Íris Mendes (born 3 June 1996) is a Portuguese female

acrobatic gymnast Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive discipline of gymnastics where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform routines consisting of acrobatic skills, dance and tumbling, set to music. The sport is governed by the International Feder ...

. With partners Bárbara da Silva Sequeira and

Jéssica Correia Jéssica Correia (born 16 June 1999) is a Portuguese female acrobatic gymnast. With partners Íris Mendes and Bárbara da Silva Sequeira, Correia achieved 8th in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. In 2017, she became the first ...

, Mendes participated in the 2014 FIG Acro World Cup series, the first of which was in

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, and got 3rd place in the first round; at the end the trio achieved 5th place. In the second World Cup in the series in

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, Germany, they got the bronze medal. Later that year, the same trio achieved 8th in the

2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships The 24th World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships were held in Levallois-Perret, France at the Palais des sports Marcel-Cerdan, Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan from 10 July to 12 July 2014. 21 countries took part in the competition. Medal Tab ...

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Iris MENDES
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International Gymnastics Federation The International Gymnastics Federation ( French: ''Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique'', abbr. FIG) is the body governing competition in all disciplines of gymnastics. Its headquarters is in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on 23 ...

1996 births Living people Portuguese acrobatic gymnasts Female acrobatic gymnasts {{acrobatic-gymnastics-bio-stub