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Déborah Medrado Barbosa (born 13 July 2002) is a Brazilian former group rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2021 and 2022 Pan American group all-around champion and the 2019 Pan American Games 3 hoops + 4 clubs champion. She won three gold medals at the 2018 South American Games and at the 2019 South American Championships. Medrado represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics and at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She announced her retirement in November 2024.

Career

Medrado began rhythmic gymnastics when she was nine and joined the Brazilian senior national group in 2018. At the 2018 South American Games Medrado and her teammates swept the gold medals in the group all-around and both apparatus finals. She competed at the 2018 Pan American Championships where the Brazilian group won the gold medal in 5 balls and the bronze medals in the group all-around and 3 balls + 2 ropes. She was unable to compete at the 2018 World Championships due to a foot injury.

Medrado and the Brazilian group swept the gold medals at the 2019 South American Championships. She then competed at the 2019 Pan American Games where she won a gold medal in the 3 hoops + 2 clubs event and bronze medals in the group all-around and 5 balls event. Then at the 2019 World Championships in Baku, the Brazilian group placed thirteenth in the all-around.

In 2020, Medrado had surgery on both feet because her second metatarsal bones were causing pain.

Medrado competed at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro. The group won the gold medal in the group all-around and secured the continental quota place for the 2020 Olympic Games. The group additionally won the gold medals in both the 5 balls and the 3 hoops + 4 clubs event finals. She was then selected to compete for Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around alongside Beatriz Linhares, Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Nicole Pírcio, and Geovanna Santos. They finished twelfth in the qualification round for the group all-around. After the Olympic Games, she competed at the 2021 World Championships where the Brazilian group placed ninth in the all-around.

Medrado competed with Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Nicole Pircio, Gabrielle da Silva, Giovanna Oliveira, and Bárbara Galvão at the 2022 Pan American Championships and successfully defended their group all-around title. They also won gold in the 5 hoops event finals, and they won the silver behind Mexico in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final. The same group then competed at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia where they finished fifth in the group all-around. They also qualified for the 5 hoops final where they finished fourth.

At the 2023 World Championships, Medrado competed as part of the group. She and her teammates finished high enough to win the Brazilian group a quota at the upcoming 2024 Summer Olympics, the first time a group representing Brazil had done so.

In August 2024, Medrado competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics. The Brazilian group finished in ninth place, just outside of reaching the finals, due to group member Victória Borges injuring herself minutes before their second qualifications routine.

Medrado announced her retirement on 27 November 2024 at the opening of the Brazilian national championships, where she performed an exhibition with her teammates.

References

^ "Medrado Deborah - Tokyo 2020 Olympics". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
"Déborah Medrado". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
"Ginasta olímpica Déborah Medrado realiza espetáculo em Porto Velho neste sábado" [Olympic gymnast Déborah Medrado performs in Porto Velho this Saturday]. Tudorondonia (in Portuguese). 27 July 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
"USA wins eight event medals at 2018 Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. 30 September 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
Barbosa, João (26 August 2022). "Déborah Medrado e Geovanna Santos prontas para o Mundial de Ginástica Rítmica" [Déborah Medrado and Geovanna Santos ready for the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championship]. A Gazeta (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
"Rhythmic Gymnastics | Results - Group – 3 hoops, 2 pairs of clubs Final". Lima 2019. 5 August 2019. Archived from the original on 16 February 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
"Rhythmic Gymnastics | Results Groups All-Around Final and Qualifications Rotation 2 - Pan American Games Lima 2019". Lima 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
"Rhythmic Gymnastics | Results Group – 5 balls Final - Pan American Games Lima 2019". Lima 2019. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
"2019 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships: Groups 5 All-Around Final Results" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 21 September 2019.
Ottoni, Daniel (17 August 2020). "Ausência de ginasta do Brasil em Portugal é compensada com tecnologia" [Absence of gymnast from Brazil in Portugal is compensated with technology]. O Tempo (in Portuguese). Retrieved 16 February 2023.
"Brazil and Castillo Galindo claim Olympic tickets in Rio". International Gymnastics Federation. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
"CBG divulga convocação das ginastas do conjunto" [CBG announces the rhythmic gymnastics group]. Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Portuguese). 8 July 2021.
"Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
"38th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Kitakyushu (JPN), 27-31 October 2021 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 29 October 2021. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
"U.S. rhythmic gymnasts add eight medals as Pan American Championships continue". USA Gymnastics. 9 July 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
"39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 14-18 September 2022 Group All-Around Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
"39th FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships Sofia (BUL), 14-18 September 2022 Group 5 Hoops Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ Longo, Gustavo (28 November 2024). "Símbolo da evolução da ginástica rítmica do Brasil, Déborah Medrado se aposenta aos 22 anos" [A symbol of the evolution of rhythmic gymnastics in Brazil, Déborah Medrado retires at 22]. Olympics.com (in Portuguese).

External links

Déborah Medrado at the International Gymnastics Federation
Déborah Medrado at Olympics.com
Déborah Medrado at Olympedia (archive)
Déborah Medrado at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games

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