1 . Simone Biles was born in 1997. Soon, her parents found that she couldn’t sit still. When she was 6 years old, her day-care group went on a field trip to a gym. Simone loved watching the gymnasts train and performances. She couldn’t just watch them, though—she had to try their moves. She was so good that one of the coaches sent a letter home with her, inviting Simone to take gymnastics classes.

Simone loved the classes, and she was excellent at climbing, swinging, jumping, and tumbling(翻筋斗). Though she had a lot to learn, the coaches could hardly keep up with Simone. When one, girl performed a standing back tuck(翻折), Simone was sure she could do one too. Her coach didn’t believe her, so Simone tried the trick and made it on the spot.

At 9, Simone learned why she couldn’t sit still: She had ADHD(多动症). Her brain moved fast and her body did too—which made it hard for her to concentrate in school but which also made her an amazing gymnast. “The challenges we face help define who we are,” Simone, wrote. “My challenge is also my superpower.” Simone’s superpower would help make her one of the most dynamic gymnasts ever seen.

Simone is one of the greatest athletes in history. At age 16, she won two gold medals at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships(AGWC), including the all-around(the total score from competing in all events). She has now won 25 world medals, 19 of them gold. That’s the most in world gymnastics history.

Simone competed in her first Olympics in 2016. She was the first female U. S. gymnast to win four gold medals in an Olympic Games. Since then, Simone has debuted(首次呈现)some moves never successfully done in world competitions, including a double-double dismount(下马)from the balance beam. The move became known as the Biles. Several signature moves have been named after Simone.

3 . Soccer star Carli Lloyd made history this year as a member of the United States women’s national soccer team, which won the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. Lioyd became the first person ever to score three goals in a single game during a Women’s Would Cup Final, helping the U.S. beat Japan 5—2 in the final match. During that game, Lloyd scored an astonishing two goals within the first five minutes of play.

Lloyd was named the most valuable player of 2015 Would Cup and awarded the Golden Ball Trophy. In November, it was announced that Lloyd was on the short list for FIFA’s Puskás Award, for the season’s best single goal. The goal being considered was her third during the World Cup Final, which she shot from the field’s halfway line, 50 yards from the net. She is the only woman woman nominated this year.

Lloyd because a force in women’s soccer long before the U.S. team’s World Cup win. She grew up in Delran, New Jersey, a small town near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She began playing soccer at age 5. By high school, she was a powerhouse in the sport. The Philadelphia Inquirer named her the best female high school soccer player in 1999 and 2000. She attended Rutgers University, in New Jersey, where she was a collegiate soccer star. She graduated as the school’s all-time leader in New Jersey, where she was a collegiate soccer star. She graduated as the school’s all-time leader in both points and goals.

Lloyd has won two Olympic gold medals. She has scored wining goals in many important matches, including the finals in both the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. In all, Lloyd has scored more than 70 goals as a member of the women’s national team. She has also played on several professional teams, and is currently a midfielder with the Houston Dash, in the National Women’s Soccer League.

Off the field, Carli Lloyd gives back to her community by running a soccer camp for young people in New Jersey. She is a hometown hero in Delran; a local ice-cream shop even named a flavor Carli’s Cake Batter Cookie Dough Kick in her honor.