Thaís Fidélis

Thaís Fidélis dos Santos (born July 23, 2001) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where she placed fourth on the floor exercise.[7]

Thais Fidelis
Full name	Thaís Fidélis dos Santos
Country represented	Brazil
Born	(2001-07-23) July 23, 2001[1] Ribeirão Preto[2]
Hometown	Barueri[3]
Height	1.50 m (4 ft 11 in)[4]
Weight	45 kg (99 lb)[4]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Years on national team	2017–present
Club	CEGIN[5]
Head coach(es)	Irina Ilyashenko[6]
Former coach(es)	Oleg Ostapenko, Roger Medina[6]
Medal record Representing  Brazil Women's artistic gymnastics Event 1st 2nd 3rd FIG All-Around World Cup 0 0 1 FIG World Challenge Cup 3 0 2 Total 3 0 3 Pan American Games 2019 Lima Team Pan American Championships 2018 Lima Team South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Team 2018 Cochabamba Floor exercise

Junior career

2016

In September, Thais Fidelis represented Brazil at the 2016 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She earned three medals: two silver medals (all-around and balance beam), and one gold medal (vault).

Senior career

2017

In March, Thais represented Brazil at the City of Jesolo Trophy where she earned a silver medal with the Brazilian team, behind the United States and ahead of Russia.

In May, Fidelis took part at the Koper World Challenge Cup, where she earned the bronze medal on the balance beam. That same month, she took two gold medals, on balance beam and floor exercise, at the Osijek World Challenge Cup. In September, Thais competed at the Varna Challenge Cup where she earned gold on the floor exercise and bronze on the uneven bars.

At the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, in October, Thais became the first female Brazilian gymnast to qualify for the floor final since Daiane dos Santos in 2006. Fidelis placed fourth, the best international result from a female gymnast from Brazil at the World Championships since Jade Barbosa's fourth place on vault in 2011.[7] She also qualified for the all-around final, where she finished 24th.

2018

In May, Thais Fidelis competed at the South American Games. She won the gold medal with the Brazilian team, and also earned an individual gold medal on the floor exercise.

In September, Filedis competed at the Pan American Championships where she earned the silver medal with the Brazilian team. At the World Championships she helped the Brazilian team qualify for the team final for the first time in eleven years, finishing seventh overall.[8]

2019

Fidelis became the first female Brazilian gymnast to earn a medal in the all-around at the World Cup series, a bronze medal at the Birmingham World Cup in March.[9]

References

1. Globo (in Portuguese)
2. Estadão (in Portuguese)
3. FIG profile
4. Cochabamba 2018 (in Spanish)
5. CEGIN (in Portuguese)
6. O Paraná (in Portuguese)
7. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese)
8. Folha da Região (in Portuguese), accessed on March 24, 2019
9. Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (in Portuguese), accessed on March 24, 2019

External links

• Thais Santos at the International Gymnastics Federation