celebrating the legacy of gymnasts as a marking step. Beginning in 2015, the gymnast has often presented new collections and surprises for her staunch following through the leading brand of gymnastics apparel. Now, ahead of the new gymnastics season, the gymnast is back yet again with more to her name.

Simone Biles arrives with a surprise

Simone Biles and GK Elite recently took to their Instagram profiles to drop a collaborative post announcing a newer collection. “This is the drop we’ve been waiting for! @simonebiles Season to Shine collection is finally here and is all yours!” the caption read. In the shared carousel, the 7-time Olympic medalist adorned 3 different looks for the collection. A swirl patterned ‘Scarlet Starlight’ takes the first thread. A rich navy blue, with silver glitter lining the waist, named ‘Shooting Star’ frames the second while subtle white and blue tones with floral patterns, tagged ‘Moonbeams’ call for the third.

Each of the leotards carries the text, ‘Simone’ embossed to the left thigh corner. Over time, following multiple collaborative releases, the text has grown to be a signature, adding accent to every piece. While the collections inspired and designed in collaboration with athletes might be a known practice of late, Biles’ first collection held a different story.

A goal to inspire

Despite joining GK Elite back in 2015, the partnership saw an extension in 2021 and saw it in a different light. A few weeks ahead of the Tokyo Olympics, Simone Biles and the brand revealed that the partnership would include first-ever athlete-designed competitive leotards. The collection was named ‘Simone Biles Legacy’ and aimed at inspiring the aspirants looking up. “I am thrilled to continue my partnership with GK Elite as we work together to inspire the next generation of gymnasts and encourage them to pursue their own goals and dreams,” said Biles according to Business Wire.

Girisha Chandraraj, President and CEO of GK Elite Sportswear revealed that what impressed the team more than Simone Biles’ accolades was her dedication to growing the sport. Since then, the gymnast and the apparel brand have worked to put out numerous inspiring designs. A wedding homage, a life motto, or a holiday celebration, the gymnast has got it all.

Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens often find themselves wound up hundreds of miles away. Despite this, the couple always ensures that they have each other’s back through thick and thin. Fans recently witnessed this, as Owens had become the center of the controversies over his “catch” comment on the Pivot Podcast. While the two professional sporting athletes are bound by their commitments to their teams, they don’t forget to honor the commitment they made on 22 April 2023.

Jonathan Owens recently finished another successful NFL season as his first year with the Green Bay Packers concluded. This meant that Biles could now have her husband all to herself. In fact, her latest social media update conveyed that the 7x gymnastics gold medalist didn’t waste any time and vaulted toward Owens’ company.

Moments of bliss ahead of Simone Biles’ Olympic journey

Simone Biles added a story update on her Instagram wherein she shared a mini-boomerang video with Jonathan Owens. Captioning the video, Biles wrote, “cheers to offseason” along with a white heart emoji. The video showcased Owens looking into the camera as the couple clinked their glasses of drinks. The last time Biles got the chance to completely relax with her husband was during Christmas.

The duo shared a worry-free moment and even indulged themselves in a classy tradition to enjoy the festivities. Now, they are meeting without any imminent responsibilities after an entire month. But, with the off-season in effect, Simone Biles will have a long vacation before she gets the call to prepare for the Olympics. Hopefully, this will allow the couple to get some much-needed detoxification time from the various controversies they became a part of.

The constant whirlpool of controversies surrounding the duo

Jonathan Owens has lately been hot on the radar of netizens, who have been pointing out flaws in almost everything he does. Things started with a podcast interview where people alleged that Owens had disrespected Simone Biles. While Biles herself didn’t find anything disrespectful about the things Owens said, the internet had its mind made up.

Many angry fans didn’t even stop when Simone Biles asked them to. The heat from that podcast also seeped into his NFL matches, where Ownes’ posts got flooded with comments calling him Mr. Biles. Some genuine mistakes made by Owens, like his unsafe plays on the field, also caught more fire than necessary.

Throughout this, Jonathan Owens had the constant support of his wife, who was sure to take his side. Simone Biles even showered several words of affirmation towards Owens for all his achievements, both big and small. Finally, the duo will now enjoy some quality time and laugh with each other, as the off-season goes on.

Jonathan Owens is a safety for the Green Bay Packers and the husband of legendary Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. Owens is a part of the rebuilding Green Bay Packers that are in the thick of a playoff push heading into the final weeks of the 2023 NFL season.

According to The Sporting News, Jonathan Owens is worth an estimated $5 million. His net worth comes from his NFL earnings, endorsements, and intelligent investment moves.

