Julia Soares

Julia Soares
Julia Soares
	Soares in August 2024
Personal information
Full name	Julia das Neves Botega Soares
Born	23 August 2005 (age 19); Curitiba, Brazil
Hometown	Colombo, Paraná, Brazil
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Brazil
Years on national team	2018–present (BRA)
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	Centro de Excelencia de Ginastica (CEGIN)
Head coach(es)	Iryna Ilyashenko
Assistant coach(es)	Caroline Molinari
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing Brazil
Olympic Games
World Championships
Pan American Games
Pan American Championships
South American Games
South American Championships
FIG World Cup

Last updated January 17, 2025

Julia das Neves Botega Soares (born 23 August 2005) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the Brazilian national gymnastics team.^[1] Soares represented her country at the 2019 Junior World Championships, where she was a finalist on the balance beam.^[2] She made her international senior debut at the 2021 Pan American Championships where she helped Brazil win the team gold, and also took an individual bronze medal on the balance beam.^[3] She debuted a new skill, a candle mount with a half twist on the balance beam, which was named after her in the Code of Points.^[4] She was part of the silver medal-winning Brazilian team at the 2023 World Championships, and of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

Early life

Soares was born on 23 August 2005 in Curitiba, and grew up in nearby Colombo. She took up gymnastics at age four, inspired by her older sister Giovanna.^[5] Her role model in gymnastics is fellow Brazilian artistic gymnast Daniele Hypólito.^[6]

Career

Junior

2018

In April 2018, Soares competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy, contributing to Brazil’s seventh place finish. She then won gold in the all-around and on the balance beam at the Brazilian Championships. In October 2018, she became the South American junior champion on the balance beam. At the Brazilian Junior Championships, she placed third in the all-around and won the gold on the balance beam, also taking the silver on vault, bars and floor.^[7]

2019

In 2019, Soares placed fifth in the all-around at the Brazilian Event Championships, and took the bronze in both the balance beam and the floor exercise finals in a field of mixed junior and senior competitors. Soares was selected to the Brazilian team for the 2019 Junior World Championships alongside Ana Luiza Lima and Christal Bezerra.^[8] She placed 15th in the individual all-around and contributed to the Brazilian team’s seventh place finish in a field of 29 teams. She also qualified to the balance beam final, where she finished seventh.^[2] Soares went on to compete at the Brazilian Championships, becoming the junior national champion in the all-around as well as on the balance beam and on the floor exercise.^[7]

At the 2019 South American Junior Championships in Cali, Colombia, Soares earned the bronze medal in the all-around, the silver on beam, gold on floor, and contributed to the Brazilian team’s second place finish behind Argentina. She finished her 2019 season by winning four gold medals at the Brazilian Junior Championships.^[7]

Soares competing in the balance beam final at the 2019 Junior World Championships

Senior

2021

Soares began competing as a senior in 2021. At the 2021 Pan American Championships held in Rio de Janeiro, she helped Brazil win the gold medal in the team final, and also earned an individual bronze in the balance beam final.^[3] In addition, Soares performed a candle mount with a half twist on the balance beam, which was named after her in the Code of Points, as she was the first gymnast to successfully perform the skill at an FIG international competition.^[4]

2022

At the 2022 Pan American Championships Soares helped the Brazilian team win gold and qualify to the World Championships in Liverpool. In september, she competed in the South American Games, in which she won the gold medal in team and all-around finals, in addition to balance beam and floor exercise.

2023

At the DTB Pokal Stuttgart, Soares won the gold medal on floor exercise.^[9] In October, Soares competed at the World Championships along with teammates Rebeca Andrade, Jade Barbosa, Lorrane Oliveira and Flávia Saraiva. The team took the silver medal behind the United States — Brazil's first team medal in World Championship history.^[10]^[11] Later that month, Soares competed at the Pan American Games, where the Brazilian team once again took silver behind the United States.^[12] Individually, she finished fourth in the floor final.^[13]

2024

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Soares won the bronze medal with the Brazilian team in the team all-around final, alongside Rebeca Andrade, Jade Barbosa, Lorrane Oliveira and Flávia Saraiva. This was the first ever Olympic team medal in gymnastics for the country.^[14]

Eponymous skills

Apparatus	Name	Description	Difficulty	Added to Code
Balance Beam	Soares	candle mount with half twist	C	2021 Pan American Championships

