Vitaliy Guimaraes (born May 18, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the silver medal-winning team at the
2021 Pan American Championships. He is a member of the
USA national team and is currently competing in collegiate gymnastics for Oklahoma.
Personal life
Guimaraes was born in
Dallas
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, Texas on May 18, 2000. He was raised in
Arvada, Colorado.
Gymnastics career
2016–18
Guimaraes competed at the RD761 International Junior Team Cup; his team finished fourth. He competed at his first elite-level
national championships
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where he finished sixth in the all-around in the 15-16 age division. Guimaraes was selected to compete at the
2016 Junior Pan American Championships where he helped the United States finish first as a team. Individually he placed first on floor exercise, second on horizontal bar, and third on vault.
In 2017 Guimaraes competed at the
U.S. National Championships in the 17–18 age division. He finished second in the all-around behind
Brody Malone
John Brody Malone (born January 7, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the 2022 World Champion on horizontal bar and is the 2021 and 2022 U.S. National Champion. He is a t ...
. Additionally he posted top-3 finishes on all apparatuses except the parallel bars where he finished seventh.
At the
2018 U.S. National Championships Guimaraes once again competed in the 17-18 age division. He placed fourth in the all-around but first on floor exercise and vault.
2019
Guimaraes competed at the
2019 Winter Cup where he placed 22nd in the all-around. He also started competing in collegiate gymnastics for the
Oklahoma Sooners
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. At his first
NCAA Championships
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he helped Oklahoma finish second as a team behind Stanford.
2020–21
In 2020 the NCAA season was cut short due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Guimaraes returned to competition at the
2021 Winter Cup where he finished ninth in the all-around. He next competed at the
2021 NCAA Championships where he helped Oklahoma once again finish second behind Stanford. Individually he placed fourth in the all-around and on horizontal bar.
Guimaraes was selected to compete at the
2021 Pan American Championships; he helped the team win the silver medal behind Brazil. Due to competing at the Pan American Championships, Guimaraes was invited to compete at the upcoming
Olympic Trials. Guimaraes finished eleventh in the all-around at the Olympic Trials and was not added to the team.
2022
Guimaraes competed at the
2022 Winter Cup
The 2022 Winter Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held at the Ford Center at The Star in Frisco. Like the previous year it included both men's and women's artistic gymnastics.
Competition schedule
The competition featured senior and j ...
where he won the competition. This was the first competition that utilized bonus points based on difficulty scores. Despite not gaining any of these bonuses, Guimaraes managed to post the highest score due to clean execution.
At the
NCAA Championship
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Guimaraes helped Oklahoma finish second as a team. Additionally he placed third on floor exercise.
Competitive history
References
External links
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2000 births
Living people
People from Arvada, Colorado
American male artistic gymnasts
Oklahoma Sooners men's gymnasts
21st-century American people