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Geovanna Santos
Brazilian rhythmic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Geovanna Santos da Silva (born 15 February 2002)[2] is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast who has competed both as an individual and a group member. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around.
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Santos began rhythmic gymnastics when she was six years old in Pinheiros.[2] Her father left his job so the family could move to another city for her to train, and her brother stopped his own sport, badminton, to become a rhythmic gymnastics judge to help evaluate her routines.[3] She began competing with Brazil's senior rhythmic group in 2021.[1]
Santos competed at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro. The group won the gold medal in the group all-around and secured the continental quota place for the 2020 Olympic Games. The group additionally won the gold medals in both the 5 balls and the 3 hoops + 4 clubs event finals.[4]
She was selected to compete for Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around alongside Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Déborah Medrado, Nicole Pírcio, and Beatriz Linhares.[5] Santos ruptured a ligament in her knee ahead of the Olympics, but she recovered in time to compete.[6] They finished twelfth in the qualification round for the group all-around.[7]
After the Olympics, Santos resumed competing as an individual, saying that she had achieved her goal as a group member. She also said that she wanted to be the first gymnast to compete at the Olympics as both a group member and individual gymnast.[6]
Santos participated in World Cups, such as Pesaro 2022. She competed at the 2022 Pan American Gymnastics Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, winning silver in the team competition as well as the all-around.[8] Her ribbon routine, with which she won gold, went viral. The routine was performed to the song Rajadão by Pabllo Vittar, who commented positively on a video of her routine. Santos expressed joy about the comment and also said, "I want to continue taking the LGBTQIA+ community to the top, rising higher and higher, and giving voice to the cause. I am very happy for the affection they have given me."[6]
In September 2024, she became the national silver medalist behind Maria Eduarda Alexandre and ahead of Ana Luísa Neiva.[9]
In 2025, she began her season at the World Cup in Sofia, where she placed 10th overall.[10] At the Pan American Championships, she won bronze in the all-around, as well as silver in the team competition. In the apparatus finals, she won another silver with hoop and a second bronze with clubs.[11]
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