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	UB	BB	FX
Junior
2018	City of Jesolo Trophy	7	34
	Brazilian Championships
	Brazilian Event Championships			5		5
	South American Junior Championships				4
	Brazilian Junior Championships
2019	WOGA Classic		7
	Brazilian Event Championships		5
	Junior World Championships	7	15		7	R1
	Brazilian Championships
	South American Junior Championships
	Brazilian Junior Championships
Senior
2021
	Pan American Championships
	Brazilian Championships		4	6
	South American Championships
2022	Baku World Cup
	Gymnasiade	4	6		7	6
	Pan American Championships					6
	Brazilian Championships			6
	South American Games
	World Championships	4
2023	DTB Pokal Team Challenge	9			4
	Brazil Trophy
	Pan American Championships	5	7	12	8	8
	Brazilian Championships			6
	World Championships
	Pan American Games					4
	Arthur Gander Memorial
	Swiss Cup
2024	Baku World Cup				5
	City of Jesolo Trophy
	Brazil Trophy					6
	Olympic Games				7	R2
	Brazilian Championships			WD	WD	WD
	Arthur Gander Memorial
	Swiss Cup	4

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References

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1 2 "1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships – Results Book". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
1 2 "REBECA CONQUISTA VAGA PARA OS JOGOS OLÍMPICOS DE TÓQUIO". Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG) (in Portuguese). June 6, 2021.
1 2 "JÚLIA SOARES PRESTES A HOMOLOGAR ELEMENTO COM SEU NOME NO CÓDIGO DA FIG". Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG) (in Portuguese). June 7, 2021.
↑ "Thais Fidélis e Ana Luiza Lima brilham no Brasileiro de Especialistas". Esporte Alternativo (in Portuguese). August 18, 2018.
↑ "SOARES Julia – FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). June 6, 2019.
1 2 3 "Julia Soares – Competition Results". The Gymternet. 11 January 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
↑ "The Junior World Championships Women's Master Team List". The Gymternet. June 5, 2019.
↑ "2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results". The Gymternet. March 20, 2023.
↑ "United States, Brazil, and France comprise historic women's team podium at 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". Gymnastics Now. 4 October 2023.
↑ "Simone Biles magic leads USA to world gymnastics championships gold medal". The Guardian . 4 October 2023.
↑ "Santiago 2023 – U.S. women's artistic gymnastics team golden again at Pan Am Games". International Olympic Committee . 23 October 2023.
↑ "2023 Pan American Games Results". The Gymternet. 26 October 2023.
↑ "Italy and Brazil make history with Olympic team medals in women's gymnastics". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2024-08-01.

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[1] "SELEÇÃO GINÁSTICA ARTÍSTICA FEMININA". Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG) (in Portuguese). Archived from the original on June 29, 2014. Retrieved June 9, 2021.

[resultsbook-2] 1 2 "1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships – Results Book". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Retrieved June 9, 2021.

[CBG-3] 1 2 "REBECA CONQUISTA VAGA PARA OS JOGOS OLÍMPICOS DE TÓQUIO". Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG) (in Portuguese). June 6, 2021.

[element-4] 1 2 "JÚLIA SOARES PRESTES A HOMOLOGAR ELEMENTO COM SEU NOME NO CÓDIGO DA FIG". Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG) (in Portuguese). June 7, 2021.

[esporte-5] "Thais Fidélis e Ana Luiza Lima brilham no Brasileiro de Especialistas". Esporte Alternativo (in Portuguese). August 18, 2018.

[FIG-6] "SOARES Julia – FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). June 6, 2019.

[results-7] 1 2 3 "Julia Soares – Competition Results". The Gymternet. 11 January 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2021.

[8] "The Junior World Championships Women's Master Team List". The Gymternet. June 5, 2019.

[9] "2023 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results". The Gymternet. March 20, 2023.

[10] "United States, Brazil, and France comprise historic women's team podium at 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships". Gymnastics Now. 4 October 2023.

[11] "Simone Biles magic leads USA to world gymnastics championships gold medal". The Guardian . 4 October 2023.

[12] "Santiago 2023 – U.S. women's artistic gymnastics team golden again at Pan Am Games". International Olympic Committee . 23 October 2023.

[13] "2023 Pan American Games Results". The Gymternet. 26 October 2023.

[14] "Italy and Brazil make history with Olympic team medals in women's gymnastics". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2024-08-01.

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