Natália Azevedo Gaudio (born 18 December 1992) is a Brazilian individual

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 is the

2018 South American Games The 2018 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Cochabamba, Bolivia. It was the 11th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. A total of 373 sporting events are scheduled to be contested across a variety of sports. B ...

all-around gold medalist, and the

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all-around bronze medalist.

Personal life

Gaudio speaks 3 languages:

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, and

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. Her hobbies are going to the beach and travelling. Her

rhythmic gymnastics 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 coord ...

idol is Ukrainian

Ganna Rizatdinova Hanna Serhiivna RizatdinovaAlternatively spelled as ''Ganna Rizatdinova'' or ''Anna Rizatdinova''. ( ua, Ганна Сергіївна Різатдінова; born 16 July 1993) is a Ukrainian individual rhythmic gymnast. In the all-around event ...

Career

Gaudio started rhythmic gymnastics to 6 years old after she saw some friends practising gymnastics and decided to join them. At 8 years of age she was the runner-up in the All-around rhythmic gymnastics in the state of Espirito Santo, Brazil. Gaudio made her international debut in competitions at 14 years of age, since then she has represented her nation at international competitions. At the

2014 South American Games The 2014 South American Games was a multi-sport event that took place in Santiago, Chile. It was the 10th edition of the ODESUR South American Games. Santiago hosted this event for the second time, the first being in 1986. Most of the events took ...

, Gaudio won the all-around silver medal behind teammate Angélica Kvieczynski, in the apparatus finals; she won gold in ball, clubs, silver in ribbon and bronze in hoop. She competed at the

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where she finished 8th in the all-around, an improvement from her 10th-place finish at the

2011 Pan American Games The 2011 Pan American Games, officially the XVI Pan American Games, was an international multi-sport event that was held from October 14–30, 2011, in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Some events were held in the nearby cities of Ciudad Guzmán, ...

. Gaudio has competed at world championships including at the 2014 and at the

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where she was the highest ranked Brazilian rhythmic gymnast ahead of teammate Angélica Kvieczynski. Gaudio also competed at the

2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event The 2016 Olympic Gymnastics Test Event, known officially as Aquece Rio 2016, served as the final qualifier to the gymnastics events at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Concerns and criticisms During the test event the FIG (In ...

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and qualified through a wildcard entry for the

2016 Rio Olympics ) , nations = 207 (including IOA and EOR teams) , athletes = 11,238 , events = 306 in 28 sports (41 disciplines) , opening = 5 August 2016 , closing = 21 August 2016 , opened_by = Vice President Michel Temer , cauldron = Vanderlei Cordeiro de ...

as an automatic berth for the host country of the Olympics. She finished 21st in the all-around at the 2016 Minsk World Cup. On July 1–3, Gaudio competed at the 2016 Berlin World Cup finishing 17th in the all-around. On August 19–20, Gaudio competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

held in

, Brazil. She finished 23rd in the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications and did not advance into the top 10 finals. On August 11–13, Gaudio competed at the 2017 Kazan World Challenge Cup finishing 30th in the all-around. On August 30 - September 3, Gaudio competed at the 2017 World Championships in

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, Italy; finishing 35th in the all-around qualifications and thus not making the top 24 all-around finalists. In 2018, Gaudio competed at the 2018 Guadalajara World Challenge Cup finishing 31st in the all-around. In 2019, Gaudio competed at the

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finishing 3rd in the all around, qualifying for the hoop, clubs and ribbon finals.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gaudio, Natalia 1992 births Living people Brazilian rhythmic gymnasts Place of birth missing (living people) Gymnasts at the 2011 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2015 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games silver medalists for Brazil South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in gymnastics Competitors at the 2014 South American Games Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian women 21st-century Brazilian women

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