Simone Biles’ Sister Adria Posts Throwback Photo: ‘I Will Look To You Forever’

Bond in between Simone Biles and younger sister, Adriastronger than ever.

Adria, 25, shared a sweet throwback photo via Instagram on Wednesday, August 7, that showed the two as young children. In the classic photo, pint-sized Simone smiled as she sat next to Adria on a bench.

“The little girl in me will look at you in every room she walks into,” she captioned the post. “You made me the person I am today and I will always look up to you. I love you, sis.”

Simone, 27, added Adria’s hat to her Instagram Stories, where she also posted a video of the sisters clinking rose-tinted glasses. Now he is the most decorated gymnast history after taking home four medals at 2024 Paris Summer Olympics.

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Adria sometimes mistaken for Simone’s twinbut he doesn’t mind the confusion.

“It’s been funny to see her go from regular Simone to famous Simone,” Adria said ESPN in 2016. “We look the same, I’ll give them that. But … I’m a head taller than him. If we are together, people can definitely tear us apart.”

The siblings were taken in by their grandparents, Ronald again Nellie Biles, and grew up in Texas, spending much of their childhood competing in gymnastics. Adria left the sport in 2016. Off the mat, she was dating a softball player. Jana Jefferson from June 2022 and earned a spot on the Shooting Stars, the professional dance team of the Houston Astros. He also appeared in the first season of the ABC competition series Seek Fame.

Monday, August 5, Simone beamed with pride as she wore her four Paris medals posted on Instagram. (Along with her three golds, she won silver in the individual floor exercise competition.)

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“Beyond my wildest dreams,” Simone wrote in her post. Adria left a message of praise in the comments section, gushing, “pride is an understatement!! You are a strong person, I love you.”

Adria before he recalled on ESPN that Simone “has always been fearless.” “As young children, we used to stand on the platform on the second floor of our house, and then jump on the sofa below on the first floor. He went first, I followed. We were both avid exercisers, so we were always trying indoor activities. Nothing scared him.”

He continued, “In the gym, we used to train together, and sometimes, when it came to trying a new move, he would joke that he would die.” It’s something that all gymnasts play with – the fear is real. But most of us don’t go and do it completely then! Simone always knew how to do it. If he felt fear, he didn’t show it.”