Geovanna Santos da Silva (born 15 February 2002) is a Brazilian

rhythmic gymnast Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon. The sport combines elements of gymnastics, dance and calisthenics; gymnasts must be strong, flexible, agile, dexterous and coordi ...

. She represented

Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics Brazil competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the nation's twenty-third appe ...

in the group all-around.

Career

Santos began rhythmic gymnastics when she was six years old in Pinheiros. She began competing with Brazil's senior rhythmic group in 2021. Santos competed at the 2021 Pan American Championships in

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

. 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 selected to compete for

in the group all-around alongside

Maria Eduarda Arakaki Maria Eduarda De Almeida "Duda" Arakaki (born 12 August 2003) is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics and competed in the individual all-around, and she represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Oly ...

Déborah Medrado Déborah Medrado Barbosa (born 13 July 2002) is a Brazilian 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 ...

, Nicole Pírcio, and Beatriz Linhares. They finished twelfth in the qualification round for the group all-around. In 2022, thanks to Natalia Gaudio and Brazil's internal ranking being more open, she switched to individual competition. Santos participated in

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, such as Pesaro 2022. Santos competed at the 2022 Pan American Gymnastics Championship in

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, winning silver in the team competition as well as the All-Around.

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