Maria Eduarda Alexandre (born 15 May 2007) is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She is the

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and 2023 Pan American Championships bronze medalist.

Career

Junior At the

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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

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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. The following year, she appeared in the International Tournament Junior at Portimao. At the Junior

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, she won gold with clubs, silvers in teams, the all-around and ribbon, and bronze with hoop and ball. 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. At the World Cup stage in

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, 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. Maria Eduarda Alexandre 2024 Sofia World Cup Ribbon QF 0

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In July she participated in the Brazilian Championship, where she won the all-around silver medal behind

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. She also won gold in hoop and silver in ball and clubs. In November she competed at her first senior

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. She won bronze in the all-around. In the finals, she won gold in the hoop and clubs and silver in ribbon. 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.

References

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