List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Brazil

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Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896. [1] Brazilian female artistic gymnasts have participated in every Summer Olympics since 1980, except for 1996, when Soraya Carvalho qualified but had to withdraw before the start of the competition due to an ankle injury. [2] A total of 17 female gymnasts have represented Brazil. At the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, Rebeca Andrade won gold in the vault and silver in the individual all-around. [3]

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Gymnasts

Summer Olympics

GymnastYearsRef.
Cláudia Costa 1980 [4]
Tatiana Figueiredo 1984 [4]
Luísa Ribeiro 1988, 1992 [4]
Camila Comin 2000, 2004 [4]
Daniele Hypólito 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 [4]
Ana Paula Rodrigues 2004 [4]
Laís Souza 2004, 2008 [4]
Daiane dos Santos 2004, 2008, 2012 [4]
Caroline Molinari 2004 [4]
Jade Barbosa 2008, 2016 [4]
Ana Cláudia Silva 2008 [4]
Ethiene Franco 2008, 2012 [4]
Bruna Leal 2012 [4]
Harumy de Freitas 2012 [4]
Rebeca Andrade 2016, 2020 [4]
Lorrane Oliveira 2016 [4]
Flávia Saraiva 2016, 2020 [4]

Youth Olympic Games

GymnastYearsRef.
Harumy Freitas 2010 [5]
Flávia Saraiva 2014 [6]
Laura Rocha 2018 [7]

Decorated gymnasts

Summer Olympics

GymnastTeamAA VT UB BB FX Total
Rebeca Andrade Silver medal olympic.svg 2020 Gold medal olympic.svg 2020 2

Youth Olympic Games

GymnastAA VT UB BB FX Total
Flávia Saraiva Silver medal olympic.svg 2014 Silver medal olympic.svg 2014 Gold medal olympic.svg 2014 3

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References

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  2. Globo Esporte (in Portuguese)
  3. "Artistic Gymnastics ANDRADE Rebeca - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Olympics.com. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Olympedia. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  5. FIG Photos 2010
  6. FIG Photos 2014
  7. FIG Photos 2018