Biles was named Team USA Female Olympic Athlete of the Year in December 2015 , making her the fourth gymnast to win the honor . In December 2016 , Biles was chosen as one of the sponsors of the US Navy aircraft carrier USS '' Enterprise '' alongside swimmer Katie Ledecky . They are the first Olympians to be given this honor . In 2016 , Simone Biles won the Glamour Award for the Record Breaker . In 2016 , she was chosen as one of BBC 's 100 Women , and after the world championships , she was named one of ESPNW 's Impact 25 and chosen as Sportswoman of the Year by the Women 's Sports Foundation . She was also one of the finalists for '' Time magazine '' 's 2016 Person of the Year . Biles was also nominated for a 2016 ESPY award for Best Female Athlete along with Elena Delle Donne , Katie Ledecky , and Breanna Stewart ; Stewart won the award . In July 2017 , Biles won the ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete . She is the second gymnast to win this award after Nastia Liukin won it in 2009 . In 2017 , Simone won the Shorty Awards for the best in sports . At the 2017 Teen Choice Awards , Simone won favorite female athlete , and won Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year in 2017 . Simone Biles was named one of the most influential people in the World list by Time Magazine . In May 2018 , it was announced that Biles and the other survivors would be awarded the Arthur Ashe Courage Award . In December , it was announced that Biles was named ESPN The Magazine 's most dominant athlete of 2018 . In February 2019 , it was announced that Biles was named Laureus ' Sportswoman of the Year for the second time , beating out tennis players Simona Halep and Angelique Kerber , snowboarder Ester Ledecká , triathlete Daniela Ryf , and skier Mikaela Shiffrin . Biles was nominated for the 2019 ESPY Award for Best Female Athlete but lost to soccer player Alex Morgan
2019 ESPY Award
2019 ESPY Awards
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