Diogo Soares (gymnast)

Diogo Brajão Soares (born 12 April 2002) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Diogo Soares
Diogo Soares, all-around bronze medaillist at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games
Personal information
Full nameDiogo Brajão Soares
Country represented Brazil
Born (2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 22)
Piracicaba, Brazil[1]
HometownPiracicaba[2]
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight60 kg (132 lb)[1]
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
(Brazil national team)
Years on national team2016 – present
ClubFlamengo[2]
Head coach(es)Daniel Biscalchin[2]
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Men's artistic gymnastics
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rio de Janeiro All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Rio de Janeiro Parallel bars
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Asunción Team
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Asunción Horizontal bar
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Buenos Aires Horizontal bar
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Buenos Aires All-around
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Győr Rings
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Challenge Cup 0 1 0
Total 0 1 0

Career edit

 
Diogo Soares during the still rings apparatus final at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships

Junior edit

Soares' first major international competition was the 2016 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships where he won a silver medal with the Brazilian team. In 2018, Soares competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, earning a bronze medal in the all-around and a silver medal in the horizontal bar.[4] At the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he earned a silver medal in rings.

Personal life edit

Diogo Soares started gymnastics at the age of 4. His sister, Driele, is a former gymnast.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Portuguese)
  2. ^ a b c FIG profile
  3. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics SOARES Diogo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
  4. ^ Takeru Kitazono delivers, Diogo Soares surprises in YOG All-around final FIG.
  5. ^ Federação Paulista de Ginástica Archived 2019-11-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)

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