| Gabriel Albuquerque | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 April 2006 Campo Grande, Lisbon, Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Portugal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | João Monteiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gabriel Albuquerque (born 9 April 2006) [1] is a Portuguese trampoline gymnast. He won a bronze medal in synchronized trampoline at the 2024 European Championships.
Albuquerque finished eighth in the double mini trampoline final at the 2017 World Age Group Competitions, [2] and he placed eighth in individual trampoline at the 2018 World Age Group Competitions. [3] He won the gold medal in the individual event at the 2019 World Age Group Competitions in Tokyo, becoming the first Portuguese trampoline gymnast to achieve this distinction. [1] At the 2021 European Championships, he won a silver medal with the Portuguese junior trampoline team. [4] He won the individual event among 15–16 year olds at the 2021 World Age Group Competitions. [5] In 2022, he won his third consecutive World Age Group Competitions individual title. [6] He also won a silver medal in the synchronized event with partner Sergio Aniceto. [7]
Albuquerque began competing in senior competitions in 2023. At the 2023 Santarem World Cup, he placed eighth in the individual final and fifth in the synchronized event with his partner Lucas Santos. [8] [9] Then at the Coimbra World Cup, he placed fourth with Santos and seventh as an individual. [10] [11] At the Palm Beach World Cup, he placed eighth as an individual. [12] He won a silver medal with Santos at the 2023 Varna World Cup. [13] He placed fourth in the individual event at the 2023 World Championships and secured his country a berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics. [14] [15] Additional, the Portuguese men's trampoline team finished fourth in the team competition. [16]
Albuquerque placed seventh in the 2024 Baku World Cup and sixth at the Cottbus World Cup in the individual event. Following these result, he was officially selected to represent Portugal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [17] [18] He then won a bronze medal with synchro partner Lucas Santos at the 2024 European Championships. [19]
