Nickname
Bisteca [Portuguese for steak. "A coach said my family name was too long and began calling me 'Bisteca'. Everybody calls me that, very few people know that my name is Lucas"]. (minastenisclube.com.br, 24 Sep 2020; sportv.globo.com, 21 Mar 2018)
Occupation
Armed Forces Athlete
Education
Physical Education - Estacio de Sa University: Brazil
Spoken languages
English, Portuguese
Club
Minas Tenis Clube: Belo Horizonte, BRA
Coach
Ricardo Yokoyama [club, national]
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age eight in Americana, Brazil.
Reason for taking up the sport
He practised capoeira, a Brazilian mix of dancing and martial arts, before his coach encouraged him to try gymnastics. "He talked to my family and said they should enrol me in gymnastics. I began training the following year and was hooked from the first day."
Most memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (minastenisclube.com.br, 24 Sep 2020)
Hero / Idol
Brazilian gymnast Arthur Zanetti, Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura. (minastenisclube.com.br, 24 Sep 2020)
Last update : 2024-07-22