Natália Azevedo Gaudio (born 18 December 1992) is a Brazilian individual

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, fle ...

. She is the

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all-around gold medalist, and the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

all-around bronze medalist.

Personal life

Gaudio speaks 3 languages:

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Portuguese Portuguese may refer to: * anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal ** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods ** Portuguese language, a Romance language *** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language ** Portu ...

, and

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. Her hobbies are going to the beach and travelling. Her

rhythmic gymnastics Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform individually or in groups on a floor with an apparatus: hoop (rhythmic gymnastics), hoop, ball (rhythmic gymnastics), ball, Clubs (rhythmic gymnastics), clubs, ribbon (rhythmic gymnastics), ...

idol is Ukrainian

Ganna Rizatdinova Ganna Serhiivna RizatdinovaAlternatively spelled as ''Ganna Rizatdinova'' or ''Anna Rizatdinova''. (; born 16 July 1993) is a Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast. In the all-around event, she is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist, a two-time ...

Career

Gaudio started rhythmic gymnastics to 6 years old after she saw some friends practising gymnastics and decided to join them. At 8 years of age she was the runner-up in the All-around rhythmic gymnastics in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. Gaudio made her international debut in competitions at 14 years of age, since then she has represented her nation at international competitions. At the

2014 South American Games The 2014 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Santiago, Chile. It was the 10th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. Santiago hosted this event for the second time, the first being in 1986. Most of the events too ...

, Gaudio won the all-around silver medal behind teammate Angélica Kvieczynski, in the apparatus finals; she won gold in ball, clubs, silver in ribbon and bronze in hoop. She competed at the

2015 Pan American Games The 2015 Pan American Games (), officially the XVII Pan American Games () and commonly known as the Toronto 2015 Pan-Am Games (Toronto 2015), were a major international multi-sport event celebrated in the tradition of the Pan American Games, ...

where she finished 8th in the all-around, an improvement from her 10th-place finish at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games () and commonly known as Guadalajara 2011, were an international multi-sport event held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby c ...

. Gaudio has competed at world championships including at the 2014 and at the

2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The 2015 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships, the 34th edition, was held in Stuttgart, Germany, from September 7 to 13, 2015 at the Porsche Arena. It acted as a qualifying competition for the 2016 Summer Olympics. During a review of the com ...

where she was the highest ranked Brazilian rhythmic gymnast ahead of teammate Angélica Kvieczynski. Gaudio also competed at the

2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event The 2016 Olympic Gymnastics Test Event, known officially as Aquece Rio 2016, served as the final qualifier to the gymnastics events at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Concerns and criticisms During the test event the FIG (In ...

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and qualified through a wildcard entry for the

2016 Rio Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

as an automatic berth for the host country of the Olympics. She finished 21st in the all-around at the 2016 Minsk World Cup. On July 1–3, Gaudio competed at the 2016 Berlin World Cup finishing 17th in the all-around. On August 19–20, Gaudio competed at the

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held in

, Brazil. She finished 23rd in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications and did not advance into the top 10 finals. On August 11–13, Gaudio competed at the 2017 Kazan World Challenge Cup finishing 30th in the all-around. On August 30 - September 3, Gaudio competed at the 2017 World Championships in

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, Italy; finishing 35th in the all-around qualifications and thus not making the top 24 all-around finalists. In 2018, Gaudio competed at the 2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup finishing 31st in the all-around. In 2019, Gaudio competed at the

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finishing 3rd in the all around, qualifying for the hoop, clubs and ribbon finals.

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