Márcia Alves Lopes (born 6 December 2001) is a Cabo Verdean

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 ...

who represented

Cape Verde at the 2020 Summer Olympics Cape Verde 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, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the nation's seventh appearan ...

. She was the first Cape Verdean athlete to qualify for the

2020 Olympic Games The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

Personal life

Márcia Alves Lopes was born on 6 December 2001, in

São Vicente, Cape Verde São Vicente (Portuguese for " Saint Vincent") is one of the Barlavento Islands, the northern group within the Cape Verde archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, off the West African coast. It is located between the islands of Santo Antão and Sant ...

, and she began rhythmic gymnastics when she was five years old. She speaks English, French, and Portuguese.

Career

Lopes made her senior international debut at the 2017 World Championships in

Pesaro, Italy Pesaro () is a city and ''comune'' in the Italian region of Marche, capital of the Province of Pesaro e Urbino, on the Adriatic Sea. According to the 2011 census, its population was 95,011, making it the second most populous city in the Marche ...

. She finished 90th in the all-around during the qualification round with a total score of 30.200. She competed at the 2018 African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships in

Cairo, Egypt Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metro ...

, where she finished 12th in the all-around with a total score of 28.600. She also finished sixth in the hoop final and eighth in both the ball and the clubs finals. Lopes competed at the 2019 World Championships, where she finished 110th in the all-around during the qualification round. At the

2020 African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships The 2020 African Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships also known as The 15th African Championships was held from 10 to 15 March 2020 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. This was the second time that the African Rhythmic Gymnastics Cham ...

Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt Sharm El Sheikh ( ar, شرم الشيخ, ), commonly abbreviated to Sharm, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip along the Red Sea. Its population is approximately 53,670 ...

, she finished eleventh in the all-around with a total score of 35.150. She also placed sixth in the ball final, eighth in the clubs final, and seventh in the ribbon final. On 28 May 2021, Lopes received the tripartite invitation for the 2020 Olympic Games. She was the first Cape Verdean athlete to qualify for a 2020 Olympic spot. This was the fourth time that a Cape Verdean rhythmic gymnast competed in the Olympics after Wania Monteiro competed in 2004 and 2008, and

Elyane Boal Elyane Boal (born ) is a Cape Verdean former individual rhythmic gymnast. Biography Boal began training when she was six after her grandmother brought her to a gym. Boal was initially scared of the training, but after watching practices, she b ...

competed in 2016. She finished twenty-sixth in the qualification for the individual all-around.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lopes, Marcia 2001 births Living people Cape Verdean rhythmic gymnasts People from São Vicente, Cape Verde Olympic gymnasts for Cape Verde Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics