Arthur Mariano

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Oyakawaand the second or paternal family name is Mariano.

Arthur Mariano
Mariano in 2016
Personal information
Full name	Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano [1]
Alternative name(s)	Arthur Nory
Born	(1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 31) Campinas, Brazil [2]
Height	169 cm (5 ft 7 in) [3]
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Brazil (2011–present)
Club	Pinheiros
Head coach(es)	Cristiano Albino (personal) Marcos Goto (national) [4]
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing   Brazil Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 1 0 1 Pan American Games 2 5 1 Pan American Championships 1 1 1 Total 4 6 4 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Floor exercise World Championships 2019 Stuttgart Horizontal bar 2022 Liverpool Horizontal bar Pan American Games 2019 Lima Team 2023 Santiago Horizontal bar 2015 Toronto Team 2019 Lima All-around 2019 Lima Horizontal bar 2023 Santiago Floor exercise 2023 Santiago Vault 2023 Santiago Team Pan American Championships 2021 Rio de Janeiro Team 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team 2022 Rio de Janeiro Horizontal Bar South American Games 2022 Asunción Team 2022 Asunción Floor exercise 2014 Santiago Team South American Championships 2011 Santiago Team 2012 Rosario Team 2012 Rosario Floor exercise 2019 Santiago Team 2019 Santiago Horizontal bar 2019 Santiago All-around 2011 Santiago Vault 2012 Rosario Vault 2012 Rosario Horizontal bar

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]

Early life

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]

Controversy

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]

Modeling career

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]}

Personal life

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]}

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
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

References

1. Nicole, Nguyen (8 August 2016). "We Need To Talk About This Brazilian Gymnast Right Now". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
2. Arthur Nory. cob.org.br
3. Arthur Mariano Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine . rio2016.com
4. Arthur Mariano Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine . nbcolympics.com
5. "Nory fica em 4º na barra fixa em mais um dia de show de Biles e Uchimura". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
6. "Brazil's Hypolito, Nory take silver and bronze in men's floor exercise". USA Today . Retrieved 14 August 2016.
7. "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019 | Day 10 as it happened". Olympics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
8. Scott Bregman. (21 November 2020).Gymnast Arthur Nory dreams of honouring his Japanese heritage with high bar success at Tokyo Olympics. Retrieved 23 November 2022
9. "Bronze no Rio, Arthur Nory começou no judô e contrariou plano do pai - Olimpíada no Rio | Folha". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
10. "O passado racista de Nory o assombra no dia da sua primeira medalha". EL PAÍS (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 August 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
11. "5 Things to Know About Arthur Nory Mariano".
12. "On an olympic high with Conor Dwyer, Arthur Nory and Bench". The Philippine STAR .
13. "What Filipino athletes can learn from Olympic medalists Arthur Nory and Conor Dwyer". Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
14. "Brazilian Olympic gymnast comes out & unveils new boyfriend in adorable video". LGBTQ Nation. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
15. Buzinski, Jim (23 November 2021). "Brazilian gymnast Arthur Nory says he has a boyfriend". Outsports. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
16. Milton, Josh (26 November 2021). "Olympic gymnast Arthur Nory and his adorable boyfriend are serious couple goals". PinkNews. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

External links

• Brazil portal

• Arthur Mariano at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Arthur Mariano at Olympedia
• Arthur Mariano at Olympics.com
• Arthur Mariano at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
• Arthur Mariano at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)