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Rebeca Rodrigues de Andrade (born 8 May 1999) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic, 2021 and 2023 World champion on the vault and 2022 World all-around champion.
May 8, 1999 · One of the most highly-decorated female gymnasts in history, Rebeca Andrade, began making history for herself and her home country of Brazil in 2021 when she won two medals at the Tokyo Olympics despite battling three severe knee injuries over a four-year span.
She moved to Curitiba to train at nine and later shifted to Flamengo, the multi-sports club based in Rio de Janeiro. Rebeca Andrade awaits a tough bout with arch-rival Simone Biles.
Jul 11, 2024 · By Kaetlyn Liddy. The Paris Olympics is expected to belong to Simone Biles. But if there's one person who could spoil the party for the American gymnast, it's Brazilian phenom Rebeca Andrade....
Oct 21, 2023 · In Antwerp, she claimed five of a possible six medals, including a second World vaulting title. She was part of a historic women’s all-around podium that saw three Black women; Simone Biles, Andrade, and Shilese Jones, claim the medals. “It was a historic podium,” Andrade said.
Brazil's Rebeca Andrade spoke to us after becoming the first woman from her country to win Olympic gold in the sport in the vault finals, having won silver in the individual all-around earlier this Tokyo 2020 Games.
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Dec 14, 2022 · At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, held in the summer of 2021, the 23-year-old became the first from her nation to win Olympic gymnastics gold, taking the vault title, and also the first Brazilian to climb to the all-around podium, finishing second behind Team USA’s Sunisa Lee.
