Diego Hypólito

Diego Hypólito
— Gymnast —

Hypólito in 2016
Personal information
Full name Diego Matias Hypólito
Country represented  Brazil
Born (1986-06-19) June 19, 1986
Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
Hometown Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior international
Club CR Flamengo
Head coach(es) Renato Araújo
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro Floor exercise
World Championships
2005 Melbourne Floor exercise
2007 Stuttgart Floor exercise
2006 Aarhus Floor exercise
2011 Tokyo Floor exercise
2014 Nanning Floor exercise
World Cup Final
2004 Birmingham Floor exercise
2006 São Paulo Floor exercise
2008 Madrid Floor exercise
2006 São Paulo Vault
Pan American Games
2007 Rio de Janeiro Vault
2007 Rio de Janeiro Floor exercise
2011 Guadalajara Team
2011 Guadalajara Floor exercise
2011 Guadalajara Vault
2003 Santo Domingo Team
2003 Santo Domingo Vault
2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pan American Championships
2013 San Juan Floor exercise
2013 San Juan Vault
2014 Mississauga Floor exercise
2014 Mississauga Team
South American Games
2010 Medellín Team
2010 Medellín Floor exercise
2010 Medellín Vault
South American Championships
2011 Santiago Team
2011 Santiago Floor exercise
2011 Santiago Vault

Diego Matias Hypólito (Brazilian Portuguese: [d͡ʒi.ˈeɡu iˈpɔlitu]; born June 19, 1986 in Santo André, São Paulo) is a Brazilian gymnast and the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to medal at the World Championships.[1] He also won 63 medals in World Cup.[2] Hypólito has represented Brazil in 3 Olympics: 2008, 2012 and 2016. He received the silver medal in Floor at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.[3]He is also the younger brother of Daniele Hypólito, the first Brazilian gymnast ever to medal at Worlds.

Career

Hypólito began gymnastics at the age of 7, following in his older sister's footsteps. He won the floor exercise event in the children's division at the Brazilian National Championships in 1997 and was the all-around junior National Champion in 2001.[4]

By the age of 21, Hypólito had competed in five World Gymnastics Championships, in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007. A floor exercise specialist, he qualified for the FX event finals in all five competitions, placing fifth in 2002, fourth in 2003, earning the gold medal in 2005, the silver medal in 2006, and the gold again in 2007. With his 2005 win, Hypólito became the first male South American gymnast to medal at Worlds.

In the spring of 2008, Hypólito contracted dengue fever.[5] However, he was able to recover and resume training in time to compete at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where he was Brazil's only MAG representative. In the preliminary round of competition, he performed on floor and vault, and qualified to the floor event final in first place with a score of 15.950.[6] In the floor finals, he fell on his last tumbling pass to finish the meet in 6th place.[7]

Hypólito was one of three male Brazilians in artistic gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but he was eliminated during the qualification stage. However, in the 2016 Summer Olympics, held in his host country, finished fourth in qualification for the floor exercise, and won a silver medal in the individual event.

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