Déborah Medrado Barbosa (born 13 July 2002)[2] is a Brazilian group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 and 2022 Pan American group all-around champion and the 2019 Pan American Games 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion. She won three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games and at the 2019 South American Championships. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Full name | Déborah Medrado Barbosa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Serra, Espírito Santo, Brazil | July 13, 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Aracaju, Brazil | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2018 - present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Camila Ferezin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editMedrado began rhythmic gymnastics when she was nine and joined the Brazilian senior national group in 2018.[3] At the 2018 South American Games Medrado and her teammates swept the gold medals in the group all-around and both apparatus finals. She competed at the 2018 Pan American Championships where the Brazilian group won the gold medal in 5 balls and the bronze medals in the group all-around and 3 balls + 2 ropes.[4] She was unable to compete at the 2018 World Championships due to a foot injury.[5]
Medrado and the Brazilian group swept the gold medals at the 2019 South American Championships. She then competed at the 2019 Pan American Games where she won a gold medal in the 3 hoops + 2 clubs event and bronze medals in the group all-around and 5 balls event.[6][7][8] Then at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, the Brazilian group placed thirteenth in the all-around.[9]
In 2020, Medrado had surgery on both feet because her second metatarsal bones were causing pain.[10][1]
Medrado competed at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro. The group won the gold medal in the group all-around and secured the continental quota place for the 2020 Olympic Games. The group additionally won the gold medals in both the 5 balls and the 3 hoops + 4 clubs event finals.[11] She was then selected to compete for Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around alongside Beatriz Linhares, Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Nicole Pírcio, and Geovanna Santos.[12] They finished twelfth in the qualification round for the group all-around.[13] After the Olympic Games, she competed at the 2021 World Championships where the Brazilian group placed ninth in the all-around.[14]
Medrado competed with Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Nicole Pircio, Gabrielle da Silva, Giovanna Oliveira, and Bárbara Galvão at the 2022 Pan American Championships and successfully defended their group all-around title. They also won gold in the 5 hoops event finals, and they won the silver behind Mexico in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final.[15] The same group then competed at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia where they finished fifth in the group all-around.[16] They also qualified for the 5 hoops final where they finished fourth.[17]
References
edit- ^ a b "Medrado Deborah - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
- ^ "Déborah Medrado". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Ginasta olímpica Déborah Medrado realiza espetáculo em Porto Velho neste sábado" [Olympic gymnast Déborah Medrado performs in Porto Velho this Saturday]. Tudorondonia (in Portuguese). 27 July 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "USA wins eight event medals at 2018 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ Barbosa, João (26 August 2022). "Déborah Medrado e Geovanna Santos prontas para o Mundial de Ginástica Rítmica" [Déborah Medrado and Geovanna Santos ready for the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship]. A Gazeta (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Results - Group – 3 hoops, 2 pairs of clubs Final". Lima 2019. 5 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Results Groups All-Around Final and Qualifications Rotation 2 - Pan American Games Lima 2019". Lima 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics | Results Group – 5 balls Final - Pan American Games Lima 2019". Lima 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ "2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Groups 5 All-Around Final Results" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 21 September 2019.
- ^ Ottoni, Daniel (17 August 2020). "Ausência de ginasta do Brasil em Portugal é compensada com tecnologia" [Absence of gymnast from Brazil in Portugal is compensated with technology]. O Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "Brazil and Castillo Galindo claim Olympic tickets in Rio". International Gymnastics Federation. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "CBG divulga convocação das ginastas do conjunto" [CBG announces the rhythmic gymnastics group]. Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Portuguese). 8 July 2021.
- ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "U.S. rhythmic gymnasts add eight medals as Pan American Championships continue". USA Gymnastics. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 14-18 September 2022 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
- ^ "39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 14-18 September 2022 Group 5 Hoops Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.