Diogo Soares (gymnast)

This article is about the Brazilian gymnast. For the Portuguese explorer, see Diogo Soares.

Diogo Soares
Diogo Soares, all-around bronze medaillist at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games
Personal information
Full name	Diogo Brajão Soares
Born	(2002-04-12) 12 April 2002 (age 22) Piracicaba, Brazil[1]
Hometown	Piracicaba[2]
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)[1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Brazil
Years on national team	2016 – present (BRA)
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	Flamengo[2]
Head coach(es)	Daniel Biscalchin[2]
Medal record Representing  Brazil Men's artistic gymnastics Pan American Games 2023 Santiago All-around 2023 Santiago Team Pan American Championships 2021 Rio de Janeiro Team 2024 Santa Marta Team 2024 Santa Marta Pommel horse 2024 Santa Marta Horizontal bar 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team 2024 Santa Marta Parallel bars 2021 Rio de Janeiro All-around 2021 Rio de Janeiro Parallel bars South American Games 2022 Asunción Team 2022 Asunción Horizontal bar Youth Olympic Games 2018 Buenos Aires Horizontal bar 2018 Buenos Aires All-around Junior World Championships 2019 Győr Rings FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Challenge Cup 0 1 0 Total 0 1 0

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.^[3]

Early life

Diogo Soares started gymnastics at the age of 4. His sister, Driele, is a former gymnast.^[4]

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.^[5] At the 2019 Junior World Championships he earned a silver medal on rings.

Pommel horse

Rings

Parallel bars

Horizontal bar

Soares at the 2019 Junior World Championships

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.^[6] 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.^[7] 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.^[8]

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.^[9]

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.^[10] 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.^[11]

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.^[12] 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

Soares (left) on the rings podium at the 2019 Junior World Championships

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
Junior
2018
	Pan American Championships					5
	Wohnen Juniors Trophy				4
	Youth Olympic Games				7	6	6	9
	Brazilian Junior Championships
2019	International Junior Team Cup						4
	Junior World Championships	10	10				5		6
	Brazilian Championships
	Brazilian Junior Championships						4
Senior
2020	American Cup		7
2021
	Pan American Championships			8					7
	Olympic Games	9	20
2022	Brazil Trophy
	Pan American Championships
	Brazilian Championships
	South American Games
	World Championships	7	17
2023	Brazil Trophy			4	6	4		6	4
	Brazilian Championships
	Paris World Challenge Cup				6
	World Championships	13	10
	Pan American Games							8
2024	Antalya World Challenge Cup			6		8
	Doha World Cup							4
	Pan American Championships		6
	Brazil Trophy
	Olympic Games		23
	Brazilian Championships							6

References

1. Olimpíada Todo Dia (in Portuguese)
2. FIG profile
3. "Artistic Gymnastics SOARES Diogo". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 2021-07-28. Retrieved 2021-08-23.
4. Federação Paulista de Ginástica Archived 2019-11-06 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
5. Takeru Kitazono delivers, Diogo Soares surprises in YOG All-around final FIG.
6. "2020 American Cup Men's Results". The Gymternet. March 9, 2020.
7. "Bronze no Pan de Ginástica assegura quinta vaga brasileira para Tóquio" [Bronze at the Gymnastics Pan ensures Brazil's fifth place in Tokyo]. Portal News (in Brazilian Portuguese). June 4, 2021.
8. "Ginastas Caio Souza e Diogo Soares ficam sem medalha no individual geral" [Gymnasts Caio Souza and Diogo Soares are left without a medal in the all-around]. Super Esportes (in Brazilian Portuguese). July 28, 2021.
9. "2022 World Championships Men's Results". The Gymternet. November 9, 2022.
10. "Mundial de Ginástica Artística 2023: Diogo Soares obtém vaga em Paris 2024 e Brasil assegura outra cota individual masculina" [Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2023: Diogo Soares obtains a place in Paris 2024 and Brazil secures another men's individual quota]. International Olympic Committee (in Brazilian Portuguese). October 1, 2023.
11. "Com reviravoltas no fim, Diogo Soares e Flávia Saraiva ganham a prata no individual geral do Pan 2023" [With twists and turns at the end, Diogo Soares and Flávia Saraiva win silver in the all-around at the 2023 Pan American Games]. International Olympic Committee (in Brazilian Portuguese). October 23, 2023.
12. "2024 Antalya Challenge Cup men's results". The Gymternet. April 2, 2024.

External links

• FIG profile