Dora Varella

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Dora Varella
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Dora Varella in 2019
Personal information
Full nameDora Varella Gallacci Pereira [1]
BornDora Varella Gallacci Pereira
(2001-07-31) 31 July 2001 (age 24)
São Paulo, Brazil [2]
OccupationProfessional skateboarder
Website doravarella.com.br (in Portuguese)
Sport
CountryBrazil
Sport Skateboarding
Position Regular footed [2]
Rank9th (June 2021) [3]
Event
 Park
Turned pro2019
Coached byEdgard Pereira and Ítalo Penarrubia [1]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 2020 Summer Olympics: Women's park – 7th
2024 Summer Olympics: Women's park – 4th

Dora Varella Gallacci Pereira (born 31 July 2001) [4] is a Brazilian professional skateboarder. [5] She has competed in women's park events at several World Skateboarding Championships, finishing 15th in 2018 and sixth in 2019. [6] [7]

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Early life

Varella began participating in the sport at the age of 10, [8] after watching one of her cousins practise and asking her parents for a skateboard of her own. In January 2019, aged 17, she became a professional athlete affiliated with the Brazilian Confederation of Skateboarding. [9]

Career

2016

In 2016, Varella received the first invitation of her career to compete at the X Games. [10]

2021: Olympic debut

After the last Olympic qualifying championship held in Des Moines, Iowa, United States, in May 2021, Dora Varella officially qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. [11]

Varella participated in the women's park event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, [8] finishing seventh in the finals. [6] Heading into the games, she ranked ninth in the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings for women's park. [3]

2024

Returning in the 2024 Paris Olympics, she finished fourth in the finals. [12]

Achievements

National

International

Pan American

References

  1. 1 2 "Team Brazil Guide Paris 2024 (v04)" (PDF). COB — Comitê Olímpico do Brasil. Comitê Olímpico do Brasil. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 O'Grady, Alec (16 November 2019). "Brazil Women's Olympic Skateboarding Team". Braille Skateboarding. Archived from the original on 12 October 2025. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings (Park, Female)". World Skate . Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 3 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dora Varella Biographical information". olympedia.org. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Soaring to new heights". China Daily . 2 October 2021. Archived from the original on 1 November 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Skateboarding: VARELLA Dora". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 27 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  7. ↑ "Dora Varella". Olympics. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  8. 1 2 "Soaring to new heights (page 2)". China Daily . 2 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2 October 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Brunaldi, Igor (3 August 2021). "A originalidade de Dora Varella: a madura, responsável e determinada skatista olímpica" [The originality of Dora Varella: the mature, responsible and determined Olympic skateboarder]. Rolling Stone (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on 19 January 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  10. ↑ "Document". Brazilian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "Who is Dora Varella, Brazil's medal hope in skate park". GQ (in Portuguese). Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  12. ↑ Guerra, Marcos (6 August 2024). "Dora Varella termina em 4º na final do skate park feminino; australiana fica com o ouro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Globo.com.
  13. ↑ "Vans Park Series National Championships at Brazil Women's Finals Results". TheBoardr.com. 7 April 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  14. ↑ "Pedro Barros, Dora Varella, Rayssa Leal and João Lucas Alves win the STU National". Brazilian Olympic Committee. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  15. ↑ "STU Nationals Brazil Park Womens Results". TheBoardr.com. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  16. ↑ Kevork, Armen (5 March 2023). "Dora, Akio e Sardi São Os Vencedores No Park do STU Em Criciúma" [Dora, Akio and Sardi are the winners at the STU Park in Criciúma]. CemporcentoSK (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  17. ↑ "STU Cariciuma Womens Park Finals Results". TheBoardr.com. 5 May 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  18. ↑ "Vans Girls Combi Pool Classic Results 2016". GirlsSkateNetwork.com. 23 January 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  19. ↑ "2017 Girls Combi Pool Classic". Thrasher . 22 January 2017. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  20. ↑ "Vans Girls Combi Pool Classic Results 2018". GirlsSkateNetwork.com. 10 March 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
  21. ↑ "STU Open Rio: Pedro Barros e Dora Varella levam título no Park (STU Open Rio: Pedro Barros and Dora Varella win the Park title)". TV Cultura (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  22. ↑ "STU Open at Rio Women's Park Finals Results". TheBoardr.com. 29 October 2023. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  23. ↑ "Vans Park Series Americas Continental Championships Women's Finals Results". TheBoardr.com. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
  24. ↑ "Vans Park Series Americas Continental Championships Women's Finals Results". TheBoardr.com. 29 July 2018. Retrieved 15 October 2025.
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