Isabella Amado

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Isabella Amado
Full nameIsabella del Carmen Amado Medrano
Nickname(s)Isa
Born (1996-08-09) 9 August 1996 (age 28)
Panama City, Panama
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Flag of Panama.svg Panama
(2012–2016)
College team Boise State Broncos (2017–2020)
Training location Virginia Beach, Virginia
ClubExcalibur Gymnastics
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Panama.svg  Panama
South American Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Santiago Balance beam
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 Rosario Balance beam
Bolivarian Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Trujillo Vault
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 TrujilloBalance beam
Central American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 San Jose Vault
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 San JoseAll-around
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 San JoseUneven bars
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2013 San JoseBalance beam
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
World Challenge Cup112

Isabella del Carmen Amado Medrano (born 9 August 1996) is a Panamanian former artistic gymnast. She became Panama's first Olympian in artistic gymnastics when she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. She is a two-time South American Championships medalist on the balance beam. Additionally, she is the 2013 Central American Games vault champion and a four-time medalist in the FIG World Cup series.

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Early life

Amado was born in Panama City on 9 August 1996. [1] Her father, Camilo Amado, is the former president of the Panama Olympic Committee. She began gymnastics when she was five years old. [2] At the age of 14, she moved to Virginia Beach, Virginia, to improve her training conditions. [3]

Gymnastics career

Amado won a bronze medal on the balance beam at the 2012 South American Championships. [4] She then won the balance beam silver medal at the 2013 South American Championships. [5] At the 2013 Bolivarian Games, she won bronze medals on the vault and the balance beam. [6] She won four medals at the 2013 Central American Games, including the vault gold medal. [7]

Amado finished fourth on the vault and fifth on the floor exercise at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships. [8] She finished 86th in the all-around qualifications at the 2014 World Championships. [9] After the World Championships, she competed at the Medellin World Challenge Cup and won the gold medal on the balance beam and the bronze medal on the vault. [10]

Amado won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2015 Varna World Challenge Cup, behind Ilaria Käslin. [11] Then at the Osijek World Challenge Cup, she won a bronze medal on the balance beam, behind Jade Barbosa and Dorina Böczögő. [12] She represented Panama at the 2015 Pan American Games and finished 18th in the all-around final. [13]

At the 2015 World Championships, Amado fell on multiple events and missed the cutoff for qualification to the 2016 Summer Olympics. However, she received an invitation from the Tripartite Commission to represent Panama at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [3] [14] She became Panama's first Olympian in artistic gymnastics. [2] [3] She finished 44th in the all-around during the qualification round and did not advance into any finals. [15]

Amado earned a scholarship to compete for Boise State University's gymnastics team beginning in the 2017 season. [3] She competed on the balance beam during her freshman and sophomore seasons and was named to the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference All-Academic team both years. In 2019, she won the Mountain Rim Gymnastics Conference balance beam title with a score of 9.900 and also began competing on the vault and floor exercise. [16] Her senior season was cut short by the breakout of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, leading to her retirement. [17]

Personal life

After graduating from Boise State University in May 2021, Amado enrolled in the Burnett School of Medicine. [17] She graduated in 2025 and began her residency at the University of Virginia Health System in orthopedic surgery. [18]

References

  1. ↑ "Isabella Amado". Olympedia . Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Amado Isabella - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Chirino, Trilly (2 August 2016). "These Roommates Will Be the First Gymnasts to Rep Panama and Peru at the Olympics". Remezcla . Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Isabella Amado, con bronce sudamericano" [Isabella Amado, with South American bronze]. Panama America (in Spanish). 11 November 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Gimnasta Isabella Amado gana plata en Sudamericano mayor" [Gymnast Isabella Amado wins silver at the South American Senior Championships]. RPC TV (in Spanish). 9 December 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bolivarianos 2013: Resultados de las finales por aparatos" [Bolivarian Games 2013: Results of the apparatus finals]. Gimnasia Latina (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 5 December 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Isabella Amado, la atleta dorada panameña" [Isabella Amado, the golden Panamanian athlete]. La Estrella de Panama (in Spanish). 10 March 2013. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "2014 Pacific Rim Championships April 9-12, 2014 – Richmond Olympic Oval Session WAG Senior Finals" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . April 12, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 June 2021. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
  9. ↑ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  10. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (9 November 2014). "Beam and Floor Golds Go to Amado and Chiarella in Medellín". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Yao, Martin (10 May 2015). "Amado se plantó entre las mejores del mundo" [Amado established herself among the best in the world]. Panama America (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Isabella Amado obtuvo medalla en el Grand Prix de Gimnasia en Croacia" [Isabella Amado won a medal at the Gymnastics Grand Prix in Croatia.]. COS Panama (in Spanish). 7 October 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  13. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Results Book Toronto 2015" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . Toronto 2015 . Retrieved 22 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Panama gymnast heading for Olympics". Newsroom Panama. 2016-04-26. Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  15. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . 7 August 2016. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  16. ↑ "Isabella Amado". Boise State Broncos . Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  17. 1 2 Stokes, Prescotte. "Former Olympian Pursues New Dream of Being a Physician at Fort Worth Medical School". Burnett School of Medicine . Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  18. ↑ Stokes, Prescotte. "Three Women from Burnett School of Medicine at TCU Enter Orthopaedic Surgery". Burnett School of Medicine . Retrieved 2 July 2025.
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