Biles shared several photos on Instagram showing Owens, a Houston Texans safety, proposing down on one knee.
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Simone Biles is engaged to NFL player Jonathan Owens, the couple announced on Instagram on Tuesday.
"THE EASIEST YES," Biles said in an Instagram caption alongside several photos of the proposal, including one showing the Houston Texans safety down on one knee.
"I can't wait to spend forever & ever with you, you're everything I dreamed of and more! let's get married FIANCÉ," the four-time Olympic gold medal gymnast wrote.
Owens also shared photos of the proposal on Instagram and captioned the post, "Woke up this morning with a fiancée."
"She really had no clue what was coming," he said alongside a laughing emoji.
As Insider's Gabbi Shaw previously reported, Biles and Owens first connected over social media in March 2020 and began hanging out right before the pandemic lockdowns.
"It was one of the few times in her life where everything was just shut off and she couldn't do anything. So we used it to get to know each other — really get to know each other. It created our bond and made it stronger. Now I'm so thankful," Owens told Texas Monthly in June 2021.
The couple later became Instagram official when Biles posted a photo of them to her account in August 2020. The Wall Street Journal reported that Owens began attending Biles family dinners every Sunday around that time.
In December 2020, Biles joined the Owens family for Christmas and watched him play with the Houston Texans two days later.
Owens and Biles continued to share Instagram posts to mark milestones in their relationship, including spending Valentine's Day together and traveling to Belize in March 2021 to celebrate their anniversary.
Although Owens watched Biles compete for the first time in June 2021 at the US Gymnastics Championships, he later admitted he didn't know Biles when she first reached out to him on social media.
"I didn't know who she was," he told Texas Monthly. "I just hadn't heard of her, and when I told her that, that's one of the things she liked."
More recently, Owens stuck by Biles' side when she experienced the "twisties" and withdrew from two events at the Tokyo Olympics.
"Imma ride with you through whatever baby," Owens wrote in an Instagram post. "Your strength and courage is unmatched and you inspire me more and more everyday. You always gone be my champ baby and don't you ever forget that, i love you so much and i can't wait till you come home and i get to see that beautiful smile again. You know I'm always here for you baby."