Jonathan Owens’ contract details

According to Spotrac, Jonathan Owens is on a one-year contract worth $1,010,000 with the Packers. The Missouri Western State alum joined the Packers ahead of the 2023 season after spending the last three years of his career with the Houston Texans.

The rebuilding Texans decided to go another route, and Owens was forced to take his talents to Green Bay. The veteran safety has been solid for the Packers, and he is a significant backup of the team’s secondary.

How much has Jonathan Owens earned in the NFL?

According to Spotrac, Owens has earned $3,246,072 during his six-year NFL career. The former undrafted free agent earned $375,000 in his solitary season with the Arizona Cardinals, $1,861,072 in Houston, and $1,010,000 with the Green Bay Packers.

Owens entered the NFL as an undrafted free agent, following a fruitful collegiate career with Missouri Western State University. Owens earned second-team all-Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association honors and was named MWSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year in his final year of college.

However, these laurels weren’t enough to get him drafted in the 2017 NFL Draft. Owens going undrafted serves as a reminder of how competitive the NFL is and how some of the best players in lesser-known collegiate conferences go undrafted, with some never carving out a niche on the Gridiron.

Owens was signed by the Cardinals as an undrafted free agent. He has since enjoyed a six-year NFL career spent mainly as a backup with the Cardinals, Texans, and now Green Bay Packers. He will be looking for a long-term extension at the end of the 2023 NFL season, as he’s scheduled to become an unrestricted free agent in 2024.

Net Worth:$16 MillionBirthdate:Mar 14, 1997 (26 years old)Birthplace:Columbus, Ohio, U.S.Gender:Female

What is Simone Biles’ Net Worth?

Simone Biles is an American artistic gymnast who has a net worth of $16 million. Simone is the most accomplished American gymnast of all time with a total of 32 medals to her name (both Olympic and World Championship medals). Simone is one of the most decorated gymnasts in world history. Many believe that Simone Biles is the greatest gymnast of all time.

Some of her most notable accomplishments occurred during the 2016 Summer Olympics. At those games she competed as part of the US team known as the “Final Five.” At these games Simone won individual golds in floor, vault and all-around. She won a bronze on the balance beam and another gold as a member of the US team. Simone has won the US championship a record EIGHT times. She won her first US championship in 2013 at the age of 16. She won her eighth US championship in August 2023, at the age of 26.

Unfortunately Simone struggled at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, which took place in 2021 after a COVID delay, taking home a bronze on balance beam and a silver with the team. She partially withdrew from the games after a case of “the twisties” which is when a gymnast temporarily loses their air balance awareness.

Leading up to the 2020 games (before and after the postponement), Simone was easily the most-marketed US athlete in terms of endorsements. She earned an estimated $20 million from various deals in the years lead up to the games and contracts that extend into the future. More on these deals later in this article.

Early Life

Simone Arianne Biles was born on March 14th of 1997 in Columbus, Ohio. Simone and her three siblings were constantly in and out of foster care while she was growing up. Her grandmother started playing an active role in her upbringing in 2000, and during this period Biles grew up in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. Raised in a Catholic home, Simone maintained strong roots to Belize while growing up, as her mother is Belizean. To this day, she holds Belizean citizenship.

At a young age, it became clear that Simone was destined for a career as a professional gymnast. She was subsequently pulled out of class and homeschooled for the rest of her secondary education. This allowed her to train over 33% more, and before she had attended university, Simone was competing in the Olympics at the highest level.

Career

Biles began her gymnastics career extremely early, and by the age of 8 she was training with coaches like Aimee Boorman. At the age of 14, she competed in the American Classic in Houston. She finished third. In 2012, she placed first at the American Classic in Huntsville. That year, she was named to the US Junior National Team. In 2013, she made her senior international debut at the American Cup before competing at the City of Jesolo Trophy and help the United States team win a gold medal.

A poor performance at the 2013 US Classic prompted Márta Károlyi to invite Simone to a private camp, and the young gymnast also started working with a sports psychologist. Better results followed, and Simone was then selected for the World Championships team. Another clear performance at the 2013 Artistic Gymnastics Championships helped her win another first-place finish. By the point, the 16-year-old was already proving to be an incredible talent, and she was outperforming international gymnasts that were much more experienced.

Things started slowly in 2014 due to a shoulder injury, but Biles bounced back with the US Classic in Chicago, winning the competition by a wide margin. She competed once moe in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, helping the United States claim another victory and gold medal. In 2015, she placed first at the AT&T American Cup in Arlington, Texas. This performance helped her earn a nomination for the James E. Sullivan Award. More victories came with the City of Jesolo Trophy, the U.S. Classic, and the US National Championships.

