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Jonathan Owens praises wife Simone Biles’ history Olympic achievement: ‘Just wow!’
The Chicago Bears safety shared his joy over Biles becoming the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history.
US women’s gymnastics team dazzles to gold at Paris Olympics
Simone Biles’ husband Jonathan Owens celebrated her unprecedented achievement at the Paris Olympics while sharing his gratitude for being able to witness it in person.
The Chicago Bears safety posted a pair of photos on Instagram on July 30 of him wearing Biles’ gold medal around his neck and sharing a kiss with his wife after she and her teammates captured the women’s gymnastics team title earlier in the day.
The gold medal gave Biles eight Olympic medals in her career, making her the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history. She had previously been tied with Shannon Miller with seven medals.
“Witnessing history every time you step on the mat 😍🔥 Congrats baby on becoming the most decorated American gymnast in Olympic history!!!!” he wrote. “Just wow!!!! 8 of them!!!!! So thankful i was there to see it ❤️🤍💙”
Owens received permission to leave the Bears’ preseason training camp so he could go to Bercy Arena in Paris to see Biles go for the gold in person.
Simone Biles shared a shot of husband Jonathan Owens on his flight to Paris to watch her perform in the gymnastics team finals at the Olympics.@simonebiles via Instagram
Ahead of the team finals, he posted a photo on his Instagram story from inside the venue. He later shared a shot of him wearing a T-shirt with “Biles” on it as he cheered Team USA’s victory.
Jonathan Owens showed off his Simone Biles shirt while cheering her on in the gymnastics team finals at the Paris Olympics.@nbcsports via Instagram
During the competition, Owens appeared to be writing down the scores to track Team USA’s quest for gold.
“The way he is writing down all of the scores so he knows where USA stands is such a green flag,” one commenter wrote on Instagram.
Owens had previously cheered on Biles during the Olympic qualifying round on July 28 while watching from home.
March 2020: Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens meet
In March 2020, just as the world was going into COVID-19 lockdown and Biles was gearing up for the Tokyo Summer Olympics that would eventually be postponed to 2021, Biles and Owens exchanged messages on a dating app.
“He would say I slid into his DMs,” she told WSJ. Magazine. “I saw him and I was like, ‘Oh, he’s pretty cute,’ so I said hi…and then I saw that he was in the Houston area, so we started chatting a little bit, and then we went to hang out a week or two later.”
Simone Biles at the World Gymnastics Championship in Antwerp, Belgium, on Oct. 6, 2023.Tom Weller / Picture Alliance via Getty Images
Owens told Texas Monthly in 2021 that he didn’t know who Biles was when he first saw her on the dating app. He told the story again in 2023 on the “Pivot” podcast, saying: “She pops up and I’m like, ‘Let me see who this is’ … I had never really paid attention to gymnastics, so it piqued my curiosity.” (Fans on social media later criticized him.)
August 2020: Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens went Instagram official
Biles and Owens posted their first Instagram selfie on Aug. 2, 2020, marking a “hard launch” of their relationship. “It’s just us,” Biles captioned the pic.
June 2021: For the first time, Jonathan Owens watches Simone Biles compete
Owens was the best cheerleader watching Biles compete at the U.S. Gymnastics Championship, where she earned her seventh title, in June 2021.
“What an amazing experience,” Owens wrote on Instagram at the time. “First time getting to watch you compete in person and you didn’t disappoint. It’s so cool that I get to watch you do what you love, and be the best at that!! I’m so proud of you my lil champ. Trials up next and you already know I’m there!! Love you baby.”
February 2022: Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens get engaged
A day after Valentine’s Day in 2022, Owens popped the question to Biles in a moment captured in loving photos later shared to Instagram.
“THE EASIEST YES,” Biles wrote in a caption. “I can’t wait to spend forever & ever with you, you’re everything I dreamed of and more! let’s get married FIANCÉ.”
February 2022: Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens reveal when they fell for each other
Biles and Owens appeared together on TODAY just after their engagement and recalled when they fell in love.
“We clicked really, really well in the beginning because we’re athletes and we have the same busy schedules,” Biles said. “But other than that, since it was kind of a COVID relationship. We’re with each ot