15 Women Who Have Made The World A Better Place

There was so much hype and pressure around this 19-year-old phenom leading up to the 2016 Rio Olympics—and she proved why. Simone Biles, the three-time all-around World Champion, dominated at her debut Olympics, taking home five medals: gold in the team, individual all-around, vault, and floor competition, and bronze on the beam. She’s the first U.S. woman to win Olympic gold in vault, and joins Mary Lou Retton, Shannon Miller, and Nastia Liukin in a tie for the most medals won by a U.S. female gymnast in a single Olympics. (Dance your way fit with High-Intensity Dance Cardio, the first-ever socanomics DVD!)