Diogo Soares (gymnast)

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Diogo Brajão Soares (born 12 April 2002) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He represented Brazil at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.{{Cite web|title=Artistic Gymnastics SOARES Diogo|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1335239-soares-diogo.htm|url-status=dead|access-date=2021-08-23|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games|language=en-us|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210728202730/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/artistic-gymnastics/athlete-profile-n1335239-soares-diogo.htm |archive-date=2021-07-28 }}

Early life

Diogo Soares started gymnastics at the age of 4. His sister, Driele, is a former gymnast.[http://fpginastica.com.br/web/jovens-promessas-diogo-brajao-soares-e-o-sonho-com-a-olimpiada/ Federação Paulista de Ginástica] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191106212821/http://fpginastica.com.br/web/jovens-promessas-diogo-brajao-soares-e-o-sonho-com-a-olimpiada/ |date=2019-11-06 }} (in Portuguese)

Junior gymnastics career

Soares' first major international competition was the 2016 Pan American Championships where he won a silver medal with the Brazilian team. In 2018, Soares competed at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, earning a bronze medal in the all-around and a silver medal in the horizontal bar.[https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=2229 Takeru Kitazono delivers, Diogo Soares surprises in YOG All-around final] FIG. At the 2019 Junior World Championships he earned a silver medal on rings.

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| image3 = 2019-06-27 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Men's All-around competition Subdivision 4 Parallel bars (Martin Rulsch) 281.jpg

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| image4 = 2019-06-27 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Men's All-around competition Subdivision 4 Horizontal bar (Martin Rulsch) 317.jpg

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Senior gymnastics career

= 2020 =

Soares became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2020. He made his senior international debut at the 2020 American Cup where he placed seventh.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2020/03/09/2020-american-cup-mens-results/|title=2020 American Cup Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=March 9, 2020}} The remainder of competitions were either canceled or postponed, including the 2020 Olympic Games, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic

= 2021 =

Soares returned to competition at the 2021 Pan American Championships where he helped Brazil finish first as a team. Individually Soares won bronze in the all-around behind Caio Souza and Paul Juda; as a result he earned Brazil a non-nominative Olympic berth.{{cite web|url=https://portalnews.com.br/index.php/esportes/2021/06/bronze-no-pan-de-ginastica-assegura-quinta-vaga-brasileira-para-toquio|title=Bronze no Pan de Ginástica assegura quinta vaga brasileira para Tóquio|trans-title=Bronze at the Gymnastics Pan ensures Brazil's fifth place in Tokyo|work=Portal News|language=pt-br|date=June 4, 2021}} Additionally he won bronze on parallel bars. Soares was selected to represent Brazil at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Souza, Francisco Barretto Júnior, and Arthur Mariano. While there Soares helped Brazil finish ninth as a team during qualifications. Individually he qualified to the all-around final where he ultimately finished twentieth.{{cite web|url=https://www.mg.superesportes.com.br/app/noticias/especiais/olimpiadas/toquio/noticias/2021/07/28/toquio,3927945/ginastas-caio-souza-e-diogo-soares-ficam-sem-medalha-no-individual-geral.shtml|title=Ginastas Caio Souza e Diogo Soares ficam sem medalha no individual geral|trans-title=Gymnasts Caio Souza and Diogo Soares are left without a medal in the all-around|language=pt-br|date=July 28, 2021|work=Super Esportes}}

= 2022–23 =

At the 2022 Pan American Championships Soares helped Brazil finish second. In October he competed at the South American Games, helping Brazil win gold as a team. Individually he won bronze on horizontal bar. Later that month he competed at the World Championships where he helped Brazil finish seventh as a team. Individually he placed seventeenth in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2022/11/09/2022-world-championships-mens-results/|title=2022 World Championships Men's Results|work=The Gymternet|date=November 9, 2022}}

Soares competed at the 2023 World Championships where Brazil finished thirteenth during qualifications and failed to qualify a full team to the 2024 Olympic Games. However, due to Soares finishing as one of the top eight all-around gymnasts not part of a qualified team, he earned himself an individual Olympic berth.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/pt/noticias/mundial-ginastica-artistica-2023-diogo-soares-brasil-vagas-paris-2024|title=Mundial de Ginástica Artística 2023: Diogo Soares obtém vaga em Paris 2024 e Brasil assegura outra cota individual masculina|language=pt-br|trans-title=Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2023: Diogo Soares obtains a place in Paris 2024 and Brazil secures another men's individual quota|date=October 1, 2023|work=International Olympic Committee}} A few weeks later Soares competed at the 2023 Pan American Games where he helped Brazil finish third as a team. Individually he won silver in the all-around behind Félix Dolci.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/pt/noticias/resultados-individual-geral-ginastica-pan-2023|title=Com reviravoltas no fim, Diogo Soares e Flávia Saraiva ganham a prata no individual geral do Pan 2023|date=October 23, 2023|language=pt-br|trans-title=With twists and turns at the end, Diogo Soares and Flávia Saraiva win silver in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Games|work=International Olympic Committee}}

= 2024 =

Soares started the year competing at the Antalya World Challenge Cup and the Doha World Cup; he won silver on horizontal bar in Antalya.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2024/04/02/2024-antalya-challenge-cup-mens-results/|title=2024 Antalya Challenge Cup men's results|work=The Gymternet|date=April 2, 2024}} In May he competed at the Pan American Championships where he helped Brazil place first. Individually he won gold on pommel horse and horizontal bar and silver on parallel bars. At the 2024 Olympic Games Soares qualified to the all-around final where he finished twenty-third.

Competitive history

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bgcolor=#EBC2AF \| align=left \| Youth Olympic Games		{{bronze3}}		7	6	6	9	{{silver2}}
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rowspan="3" \| 2021
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bgcolor=98FB98 \| align="left" \| Olympic Games	9	20
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bgcolor=#F5F6CE \| align=left \| Pan American Championships	{{silver2}}
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align=left \| South American Games	{{gold1}}							{{bronze3}}
bgcolor=#CCCCFF \| align=left \| World Championships	7	17
rowspan="5" \| 2023	align=left \| Brazil Trophy			4	6	4	{{silver2}}	6	4
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align=left \| Paris World Challenge Cup				6
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align=left \| Brazil Trophy				{{gold1}}
bgcolor=98FB98 \| align=left \| Olympic Games		23
align=left \| Brazilian Championships						{{silver2}}	6