Maria Eduarda Alexandre

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Maria Eduarda Alexandre
Alexandre in 2024
Personal information
Country represented Brazil
Born (2007-05-15) May 15, 2007 (age 17)
Florianópolis
DisciplineRhythmic Gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team2021–
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Hoop
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago Clubs
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Santiago All-around
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ciudad de Guatemala Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Ciudad de Guatemala Ball
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Ciudad de Guatemala All-around
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Barranquilla Team
Gold medal – first place 2023 Barranquilla All-around
Gold medal – first place 2023 Barranquilla Clubs
Gold medal – first place 2023 Barranquilla Ribbon
Gold medal – first place 2023 Barranquilla All-around team
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali All-around
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali Ball
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali Clubs
Silver medal – second place 2021 Cali Hoop
Junior Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Clubs
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rio de Janeiro All-around
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Ribbon
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Hoop
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Ball

Maria Eduarda Alexandre (born 15 May 2007) is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast.[1] She is the 2023 Pan American Games and 2023 Pan American Championships bronze medalist.

Career

Junior

At the South American Championships in November 2021, she won the junior all-around and the junior hoop and ribbon finals, in addition to team gold along with the other Brazilian gymnasts.

In December, she competed at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia. As it was the event's first edition, she became its first winner by winning the all-around. In the apparatus finals, she also won ball and clubs gold and silver with hoop.[2][3]

The following year, she appeared in the International Tournament Junior at Portimao. At the Junior Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she won gold with clubs, silvers in teams, the all-around and ribbon, and bronze with hoop and ball.[4][5][6] She also defended her title of South American Junior Champion in Paipa at the 2022 South American Championships, and she won gold in every apparatus final and the team event as well.

Senior

In 2023 she debuted in the senior category at the Aphrodite Cup in Athens, where she placed 13th in the all-around. She qualified for the clubs final and placed fourth. At the World Cup in Tashkent, she took 17th place in the all-around, 26th with ball, 36th with clubs and 12th with ribbon. She advanced to the hoop final and placed 7th.[7][8][9] At the Wold Cup stage in Baku, she was 34th in the all-around, 31st with ball, 51st with clubs and 36th with ribbon. She again qualified for the hoop final, where she placed 5th.[10][11]

Alexandre's starting pose with ribbon at the 2024 Sofia World Cup

In July she participated in the Brazilian Championship, where she won the all-around silver medal behind Geovanna Santos. She also won gold in hoop and silver in ball and clubs. In November she competed at her first senior Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. She won bronze in the all-around. In the finals, she won gold in the hoop and clubs and silver in ribbon.[12][13]

In 2024, she competed at the Sofia World Cup and finished 15th in the all-around. She qualified to the ball final and took 6th place. In June, she participated in the 2024 Pan American Championships. There she won the all-around bronze and three additional medal in the apparatus finals, gold with clubs and hoop and silver with ribbon. She also won gold in the team competition with the other Brazilian gymnasts.[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "ALEXANDRE Maria Eduarda - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  2. ^ "Ginástica Rítmica do Brasil mostra que tem grande futuro no Campeonato Pan-Americano Juvenil". Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022-08-07. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  3. ^ Vecchioli, Demétrio (June 30, 2023). "Maria Eduarda dá show e lidera o Brasileiro de GR em sua estreia no adulto". uol.com (in Portuguese). groupo uol. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  4. ^ "2022 Pan American Championships Junior Teams" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  5. ^ "2022 Pan American Championships Junior All-Around" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  6. ^ "2022 Pan American Championships Junior Event Finals" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  7. ^ "Maria Eduarda Alexandre brilha em sua estreia na Copa do Mundo e avança à final no arco". Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-14. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  8. ^ "GR do Brasil continua fazendo bonito na Copa do Mundo". Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-15. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  9. ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Tashkent 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  10. ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Baku 2023 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  11. ^ "Maria Eduarda Alexandre fica em quinto lugar na final do arco em Baku". Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  12. ^ "Brasil domina Campeonato Pan-Americano de Ginástica Rítmica". Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  13. ^ "Pan 2023: Bárbara Domingos é ouro no individual geral da ginástica rítmica". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-11-02. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  14. ^ Stein, Leadnro (8 June 2024). "Bárbara Domingos leva o ouro no individual geral do Campeonato Pan-Americano de Ginástica Rítmica 2024" [Bárbara Domingos takes gold in the individual all-around of the Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championship 2024]. Olympics.com (in Portuguese).
  15. ^ Stein, Leandro (9 June 2024). "Brasil conquista quatro dos seis ouros nas finais do Campeonato Pan-Americano de Ginástica Rítmica 2024" [Brazil wins four of the six golds in the finals of the Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships 2024]. Olympics.com (in Portuguese).
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