Beatriz Linhares

Brazilian rhythmic gymnast

Beatriz Linhares

Full name| Beatriz Linhares da Silva
Nickname(s)| Bia
Country represented|  Brazil
Born|  (2003-02-04) 4 February 2003 (age 21)
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
Residence| Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil
Height| 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)[1]
Discipline| Rhythmic gymnastics
Years on national team| 2019 - present
Head coach(es)| Camila Ferezin

Medal record

Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing  Brazil
| Event  | 1st | 2nd | 3rd

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FIG World Cup | 0  | 0  | 1
Total | 0 | 0 | 1
Pan American Games
| 2019 Lima | 3 hoops + 4 clubs
| 2019 Lima | Group all-around
| 2019 Lima | 5 balls
Pan American Championships
| 2021 Rio de Janeiro | Group all-around
| 2021 Rio de Janeiro | 5 balls
| 2021 Rio de Janeiro | 3 hoops + 4 clubs
South American Games
|  2022 Asunción | Group all-around
|  2022 Asunción | 5 hoops
|  2022 Asunción | 3 ribbons + 2 balls

Beatriz Linhares da Silva (born 4 February 2003)[2] is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnast. She represented Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around.

## Career

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Linhares grew up training in ballet, but she switched to rhythmic gymnastics when she was nine years old. In 2017, she moved away from her family to Aracaju so she could train with the Brazilian group.[1]

Linhares represented Brazil at the 2019 Pan American Games, and the Brazilian group won the bronze medal in the group all-around behind Mexico and the United States.[3] They also won the bronze medal in the 5 balls event final. Then in the 3 hoops \+ 4 clubs, they won the gold medal.[4]

Linhares competed at the 2021 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro. 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.[5]

She was selected to compete for Brazil at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the group all-around alongside Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Déborah Medrado, Nicole Pírcio, and Geovanna Santos.[6] They finished twelfth in the qualification round for the group all-around.[7]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Beatriz Linhares da Silva". Olimpiada Todo Dia. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. ^ "Silva Beatriz". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
3. ^ "Griskenas, Feeley go one-two in rhythmic all-around, U.S. group nabs silver at 2019 Pan American Games". USA Gymnastics. 3 August 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
4. ^ "Griskenas, Feeley win rhythmic gold medals at 2019 Pan American Games". USA Gymnastics. 5 August 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
5. ^ "Brazil and Castillo Galindo claim Olympic tickets in Rio". International Gymnastics Federation. 14 June 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
6. ^ "CBG divulga convocação das ginastas do conjunto" [CBG announces the rhythmic gymnastics group]. Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Portuguese). 8 July 2021.
7. ^ "Rhythmic Gymnastics — Group All-Around — Qualification — Results" (PDF). 2020 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.

## External links

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* Beatriz Silva at the International Gymnastics Federation
* Beatriz Silva at Olympics.com
* Beatriz Linhares at Olympedia
* Beatriz DA SILVA at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games