Joselane "Josi" Santos (born 14 July 1984) is a Brazilian gymnast and
freestyle skier
Freestyle skiing is a skiing discipline comprising aerials, moguls, cross, half-pipe, slopestyle and big air as part of the Winter Olympics. It can consist of a skier performing aerial flips and spins and can include skiers sliding rails and ...
.
Originally a gymnast competing at an international level for Brazil, she started freestyle skiing in 2013 and qualified for the
FIS Freestyle Skiing World Cup
The FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup is an annual freestyle skiing competition arranged by the International Ski Federation since 1980. Currently six disciplines are included in world cup: moguls, aerials, ski cross, halfpipe, slopestyle and big ai ...
.
[Joselane SANTOS]
Sochi2014. Retrieved 4 February 2014.
In the
women's aerials at the
2014 Winter Olympics
, ''Zharkie. Zimnie. Tvoi'')
, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
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in Sochi, Santos finished last at 22nd place. She dedicated her performance to
Laís Souza
Laís da Silva Souza (born December 13, 1988) is a Brazilian former artistic gymnast and aerial skier. Souza represented Brazilian gymnastics team internationally from 2003 to 2008 and helped the Brazilian team qualify for two Summer Olympic Gam ...
whom she replaced after Souza was gravely hurt while training in
Utah
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in January 2014.
Agence France-Presse
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(14 February 2014
La brasileña Santos dedicó su debut olímpico a Lais Souza entre lágrimas
Terra.com.co. Retrieved 16 February 2014
References
1984 births
Living people
Brazilian female freestyle skiers
Brazilian female artistic gymnasts
Freestyle skiers at the 2014 Winter Olympics
Olympic freestyle skiers for Brazil
South American Games gold medalists for Brazil
South American Games medalists in gymnastics
Competitors at the 1998 South American Games
Sportspeople from São Paulo
21st-century Brazilian women
20th-century Brazilian women
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