Zoi Mafalda Marques de Lima

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Zoi Mafalda Marques de Lima
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Lima competing on the balance beam at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameZoi Mafalda Marques de Lima
Born (1991-11-07) 7 November 1991 (age 33)
Toronto, Canada [1]
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Country representedFlag of Portugal.svg  Portugal
ClubSport Club do Porto
Head coach(es)Cristina Gomes

Zoi Mafalda Marques de Lima (born 7 October 1991) is a Portuguese former artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She also competed at five World Championships (2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2014).

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Gymnastics career

Lima began gymnastics when she was six years old. [2] She competed at the 2007 World Championships and finished 97th in the all-around qualification round. [3]

Lima finished 62nd in the all-around during the qualification round of the 2009 World Championships. [4] After the World Championships, she won a silver medal on the floor exercise at the 2009 Osijek World Cup behind China's Sui Lu. [5]

Lima helped the Portuguese team finish 32nd in the qualification round of the 2010 World Championships. [6] She finished 99th in the individual all-around qualifications at the 2011 World Championships. [7]

Lima had surgery on her right elbow in January 2012. [2] She recovered in time to compete at the 2012 Olympic Test Event, where she qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics. [8] She represented Portugal at the 2012 Summer Olympics and was the country's youngest Olympic team member. [9] She finished 53rd in the all-around during the qualification round with a score of 49.631 after falling on the floor exercise. [10] [11]

Lima finished fifth on the floor exercise at the 2014 Anadia World Challenge Cup. [12] She competed on the vault, balance beam, and floor exercise at the 2014 World Championships but did not advance to any finals. [13] She finished eighth in the floor exercise final at the 2015 Anadia World Challenge Cup. [14] Then at the 2015 Portuguese Championships, she won gold medals on the vault and floor exercise and a silver medal on the balance beam behind Ana Filipa Martins. [15]

References

  1. ↑ "Zoi Mafalda Marques de Lima". London 2012. Archived from the original on 15 August 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Marques de Lima Zoi Mafalda - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "40th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2007 Results Women's Qualifications" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 2 September 2007. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "41st Artistic Gymnastics World Championships October 13 - 18, 2009 London (GBR) Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "Ginástica: Zoi Lima e Luís Araújo medalhados" [Gymnastics: Zoi Lima and Luís Araújo medalists]. Record (in Portuguese). 8 November 2009. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Rotterdam (NED) 16 - 24 October 2010 Team Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 16 October 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  7. ↑ "43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Tokyo (JPN) 7-16 October 2011 All-Around Results Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 7 October 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  8. ↑ "Zoi Lima qualifica-se e junta-se a Manuel Campos" [Zoi Lima qualifies and joins Manuel Campos]. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (in Portuguese). 11 January 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  9. ↑ "Zoi Lima". Público (in Portuguese). 3 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  10. ↑ "Women's Qualification – Olympic Gymnastics – Artistic". London 2012. Archived from the original on 10 December 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2012.
  11. ↑ "Zoi Lima fora da final de ginástica artística" [Zoi Lima out of artistic gymnastics final]. Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (in Portuguese). 29 July 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  12. ↑ "Results for World Challenge Cup 2014 Anadia (POR)". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  13. ↑ "45th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . International Gymnastics Federation. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  14. ↑ "Results for World Challenge Cup 2015 Anadia (POR)". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 21 April 2025.
  15. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (31 May 2015). "2015 Portugese [sic] Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
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