The 1980 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Santiago, Chile, December 1980. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] It was the fifth edition of the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships. [6] [7]
TV Globo, formerly known as Rede Globo, is a Brazilian free-to-air television network, launched by media proprietor Roberto Marinho on 26 April 1965. It is owned by media conglomerate Grupo Globo, being by far the largest of its holdings. Globo is the largest commercial TV network in Latin America and the second-largest commercial TV network in the world behind the American Broadcasting Company and the largest producer of telenovelas. All of this makes Globo renowned as one of the most important television networks in the world and Grupo Globo one of the largest media groups.
Diego Matias Hypólito is a Brazilian gymnast and the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to win a medal at the World Championships. He also won 63 medals in World Cup. Hypólito has represented Brazil in three Olympics: 2008, 2012 and 2016. He received the silver medal in Floor at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. He is also the younger brother of Daniele Hypólito, the first Brazilian gymnast ever to medal at Worlds.
Brazil competed in 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada from July 10 to 26, 2015. The Brazilian Olympic Committee selected a team of 590 athletes, 314 men and 276 women. This is the 17th appearance of the country in the Pan American Games. The goal of the Brazilian Olympic Committee is to finish among top 3 countries on total medals, as part of preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, and to surpass the number of medals of Guadalajara (141). Women’s field hockey, baseball, racquetball and speed skating competitions will be the only sports without Brazilian representation at these games.
Rebeca Rodrigues de Andrade is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian, having represented Brazil at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. She is the 2020 Olympic vault champion, the 2021 World vault champion, the 2020 Olympic all-around silver medalist, and the 2021 Pan American all-around champion. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2021 Pan American Championships and silver at the 2018 Pan American Championships. Andrade is the first Brazilian female artistic gymnast to medal at an Olympic Games and the first Olympic all-around medalist who qualified as an individual. She is only the second Brazilian female to win a gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
The 2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships were held in Brazil. Artistic gymnastics events were competed in Rio de Janeiro, October 6–9, 2005, while rhythmic gymnastics events were held in Vitória, November 11–13, 2005.
The Pan American Gymnastics Union organizes Pan American Gymnastics Championships in different disciplines of gymnastics: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, acrobatic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, as well as aerobic gymnastics. The Pan American Gymnastics Championships are considered by the International Gymnastics Federation to be the official continental championships for the Americas. Pan American Championships have also been organized for the sport of aesthetic group gymnastics.
The 1989 Pan American Gymnastics Cup was held in Victoria, Mexico, July 24–29, 1989.
The 2013 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Santiago, Chile, December 2–8, 2013. This was the 12th edition of the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships for senior gymnasts. The competition was initially scheduled for August, and was approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.
The 2015 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Cali, Colombia June 18–22, 2015. The competition was organized by the Colombian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation. This was the 14th edition of the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships for senior gymnasts.
The South American Gymnastics Confederation (CONSUGI) organizes South American Gymnastics Championships in different disciplines of gymnastics: men's and women's artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline and tumbling, as well as aerobic gymnastics.
The 2017 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Cochabamba, Bolivia, November 30–December 2, 2017. The competition was organized by the Bolivian Gymnastics Federation and approved by the International Gymnastics Federation.
The 1976 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, November 12–14, 1976.
The 1957 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, December 13, 1957.
The 1988 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Rosario, Argentina, October 1988. It was the sixth edition of the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
The 1969 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, October 9–12, 1969. This was the second edition of the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and for the first time women's events were also competed.
The 1978 South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Lima, Peru, November 22–26, 1978. This was the fourth edition of the South American Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Thaís Fidélis dos Santos 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.
The 2002 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, November 4–10, 2002.
The 1988 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Ponce, Puerto Rico, July 1–9, 1988.
Rodrigo Carvalho Gomes is a Brazilian journalist and writer. He was a reporter and currently is a foreign correspondent in London, England for Brazilian television channels GloboNews and Rede Globo. Carvalho produced the documentary Tower of David (2014), which was indicated for an International Emmy Award in 2015, and wrote two books, Vivos Embaixo da Terra (2012) and Os Meninos da Caverna (2018).