Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano (born 18 September 1993) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the Brazilian national team. [5] He is a three-time Olympian, having represented Brazil at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on floor exercise [6] as well as the 2019 World Champion and 2022 World bronze medalist on horizontal bar. [7]
Mariano was born in 1993, in Campinas, to a Brazilian father and a Japanese Brazilian mother. [8] He practiced judo in a club as a child, following his father's footsteps. Mariano changed his mind after watching a gymnastics class. [9]
After his parents' divorce, Mariano moved with his mother to São Paulo, where he entered in a gymnastics team in another club. When he was eleven, Mariano joined Esporte Clube Pinheiros. Mariano won the Brazilian Child Gymnastics Championship when he was fourteen. [9]
In 2015, Mariano and fellow gymnasts Felipe Arakawa and Henrique Flores were suspended from the Brazilian national team for a month, after publishing a Snapchat video in which they made racist jokes addressed at another teammate, Afro-Brazilian gymnast Ângelo Assumpção. [10]
Mariano published another video apologizing for the incident. After his teammate had won the bronze medal at 2016 Olympics, Assumpção said: "I don't keep a grudge on him. We are close friends. I am very proud of Nory. I just hope he behaves like a medal winner outside the arena too."[ citation needed ]
Besides being a professional gymnast, Mariano is also an internationally signed model. [11] In 2019, Mariano is the face of Philippine-based international clothing brand BENCH's men's wear campaign in Brazil and Latin America. [11] [12] [13]
On 28 October 2021, Mariano revealed in an Instagram post that he is in a relationship with broadcast media marketing analyst João Otávio Tasso. [14] [15] [16]
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2009 | |||||||||
| Pan American Championships (junior) |  | ||||||||
| 2011 | South American Championships | | 7 |  | |||||
| 2012 | Olympic Test Event | 6 | |||||||
| South American Championships | | | | | |||||
| 2013 | |||||||||
| World Championships | 17 | ||||||||
| 2014 | South American Games |  | |||||||
| World Championships | 6 | 21 | |||||||
| 2015 | |||||||||
| Pan American Games | | 5 | 7 | 8 | |||||
| Osijek Challenge Cup | | ||||||||
| World Championships | 8 | 12 | 4 | ||||||
| 2016 | Glasgow World Cup | | |||||||
| São Paulo Challenge Cup | 8 | | 5 | ||||||
| Olympic Games | 6 | 17 | | ||||||
| 2017 | Varna Challenge Cup | | 4 | ||||||
| World Championships | 16 | 12 | |||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||
| World Championships | 7 | ||||||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 7 | ||||||||
| Swiss Cup | 6 | ||||||||
| 2019 | South American Championships | | | | |||||
| Pan American Games | | | | ||||||
| World Championships | 10 | | |||||||
| 2021 | Doha World Cup | | |||||||
| Pan American Championships | | 8 | |||||||
| Olympic Games | 9 | ||||||||
| Brazilian Championships | | | |||||||
| World Championships | 20 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Brazil Trophy | 4 | | | | ||||
| Pan American Championships | | | |||||||
| Paris Challenge Cup | 9 | ||||||||
| South American Games | | | |||||||
| Brazilian Championships | | | | | |||||
| World Championships | 7 | | |||||||
| 2023 | Brazil Trophy | | 4 | ||||||
| Osijek Challenge Cup | 4 | | |||||||
| Brazilian Championships | | | | ||||||
| Paris Challenge Cup | 5 | 5 | | ||||||
| World Championships | 13 | 6 | |||||||
| Pan American Games | | 9 | | | | ||||
| 2024 | Cottbus World Cup | 6 | |||||||
| Baku World Cup | | ||||||||
| Olympic Games | 44 |
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