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DANIELE HYPOLITO
Daniele Matias Hypolito (born September 8, 1984, Santo André, São Paulo) is a Brazilian gymnast
who competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She was the first athlete from Brazil ever to win a medal at the World Gymnastics
Championships. She is also the nine-time Brazilian National Champion in artistic gymnastics and the 2002 South American Games all-around
champion. To date Hypolito has represented Brazil at the World Championships six times, competing in every Worlds meet from 1999 to 2007.
Training in Rio de Janeiro, Hypolito was competing internationally by the time she was 10 years old. As a junior, she won the all-around
in the Junior Pan Am Games in 1998 and the Canberra Cup in 1999. Hypolito placed a modest 27th in the all-around at the 1999 World Gymnastics
Championships, but helped Brazil qualify athletes to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She was chosen to represent Brazil at the Olympics and
qualified for the all-around final, finishing in 20th place.
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Daniele Hypolito, 2007 DTB World Cup
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In 2001, Hypolito made dramatic improvements. At that year's World Championships, she placed fourth in the all-around. Until
Jade Barbosa's bronze medal win at the 2007 World Championships, this placement was the highest
AA finish ever achieved by a Brazilian gymnast in Worlds or Olympic competition. Hypólito followed up her strong AA showing by winning
Brazil's first ever gymnastics medal, a silver, in the floor exercise event final. She continued to do well in 2002, winning the all-around
and every event final gold except uneven bars at the South American Games and placing 5th on floor at the World Championships. At the 2003
World Championships, Hypolito placed last in the all-around after injuring herself on her first event, however, she helped Brazil qualify
a full team for the 2004 Olympics. At the Olympics, Hypolito competed well, helping the Brazilian team to a ninth place finish and placing
12th in the all-around.
Hypolito placed 9th in the all-around at the 2005 World Championships. In 2006 she won her ninth national championships. She also won
the silver medal on balance beam at the 2006 World Cup Finals, one of the major events on the FIG calendar, that took place in São
Paulo, Brazil.
In 2007, Hypolito placed second in the all-around at the Brazilian National Championships and won the floor exercise title. She was a
member of the silver medal-winning Brazilian team at the 2007 Pan American Games, where she placed 5th in the all-around and won a bronze
medal on beam. She also participated in the 2007 World Championships, where she helped the Brazilian team to its highest placing ever,
fifth in the team finals. She most recently competed at the 2007 Arthur Gander Memorial Cup in Switzerland, where she placed 4th all-around
and won a bronze medal on floor.
Hypolito's younger brother, Diego, is also a world-class gymnast. In 2005 he became the
first male Brazilian gymnast to win a World Championships medal, earning gold on the floor exercise.
For more information, visit her
profile page on the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique website.
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