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Cape Verdean rhythmic gymnast
Wania Monteiro
Born (1986-08-09) 9 August 1986 (age 38)
Santa Catarina
Height170cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62kg (137lb)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineRhythmic gymnastics
Country represented Cape Verde
Assistant coach(es)Santa Catarina, Santiago
Medal record
African Gymnastics Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Thiès Hoop
Gold medal – first place Cape Town 2006 Clubs
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Thiès All-Around
Bronze medal – third place Cape Town 2006 Rope
Bronze medal – third place Cape Town 2006 Ball
Bronze medal – third place Cape Town 2006 Ribbon

Wania Monteiro (born 9 August 1986) is a Cape Verdean rhythmic gymnast.

Biography

Born 9 August 1986 in Santa Catarina, Santiago, she lived in Praia for a while. She is trained by Elena Atmacheva. Time noted that she often trained "in a dilapidated gym with ceilings too low to accommodate a proper hoop or ball toss", due to a lack of adequate facilities in Cape Verde.

Sports career

Monteiro represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and was Cape Verde's flag bearer during the Games's opening ceremony. She was also the first gymnast from Cape Verde to compete in the Olympic Games.

In 2006, she won four medals at the African Gymnastics Championships, three bronze and one gold, being present on all podiums during this competition.

Monteiro competed again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and was, again, her country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony. She finished 24th, with 49.050 points.

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Vânia Monteiro". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. "Beaten, But Not Defeated", Time, August 30, 2004
  3. Fédération internationale de Gymnastique
  4. About competitors in Athens Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
  5. Cap Vert, Petit Futé, ISBN 2-7469-1620-7, p.66
  6. "Gymnastics Rhythmic" Archived 2008-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the 2008 Summer Olympics
  7. "List of flagbearers, Beijing 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-22.

External links

Olympic Games
Preceded byIsménia do Frederico Flagbearer for  Cape Verde
2004 Athens
2008 Beijing 		Succeeded byAdysângela Moniz


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