Nicole Pircio

Nicole Pircio Nunes Duarte OLY (born 24 July 2002)^[2] is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 and 2022 Pan American group all-around champion and the 2019 Pan American Games 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion. She won three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games and at the 2019 South American Championships, and she won four gold medals at the 2022 South American Championships. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics and finished twelfth in qualifications for the group all-around.

Nicole Pircio
Pircio in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Nicole Pircio Nunes Duarte
Born	(2002-07-24) 24 July 2002 (age 23) Piracicaba, Brazil
Height	166 cm (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Country represented	Brazil (2018 - present)
Head coach(es)	Camila Ferezin
Medal record Rhythmic gymnastics Representing  Brazil Pan American Games 2019 Lima 3 hoops + 2 clubs 2023 Santiago Group all-around 2023 Santiago 5 hoops 2023 Santiago 3 ribbons + 2 balls 2019 Lima Group all-around 2019 Lima 5 balls Pan American Championships 2018 Lima 5 hoops 2021 Rio de Janeiro Group all-around 2021 Rio de Janeiro 5 balls 2021 Rio de Janeiro 3 hoops + 4 clubs 2022 Rio de Janeiro Group all-around 2022 Rio de Janeiro 5 hoops 2023 Guadalajara Group All-around 2023 Guadalajara 5 hoops 2023 Guadalajara 3 ribbons + 2 balls 2024 Guatemala City 5 hoops 2022 Rio de Janeiro 3 ribbons + 2 balls 2024 Guatemala City Group all-around 2024 Guatemala City 3 ribbons + 2 balls 2018 Lima Group all-around 2018 Lima 3 balls + 2 ropes South American Games 2018 Cochabamba Group all-around 2018 Cochabamba 5 hoops 2018 Cochabamba 3 balls + 2 ropes South American Championships 2019 Bogotá Group all-around 2019 Bogotá 5 balls 2019 Bogotá 3 hoops + 4 clubs 2022 Paipa All-around team 2022 Paipa Group all-around 2022 Paipa 5 hoops 2022 Paipa 3 ribbons + 2 balls Event 1st 2nd 3rd FIG World Cup 1 0 3 FIG World Challenge Cup 5 1 1 Total 6 1 4

Career

2018

Pircio began rhythmic gymnastics when she was ten years old and was invited to join the Brazilian national team in 2018.^[3] At the 2018 South American Games Pircio and her teammates swept the gold medals in the group all-around and both apparatus finals. She competed at the 2018 Pan American Championships where the Brazilian group won the gold medal in 5 balls and the bronze medals in the group all-around and 3 balls + 2 ropes.^[4] She then competed at the 2018 World Championships where the Brazilian group finished eighteenth in the all-around.^[5]

2019

Pircio and the Brazilian group swept the gold medals at the 2019 South American Championships. She then competed at the 2019 Pan American Games where she won a gold medal in the 3 hoops + 2 clubs event and bronze medals in the group all-around and 5 balls event.^[6][7][8] Then at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, the Brazilian group placed thirteenth in the all-around.^[9]

2021

Pircio 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.^[10] She was selected to compete for Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around alongside Beatriz Linhares, Déborah Medrado, Maria Eduarda Arakaki, and Geovanna Santos.^[11] They finished twelfth in the qualification round for the group all-around.^[12] After the Olympic Games, she competed at the 2021 World Championships where the Brazilian group placed ninth in the all-around.^[13] They also finished seventh in the 5 balls final.^[14]

2022

Pircio competed at the 2022 South American Championships where the Brazilian group won the gold medals in the team, all-around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls. She then competed with Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Déborah Medrado, Gabrielle da Silva, Giovanna Oliveira, and Bárbara Galvão at the 2022 Pan American Championships and successfully defended their group all-around title. They also won gold in the 5 hoops event finals, and they won the silver behind Mexico in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final.^[15] The same group then competed at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia where they finished fifth in the group all-around.^[16] They also qualified for the 5 hoops final where they finished fourth.^[17]

2024

At the Pan American Championships in Guatemala City, the Brazilian group won the gold medal in 5 hoops but won the silver in the all-around and 3 ribbons and 2 balls behind Mexico.^[18] In August 2024, Medrado competed represented Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Victória Borges, Déborah Medrado, Sofia Pereira, and Maria Eduarda Arakaki. During the qualification round for the group all-around, the Brazilian group stood in fourth place after their first routine, 5 hoops. In the end they finished in ninth place, just outside of reaching the finals, due to group member Victória Borges injuring herself minutes before their second qualifications routine (3 ribbons and 2 balls).^[19]

2025

Nicole and Maria Eduarda Arakaki were the only ones left from the Olympic team and continued training in 2025. Together with Maria Paula Caminha, Mariana Gonçalves, Ana Luiza Franceschi and Bárbara Urquiza they presented new routines at Portimão World Challenge Cup and won gold medals in group all-around, 5 ribbons and 3 balls + 2 hoops.^[20] On July 18-20, the group won gold medal in all-around at Milan World Cup.^[21] They also won gold medal in 5 Ribbons final and bronze in 3 Balls and 2 Hoops.^[22]