Spoken languages
English, Portuguese
Club
Sao Bernardo do Campo [Brazil]
Coach
Fernando Lopes [club]; Marcos Goto [national] (globoesporte.globo.com, 22 Nov 2015; cbginastica.com.br, 20 Sep 2015)
Sporting relatives
His sister Daniele represented Brazil in artistic gymnastics at the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games. She was also the first artistic gymnast from Brazil to win a medal at the world championships, on floor in 2001. (intlgymnast.com, 31 Jul 2011; bbc.com, 2012)
International senior debut
1996 for Brazil (fig-gymnastics.com, 05 Sep 2011)
Injuries
He missed out on the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, ON, Canada, after not being able to qualify for the event due to a back injury. (globoesporte.globo.com, 20 May 2015)
He required surgery in March 2012 to correct a minor tear in the meniscus of his right knee. (english.sina.com, 30 Mar 2012)
He injured his left shoulder in December 2011. The injury kept him out of action for about three months and caused him to miss the Olympic test event in January 2012. (ahebrasil.com.br, 23 Dec 2011; cbginastica.com.br. 01 Mar 2012)
In early 2008 he suffered from dengue fever but recovered in time to compete at the 2008 Olympic Games. (nytimes.com, 07 Apr 2008)
He had a lumbar disc hernia problem and sprained his right foot in 2007. (Pan American Games 2007)
He fractured his tibia [leg] in 2005. (Pan American Games 2007)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age seven. (fig-gymnastics.com, 05 Sep 2011; acritica.uol.com.br, 17 Jan 2016)
Reason for taking up the sport
His sister motivated him to take up the sport. (Brazilian Team Media Guide 2003)
Additional information
General
DEPRESSION
In late 2013 he moved from Rio de Janeiro to Sao Paulo after being released by Flamengo. However, his failure to adapt caused him to have severe anxiety issues and depression. "I was afraid to get in the elevator, to fly on a plane, to get in the car, to drive. Everything left me in a big state of anxiety. I was desperate." He improved when he moved to Sao Bernardo. (esporte.uol.com.br, 12 Dec 2014)
SOUTH AMERICAN FIRST
His gold medal on floor at the 2005 World Championships meant he became the first male gymnast from any South American country to win a medal at a world championships. (intlgymnast.com, 04 Feb 2008)
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