The Most Famous

GYMNASTS from Brazil

Icon of occuation in country

This page contains a list of the greatest Brazilian Gymnasts. The pantheon dataset contains 370 Gymnasts, 3 of which were born in Brazil. This makes Brazil the birth place of the 21st most number of Gymnasts behind Czechia, and Poland.

Top 8

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Brazilian Gymnasts of all time. This list of famous Brazilian Gymnasts is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

Photo of Rebeca Andrade

1. Rebeca Andrade (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 33.29, Rebeca Andrade is the most famous Brazilian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.

Rebeca Rodrigues de Andrade (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁeˈbɛkɐ ʁoˈdɾiɡis dʒi ɐ̃ˈdɾadʒi]; born 8 May 1999) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. Having won a total of six Olympic and nine World medals, she is the most decorated Brazilian and Latin American gymnast of all time, as well as the most decorated Brazilian Olympian in any discipline. In the all-around, she is the 2022 World champion, a two-time Olympic silver medalist (2020, 2024), the 2023 World silver medalist, and the 2021 Pan American champion. On vault, she is the 2020 Olympic gold medalist, the 2024 Olympic silver medalist, a two-time World Champion (2021, 2023), and the 2023 Pan American Games champion. In the floor exercise, she is the 2024 Olympic gold medalist, 2023 World silver medallist, and 2022 World bronze medallist. She led the Brazilian team to its first ever team medals at the 2023 World Championships (silver) and the 2024 Olympics (bronze), as well as the gold medal at the 2021 Pan American Championships. Andrade is the first Brazilian female gymnast to medal at an Olympic Games and only the second Brazilian woman to win a gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Andrade is one of only 11 female gymnasts to have medalled on every event in the history of World Championships, and one of only three gymnasts to have done so in the 21st century, alongside Simone Biles and Aliya Mustafina. At the junior level, she is the 2012 Junior Pan American champion in the all-around and on vault and floor exercise, and the 2014 Junior Pan American champion on the vault, uneven bars, and balance beam. After a successful junior career, Andrade's senior debut in 2015 was cut short by the first of three ACL tears. She returned to competition and represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she placed eleventh in the all-around final. She tore her ACL for the second time in 2017, but made her World Championships debut in 2018. After her third ACL tear in 2019, Andrade represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics and at the 2021 World Championships, where she won the vault gold medal at both events.

Photo of Arthur Zanetti

2. Arthur Zanetti (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 29.13, Arthur Zanetti is the 2nd most famous Brazilian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Arthur Nabarrete Zanetti (born 16 April 1990) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. He won the gold medal on the rings exercise at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, becoming the first Brazilian and Latin American gymnast to win an Olympic medal in history. He also won the gold medal at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp.

Photo of Diego Hypólito

3. Diego Hypólito (b. 1986)

With an HPI of 27.94, Diego Hypólito is the 3rd most famous Brazilian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 15 different languages.

Diego Matias Hypólito (Brazilian Portuguese: [dʒiˈeɡu iˈpɔlitu]; born 19 June 1986) is a Brazilian gymnast, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion in the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to win a medal at the World Championships. He also won 63 medals in the World Cup. Hypólito has represented Brazil at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympic Games. He received the silver medal in floor exercise at the 2016 Olympic Games. He is the brother of Daniele Hypólito, the first Brazilian gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships.

Photo of Arthur Mariano

4. Arthur Mariano (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 26.17, Arthur Mariano is the 4th most famous Brazilian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano (born 18 September 1993) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the Brazilian national team. He is a three-time Olympian, having represented Brazil at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on floor exercise as well as the 2019 World Champion and 2022 World bronze medalist on horizontal bar.

Photo of Flávia Saraiva

5. Flávia Saraiva (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 0.00, Flávia Saraiva is the 5th most famous Brazilian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Flávia Lopes Saraiva (born 30 September 1999) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris where she won a bronze medal as part of the Brazilian team. She was also part of the teams that won silver at the 2023 World Championships, gold at the 2018 South American Games and bronze at the 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games. Individually she is the 2014 Summer Youth Olympic floor exercise champion, the 2023 World Championships floor exercise bronze medalist and is a multi-medalist at the Pan American Games, South American Games, and Pan American Championships.

Photo of Thaís Fidélis

6. Thaís Fidélis (b. 2001)

With an HPI of 0.00, Thaís Fidélis is the 6th most famous Brazilian Gymnast.  Her biography has been translated into different languages.

Thaís Fidélis dos Santos (born July 23, 2001) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where she placed fourth on the floor exercise.

Photo of Francisco Barretto Júnior

7. Francisco Barretto Júnior (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 0.00, Francisco Barretto Júnior is the 7th most famous Brazilian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Francisco Carlos Barretto Júnior (born 31 October 1989) is a Brazilian male artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. In 2015, Francisco Barreto won the silver medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto in the team category. Also in the team category, Francisco Barreto won the double championship at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, repeating his feat from 2011 in Guadalajara, Mexico. Francisco made history in Lima by winning Brazil's first gold medal in the pommel horse category at the Pan American Games.

Photo of Caio Souza

8. Caio Souza (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 0.00, Caio Souza is the 8th most famous Brazilian Gymnast.  His biography has been translated into different languages.

Caio Campos Souza (born 12 September 1993) is a Brazilian male artistic gymnast and part of the national team. He participated at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the first Brazilian gymnast to get medals at every apparatus at the FIG World Cups.

People

Pantheon has 8 people classified as Brazilian gymnasts born between 1986 and 2001. Of these 8, 8 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Brazilian gymnasts include Rebeca Andrade, Arthur Zanetti, and Diego Hypólito. As of April 2024, 5 new Brazilian gymnasts have been added to Pantheon including Diego Hypólito, Flávia Saraiva, and Thaís Fidélis.

Living Brazilian Gymnasts

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Newly Added Brazilian Gymnasts (2024)

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous