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What Do Simone Biles's Tattoos Mean?

Simone Biles Has 4 Tattoos — Including 1 We'll Probably Never Get to See

Simone Biles has been quite busy since dominating her very first Olympics back in 2016. The athlete quickly became a household name five years ago after winning five medals (four gold, one bronze) during the big event, and one thing she made sure to do to commemorate her experience was get her very first tattoo. A year after competing, Biles's close friend Jake Miller documented her experience getting her first tattoo via Instagram, and the athlete, of course, got a design of the Olympic rings in black ink.

Since then, Biles has added a few more pieces of body art to her collection. She quietly got a new one — the phrase "And still I rise" — a few months ago, but there are a handful more meaningful ones where that came from. To get a look at all of Simone Biles's tattoos and their meanings, read ahead.

Biles got her very first tattoo back in 2017. It was a drawing of the Olympic rings in black ink that she got to celebrate participating in (and dominating) her first Olympics in 2016.

Biles's newest ink is the phrase "And still I rise" tattooed on her collarbone, a nod to the legendary poem of the same name by Maya Angelou. The poem is about maintaining confidence and self-respect even when naysayers try to bring you down. The athlete has been very open in the past about drowning out the noise of haters online, so we'd say that this tattoo is very fitting for her.

The gymnast has a tattoo of her birth year 1997 just above her elbow.

One of Biles's tattoos that we haven't seen much of is her "XO" tattoo. The gymnast hasn't explained the meaning behind it, but she got the phrase tattooed on her inner lip. According to a past interview with NBC Sports, it's the second piece of ink she got in her collection, although she admits it's a little faded now.

"I need to get it touched up," she said. "I've always wanted a lip tat, and I heard it didn't hurt. So I went and got one."

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