Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano (born 18 September 1993) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the Brazilian national team. He is a three-time Olympian, having represented Brazil at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on floor exercise as well as the 2019 World Champion and 2022 World bronze medalist on horizontal bar.
Early life
Mariano was born in 1993, in Campinas, to a Brazilian father and a Japanese Brazilian mother. He practiced judo in a club as a child, following his father's footsteps. Mariano changed his mind after watching a gymnastics class.
After his parents' divorce, Mariano moved with his mother to São Paulo, where he entered in a gymnastics team in another club. When he was eleven, Mariano joined Esporte Clube Pinheiros. Mariano won the Brazilian Child Gymnastics Championship when he was fourteen.
Controversy
In 2015, Mariano and fellow gymnasts Felipe Arakawa and Henrique Flores were suspended from the Brazilian national team for a month, after publishing a Snapchat video in which they made racist jokes addressed at another teammate, Afro-Brazilian gymnast Ângelo Assumpção.
Mariano published another video apologizing for the incident. After his teammate had won the bronze medal at 2016 Olympics, Assumpção said: "I don't keep a grudge on him. We are close friends. I am very proud of Nory. I just hope he behaves like a medal winner outside the arena too."
Modeling career
Besides being a professional gymnast, Mariano is also an internationally signed model. In 2019, Mariano is the face of Philippine-based international clothing brand BENCH's men's wear campaign in Brazil and Latin America.
Personal life
On 28 October 2021, Mariano revealed in an Instagram post that he is in a relationship with broadcast media marketing analyst João Otávio Tasso.
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2011 | South American Championships | |
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| 2012 | Olympic Test Event | 6 | |||||||
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| 2013 | |||||||||
| World Championships | 17 | ||||||||
| 2014 | South American Games |  |
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| World Championships | 6 | 21 | |||||||
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| Pan American Games | |
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| Osijek Challenge Cup |
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| World Championships | 8 | 12 | 4 | ||||||
| 2016 | Glasgow World Cup | |
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| São Paulo Challenge Cup | 8 | |
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| Olympic Games | 6 | 17 | |
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| 2017 | Varna Challenge Cup | |
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| World Championships | 16 | 12 | |||||||
| 2018 | |||||||||
| World Championships | 7 | ||||||||
| Cottbus World Cup | 7 | ||||||||
| Swiss Cup | 6 | ||||||||
| 2019 | South American Championships | |
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| Pan American Games | |
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| World Championships | 10 |
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| 2021 | Doha World Cup |
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| Olympic Games | 9 | ||||||||
| Brazilian Championships | |
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| World Championships | 20 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Brazil Trophy | 4 | |
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| Paris Challenge Cup | 9 | ||||||||
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| World Championships | 7 |
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| 2023 | Brazil Trophy | |
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| Osijek Challenge Cup | 4 |
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| Paris Challenge Cup | 5 | 5 |
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| World Championships | 13 | 6 | |||||||
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| 2024 | Cottbus World Cup | 6 | |||||||
| Baku World Cup |
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| Olympic Games | 44 |
References
- Nicole, Nguyen (8 August 2016). "We Need To Talk About This Brazilian Gymnast Right Now". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
- Arthur Nory. cob.org.br
- Arthur Mariano Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- Arthur Mariano Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- "Nory fica em 4º na barra fixa em mais um dia de show de Biles e Uchimura". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
- "Brazil's Hypolito, Nory take silver and bronze in men's floor exercise". USA Today. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- "Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2019 | Day 10 as it happened". Olympics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- Scott Bregman. (21 November 2020).Gymnast Arthur Nory dreams of honouring his Japanese heritage with high bar success at Tokyo Olympics. Retrieved 23 November 2022
- ^ "Bronze no Rio, Arthur Nory começou no judô e contrariou plano do pai - Olimpíada no Rio | Folha". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- "O passado racista de Nory o assombra no dia da sua primeira medalha". EL PAÍS (in Brazilian Portuguese). 16 August 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2017.
- ^ "5 Things to Know About Arthur Nory Mariano".
- "On an olympic high with Conor Dwyer, Arthur Nory and Bench". The Philippine STAR.
- "What Filipino athletes can learn from Olympic medalists Arthur Nory and Conor Dwyer". Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
- "Brazilian Olympic gymnast comes out & unveils new boyfriend in adorable video". LGBTQ Nation. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- Buzinski, Jim (23 November 2021). "Brazilian gymnast Arthur Nory says he has a boyfriend". Outsports. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- Milton, Josh (26 November 2021). "Olympic gymnast Arthur Nory and his adorable boyfriend are serious couple goals". PinkNews. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
External links
- Arthur Mariano at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Arthur Mariano at Olympedia (archive)
- Arthur Mariano at Olympics.com
- Arthur Mariano at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics
- Arthur Mariano at the Comitê Olímpico do Brasil (in Portuguese)
| World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Horizontal Bar | |
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| Pan American Games Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Horizontal Bar | |
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| Pan American Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Men's Team Competition | |
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2021:  Brazil (BRA), Francisco Barretto, Tomás Florêncio, Arthur Mariano, Diogo Soares, Caio Souza |
| Prêmio Brasil Olímpico | |
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| Fan's Choice |
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| Breakthrough Athlete |
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| Adhemar Trophy Lifetime Award |
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- 1993 births
- Living people
- Brazilian male artistic gymnasts
- Brazilian people of Japanese descent
- Sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Competitors at the 2014 South American Games
- Gymnasts at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games
- Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil
- Olympic gymnasts for Brazil
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
- South American Games medalists in gymnastics
- South American Games silver medalists for Brazil
- Sportspeople from Campinas
- World champion gymnasts
- LGBTQ gymnasts
- Brazilian gay sportsmen
- 21st-century Brazilian LGBTQ people
- 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen
- Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics