On February 15th, 2022, Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens announced on their Instagram accounts that they have got engaged. As we know that Simone Biles is Jonathan Owens’ girlfriend. But, how long have they been dating?
Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens Dating Since Before Pandemic
According to the Sporting News, Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens have been dating since before the Covid-19 pandemic started. It is informed that they met on a dating app in March of 2020. So, until now, they have dated for almost two years before they decided to get engaged.
As also explained on the Sporting News that Owens told Texas Monthly in June of 2021 that they ended up hanging out right before the pandemic. He also said that it was one of the few times in her life where everything was just shut off and she could not do anything. Furthermore, he said that they used it to get to know each other and it created their bond and made it stronger and he is so thankful.
When Owens and Biles first began dating, Owens admitted that he did not know who she was. He said that he had not heard about her and when he told her that, that was one of the things she liked. In August of 2020, they officially made an announcement that they were a couple in an instagram post.
Owens said that it was a match made in heaven and there is no better person for him. He also said that she loves him, she is affectionate and he just loves that.
Simone Biles who is an Olympic gold medalist, and Jonathan Owens who is a Houston Texans player, are officially engaged. They announced their engagement through their Instagram posts on each of their Instagram accounts on Tuesday, February 15th, 2022.
Simone Biles shared a number of photos from special occasion and the caption said ‘easiest yes’. As explained on the Sportskeeda, she also showed a close-up view of her diamond engagement ring. In the photos, it can be seen that Owens is on one knee while proposing to Biles in a traditional manner. It is reported that the engagement took place in a pretty gazebo in Houston, Texas.
Owens also marked the occasion by posting some pictures from the engagement on social media and he thanked his friends for making the arrangement.
About Simone Biles
According to Wikipedia, here is the information that you may want to know about Simone Biles. Simone Arianne Biles was born on March 14th, 1997 in Columbus, Ohio and she is the third of four siblings. Simone Biles was a student of Benfer Elementary School in Harris County. In 2012, she made a decision to switch from public school to homeschool. So, it allowed her to be able to increase her training from around 20 to 32 hours per week. She got all of her secondary education in a homeschooling form and in mid-2015, she graduated.
On August 4th, 2014, verbally she made a commitment to UCLA and she also had a plan to postpone enrollment until after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She signed her National Letter of Intent with UCLA where it occurred in November 2014. On July 29th, 2015, she made an announcement that she would turn professional and forfeit her NCAA eligibility to be able to compete for UCLA. In January 2018, at the University of the People, she was taking online classes in business administration and working as a brand ambassador for the University.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, individual gold medals in the all-around, vault, and floor were won by her. She also won bronze on balance beam and gold as part of the United States team, dubbed the Final Five. Then, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, bronze on balance beam was won by her and also she won silver with the United States team. She won it after she struggled with ‘the twisties’ which is a temporary loss of air balance awareness. She was praised because of her partial withdrawal, focus on safety, mental health and also perseverance.
About Jonathan Owens
On July 22nd, 1995 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, Jonathan Owens was born and according to Wikipedia, Jonathan Owens played high school football at Christian Brothers College under Coach Scott Pingle after he attended middle school at Loyola Academy of St. Louis. CBC Linebacker of the Year was won by him during his high school career.
As also explained on Wikipedia, after the end of Owens’ redshirt year during the 2013 season, defensive back was played by him for Missouri Western State University. During his final season in 2017, he got MWSU Male Student-Athlete of the Year. Owens was part of the All-MIAA Second Team and he did it during the 2017 season. Throughout the course of his college career, he was on the MIAA Academic Honor Roll. Since he wants to be a doctor, so he majored in pre-physical therapy.
According to Wikipedia, here is the professional career of Jonathan Owens.
Arizona Cardinals
Jonathan Owens signed with the Arizona Cardinals where it followed the 2018 NFL Draft. He signed as an undrafted free agent. During the last week of OTAs before the 2018 season, he was waived. The reason was because of an injury and he spent the whole season on injured reserve. Owens was waived by Cardinals on August 31st, 2019.
Houston Texans
To the Houston Texans practice squad, he was signed on September 30th, 2019. On November 21st, 2019, he was promoted to the active roster, but he was waived two days later and signed again to the practice squad. On January 13th, 2020, Owens was known to sign a reserve/ future contract with the Texans.
He was waived by the Texans on September 5th, 2020 and signed to the practice squad the next day. On October 10 and October 17, he was elevated to the active roster for the team’s weeks 5 and 6 games against the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans. He was also returned to the practice squad after each game. On December 12th, 2020, it was known that he was signed to the active roster.
He was waived by the Texans on August 31st, 2021 and signed again to the practice squad. On December 4, he was promoted to the active roster. He had first career interception on December 26th, 2021 and first fumble recovery in the Texans’ upset win over the Los Angeles Chargers.
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