Along with other high-profile American gymnasts, Biles represented the United States at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, winning the competition for the third consecutive time. By this point, she had won a total of 14 World Championships medals. A string of strong results continued in 2016, and Biles was inevitable selected to represent the United States at the Summer Olympics that year in Brazil.

Simone helped the US team qualify in first place that at the 2016 Olympics, and she also qualified as the top overall gymnast in four of the five individual finals. She soon won her first Olympic gold medal at the team event, and she followed up with a gold medal in the individual all-around category. She also claimed bronze at the balance beam final and another gold in the women’s floor exercise final for a total of four Olympic gold medals. After taking a brief hiatus from competing, she continued her gymnastic career with upgraded routines from 2018 onwards.

In 2022, Simone Biles was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden.

Endorsements

Simone Biles has supplemented her gymnastics income with a range of brand endorsements over the years. Prior to the 2016 Olympics, she famously appeared in a Tide commercial alongside a number of other gymnasts.

In 2015 she signed an exclusive, long-term deal with Nike. That same year she also signed a contract with GK Elite Sportswear to produce a line of Simone Biles leotards.

In August 2016, Simone and her fellow “Final Five” teammates appeared on the cover of a special edition Wheaties box.

After her success at the 2016 games Simone signed lucrative endorsement contracts with the following brands, just to name a few:

Leading up and during the 2020 games, Simone was the highest-paid Olympic athlete in terms of endorsements. She earned at least $20 million from endorsements from 2019 through 2021.

In April 2021, just three months before the 2020 Olympics, Simone famously announced she had dropped Nike and signed with Athleta. Included in the deal was a commitment from Athleta to arrange a national exhibition for Simone after the Olympics, in direct competition with a similar exhibition that’s traditionally organized by U.S.A. Gymnastics. Simone and Athleta will also produce a line of active-wear.

Simeone reportedly left Nike because she no longer felt that the company matched her values. Specifically she was concerned about Nike’s track record of scandals, complaints from employees and other controversies that have dogged the dominant sportswear company in recent years.

Simone Biles and her sister, Adria Biles, have shared a tight-knit bond since childhood. The sisters grew up under the same roof, and Adria is an ardent supporter of her elder sister. Growing up under the same roof, she followed Simone Biles’ footsteps in gymnastics. Adria, who is two years younger than Simone, was an elite gymnast for ten years and competed in high school. Recently, Adria shared a throwback picture of the two on her Instagram handle as a story.

Upon seeing the post, the gymnastics GOAT reshared the picture on her handle as well. The two have been inseparable since childhood, and the photo shared by the Biles sisters proves that fact to the core. The Biles sisters, who people often mistook as twins, had a rough childhood. Their mother was suffering from alcohol addiction, and Biles and her three siblings were in foster care from a young age. Later, their maternal grandparents, Nellie and Ronald Biles, adopted them.

Adria, on her Instagram handle, during a ‘see a sister post yo sister’ session, shared an adorable picture of both her and Simone. She captioned the post, referring to her elder sister in it. The picture was near perfect, as they both were seen posing in their nightgowns during their younger days.

The sister-duo who has been through everything together has always been each other’s strongest supporter. Even when Biles decided to withdraw from the 2021 Tokyo Olympics due to twisties, Adria was quick to defend her sister.

Adria, who followed in her sister’s footsteps, practiced gymnastics at the age of nine. However, after competing at the junior elite level, she left gymnastics in 2016 to pursue a career in hygiene and dental assisting. Adria was also part of the Shooting Stars, a professional dance team for the Houston Astros baseball team.

Simone and Adria have been thankful for each other and have ensured to be there for each other through thick and thin. Most importantly, the two are grateful for their parents after their difficult childhood and owe everything to them. Nellie and Ronald have been huge support systems for Simone, especially during her toughest days at the Olympics.

Simone Biles cites her parents as the ultimate support system and reason for her rise to global fame

Simone Biles had a tough childhood, but like her determined attitude, she had never let her past put her down. The Olympics star donned the role of a mother at a young age towards her siblings.

After much shifting here and there, her maternal grandparents, Nellie and Ronald, adopted Biles and her sister. She came across gymnastics during a day trip and went forward with it despite her age. Her athletic brilliance allowed her to catch up quickly, encouraging her parents to invest in her gymnastics career.

They built the World Champions Center, a gymnasium, to hone her skills. This was done to prepare her well for competitions and to encourage future aspirants. Having saved a front-row seat for all her competitions and never failing to cheer for her, they have been her core pillars of support.

During her discussion of the Tokyo Olympics twisties incident, Biles mentioned how her parents never left her side. Biles has often credited their support and contributions as the primary reasons for her successful gymnastics career.