Flávia Saraiva

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Flávia Saraiva
— Gymnast  —
Full name Flávia Lopes Saraiva
Country represented  Brazil
Born (1999-09-30) September 30, 1999 (age 24)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 1.33 m (4 ft 4 in)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2012–present
Club Sesi-Qualivida
Head coach(es) Alexandre Carvalho
Assistant coach(es) Juliana Fajardo

Flávia Lopes Saraiva (born September 30, 1999 in Rio de Janeiro) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[1]

Junior career

2013

Saraiva's first international competition was the Houston National Invitational, where she finished 10th in the all-around competition. In December, she competed at the 2013 Gymnasiade in her own country, and won gold medals in floor exercise, balance beam and silver with her team and placed sixth on uneven bars.

2014

Saraiva started her 2014 season by competing at the WOGA Classic in Plano, Texas. She placed first on balance beam, second with her team and fifth in the all-around. In March, she competed at the Junior Pan American Championships, a qualifier meet for the Youth Olympic Games. There she had an outstanding meet, as she placed first in the all-around and on floor, second with the team and third on bars and beam. In August she was crowned Brazilian National Junior Champion, an added a bronze on beam to her medal haul. She replaced injured teammate Rebeca Andrade and competed at the 2014 Youth Summer Olympics. She had a great competition there, qualifying to the all-around and to the beam and floor finals. She medaled on all of them, winning silver in the AA and beam and gold on floor.

Senior career

2015

Saraiva made her senior international debut at the FIG World Challenge Cup in São Paulo. She won the floor exercise, and got the silver medal on balance beam behind China's Shang Chunsong.

At the Pan American Games, she took the bronze medal in the all around behind Canada's Ellie Black and USA's Madison Desch. In the team competition, Brazil took bronze behind the USA and Canada.

Competitive History

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2014 Youth Olympic Games 2nd 2nd 1st
2015 Pan American Games 3rd 3rd
Sao Paulo World Cup 2nd 1st
2016 Baku World Cup 3rd 1st 1st
Olympic Test Event 1st 2nd 2nd 1st

References

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Awards
Preceded by
Inaugural
Brazilian Athlete of the Year (Fan's Choice)
2014
Succeeded by
Thiago Pereira