Diego Hypólito

Diego Hypólito
— Gymnast —
Diego Hypólito at the 2007 Pan Am Games.
Personal information
Full name	Diego Matias Hypólito
Country represented	Brazil
Born	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 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 62 medals in World Cup.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4] 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.^[5] In the floor finals, he fell on his last tumbling pass to finish the meet in 6th place.^[6]

References

1. "Diego Hypólito é primeiro brasileiro campeão mundial de ginástica" Murilo Garavello, UOL, 26 November 2005
2. "Thauany Araújo leva prata na trave, e Diego conquista 61º pódio em Copas". globoesporte.globo.com (in Portuguese). March 26, 2016. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
3. Official website
4. AP "Gymnastics world champ Diego Hypolito confirmed with dengue in Brazil" Associated Press, April 7, 2008
5. MAG qualification scores--apparatus NBC Olympics, August 9, 2008
6. Results - Floor Men's Floor Exercise Final Beijing, August 17, 2008

External links

• Diego Hypólito at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Official profile at the Brazilian Gymnastics Federation
• Official website
• Profile at International Gymnast magazine