Beatriz Linhares

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Beatriz Linhares
Full nameBeatriz Linhares da Silva
Nickname(s)Bia
Country representedFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Born (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003 (age 20)
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Residence Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
Height1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) [1]
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team2019 - present
Head coach(es) Camila Ferezin
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
Event1st2nd3rd
FIG World Cup 001
Total001
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Lima 3 hoops + 4 clubs
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Lima Group all-around
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2019 Lima 5 balls
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Rio de Janeiro Group all-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Rio de Janeiro5 balls
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg2021 Rio de Janeiro3 hoops + 4 clubs
South American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Asunción Group all-around
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Asunción 5 hoops
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Asunción 3 ribbons + 2 balls

Beatriz Linhares da Silva (born 4 February 2003) [2] is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around.

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Career

Linhares grew up training in ballet, but she switched to rhythmic gymnastics when she was nine years old. In 2017, she moved away from her family to Aracaju so she could train with the Brazilian group. [1]

Linhares represented Brazil at the 2019 Pan American Games, and the Brazilian group won the bronze medal in the group all-around behind Mexico and the United States. [3] They also won the bronze medal in the 5 balls event final. Then in the 3 hoops + 4 clubs, they won the gold medal. [4]

Linhares competed at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro. The group won the gold medal in the group all-around and secured the continental quota place for the 2020 Olympic Games. The group additionally won the gold medals in both the 5 balls and the 3 hoops + 4 clubs event finals. [5]

She was selected to compete for Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around alongside Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Déborah Medrado, Nicole Pírcio, and Geovanna Santos. [6] They finished twelfth in the qualification round for the group all-around. [7]

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References

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