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.
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![]() Diogo Soares, all-around bronze medaillist at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Diogo Brajão Soares | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Piracicaba, Brazil[1] | 12 April 2002||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Piracicaba[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 60 kg (132 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite (Brazil national team) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2016 – present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Academia Pira Olímpica[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Daniel Biscalchin[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
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Diogo Soares during the still rings apparatus final at the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Junior
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.[3] At the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships he earned a silver medal in rings.
Personal life
Diogo Soares started gymnastics at the age of 4. His sister, Driele, is a former gymnast.[4]
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References
- Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Portuguese)
- FIG profile
- Takeru Kitazono delivers, Diogo Soares surprises in YOG All-around final FIG.
- Federação Paulista de Ginástica (in Portuguese)
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