Thaís Fidélis dos Santos (born July 23, 2001) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the

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, Canada, where she placed fourth on the floor exercise.Globo Esporte (in Portuguese)
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Junior career

2016

In September, Thais Fidelis represented Brazil at the 2016 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She earned three medals: two silver medals (all-around and balance beam), and one gold medal (vault).

Senior career

2017

In March, Thais represented Brazil at the

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where she earned a silver medal with the Brazilian team, behind the United States and ahead of Russia. In May, Fidelis took part at the Koper World Challenge Cup, where she earned the bronze medal on the balance beam. That same month, she took two gold medals, on balance beam and floor exercise, at the Osijek World Challenge Cup. In September, Thais competed at the Varna Challenge Cup where she earned gold on the floor exercise and bronze on the uneven bars. At the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, in October, Thais became the first female Brazilian gymnast to qualify for the floor final since

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. Fidelis placed fourth, the best international result from a female gymnast from Brazil at the World Championships since Jade Barbosa's fourth place on vault in

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. She also qualified for the all-around final, where she finished 24th.

2018

In May, Thais Fidelis competed at the

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. She won the gold medal with the Brazilian team, and also earned an individual gold medal on the floor exercise. In September, Filedis competed at the Pan American Championships where she earned the silver medal with the Brazilian team. At the

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she helped the Brazilian team qualify for the team final for the first time in eleven years, finishing seventh overall.

2019

Fidelis became the first female Brazilian gymnast to earn a medal in the all-around at the World Cup series, a bronze medal at the Birmingham World Cup in March.Brazilian Gymnastics Federation
(in Portuguese), accessed on March 24, 2019

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fidelis, Thais 2001 births 21st-century Brazilian sportswomen Brazilian female artistic gymnasts Competitors at the 2018 South American Games Competitors at the 2022 South American Games Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games Living people Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games bronze medalists in gymnastics Sportspeople from Ribeirão Preto South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in gymnastics People from Barueri Sportspeople from São Paulo (state)