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Simone Biles: She’s the only female gymnast to take home all-around gold at the prestigious World Gymnastics Championships three years in a row, her 10 golds there are the most of any female gymnast in history, and her 14 medals overall are the most of any American.
“If I thought of gymnastics as a job, it would put too much stress on me,” she explains. “At the end of the day, if I can say I had fun, it was a good day.” -Simone Biles
“I was built this way for a reason, so I’m going to use it,”
Gabby Douglas: By 16, Gabby accomplished at her first Olympic Games what no American gymnast had ever done before: She won both the coveted individual all-around title and led her team (dubbed the Fierce Five) to a gold medal — and also happens to be the first woman of color in the sport to do so.
“Sometimes I’m like, why are all those people taking pictures of that wall? And then I realize I am standing in front of it.”
“It was just insane knowing that I had spent my whole life dreaming about this one specific goal and achieved it,” 
source: teen vogue
