Nicole Pircio Nunes Duarte (born 24 July 2002) is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She is the

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and 2022 Pan American group all-around champion and the

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3 hoops + 4 clubs champion. She won three gold medals at the

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and at the 2019 South American Championships, and she won four gold medals at the 2022 South American Championships. She represented

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and finished twelfth in qualifications for the group all-around.

Career

Pircio began rhythmic gymnastics when she was ten years old and was invited to join the Brazilian national team in 2018. At the

Pircio and her teammates swept the gold medals in the group all-around and both apparatus finals. She competed at the 2018 Pan American Championships where the Brazilian group won the gold medal in 5 balls and the bronze medals in the group all-around and 3 balls + 2 ropes. She then competed at the 2018 World Championships where the Brazilian group finished eighteenth in the all-around. Pircio and the Brazilian group swept the gold medals at the 2019 South American Championships. She then competed at the

where she won a gold medal in the 3 hoops + 2 clubs event and bronze medals in the group all-around and 5 balls event. Then at the 2019 World Championships in

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, the Brazilian group placed thirteenth in the all-around. Pircio competed at the 2021 Pan American Championships in

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. 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 Beatriz Linhares, Déborah Medrado,

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, and Geovanna Santos. They finished twelfth in the qualification round for the group all-around. After the Olympic Games, she competed at the

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where the Brazilian group placed ninth in the all-around. They also finished seventh in the 5 balls final. Pircio competed at the 2022 South American Championships where the Brazilian group won the gold medals in the team, all-around, 5 hoops, and 3 ribbons + 2 balls. She then competed with

, Déborah Medrado, Gabrielle da Silva, Giovanna Oliveira, and Bárbara Galvão at the 2022 Pan American Championships and successfully defended their group all-around title. They also won gold in the 5 hoops event finals, and they won the silver behind Mexico in the 3 ribbons + 2 balls final. The same group then competed at the 2022 World Championships in

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where they finished fifth in the group all-around. They also qualified for the 5 hoops final where they finished fourth.

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