Diogo Soares (gymnast)

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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

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]

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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