Occupation
Athlete
Family
Wife Gabriela
Spoken languages
English, Portuguese
Club
Lisboa Ginasio Clube [LGC]: Portugal
Coach
Jose Augusto Dias [club, national], POR
Sporting relatives
His wife, Gabriela Hermes Tomilini, is a model who has also performed in videos of artists such as Brazilian singer Anitta. (gaz.com.br, 09 Apr 2019)
Injuries
In March 2014 he suffered two complete joint dislocations in his foot. In September 2014 he suffered a fracture to a vertebra [back] while recovering from his foot injury. He was out for more than a year in total. (sportv.globo.com, 30 Apr 2015)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age seven at Club MESC in Sao Bernardo do Campo, Brazil.
Reason for taking up the sport
"I took up gymnastics because my sister was practising it. Once I went to one of her training sessions and I was invited to start too."
Ambitions
To win gold at the Olympic Games. (surtoolimpico.com.br, 13 Mar 2018)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning gold in the team event at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. (esportesmais.com.br, 2017)
Additional information
TO PORTUGAL VIA MIAMI
In September 2016 he relocated to Miami, FL, United States of America, after he missed out on selection for the Brazil team at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. There he began training with US-Cuban coach Yin Alvarez, who is also the stepfather of US gymnast Danell Leyva. In September 2018 he then announced that he would be competing for Portugal in future, with his first tournament being the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. "It will be a little strange for me, because I am Brazilian, and I have the greatest affection and respect for the opportunities I had to compete for my country of origin. But it was Portugal that embraced me now and made me a life proposal. I just ran after my dream. Now I can train calmly to fulfil my dream of being a world and Olympic medallist." (globoesporte.globo.com, 05 Oct 2018; lance.com.br, 01 Sep 2017)
OTHER ACTIVITES
He combines his sporting career with modelling. (das-miami.com, 2018)
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