Nickname
Nati (Instagram profile, 18 Aug 2019)
Hobbies
Surfing, volleyball, yoga. (esbrasil.com.br,01 Feb 2019)
Occupation
Athlete, Business Owner
Education
Law - New Millennium College, Vila Velha, BRA
Spoken languages
English, Portuguese, Spanish
Club
Escola de Campeas [Vila Velha, BRA]
Coach
Monika Queiroz [national, personal], from 1999 (brasil2016.gov.br, 01 Feb 2019)
Injuries
She fractured her left foot while warming up at the 2017 World Cup event in Sofia, Bulgaria. She underwent surgery in Brazil to speed up her recovery process. (ornaldodiase.com.br, 23 Jul 2017; globoesporte.globo.com, 21 Jul 2017; gazetaonline.com.br, 05 Jun 2017)
In 2012 she sustained minor injuries in a car accident. (cctv-america.com, 24 Jun 2016)
Start sporting career
She took up gymnastics at age six in Vila Velha, Brazil. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2016; folhadoes.com, 26 Jun 2019)
Reason for taking up the sport
She saw some friends practising gymnastics and decided to join them. "It was love at first sight. I liked it immediately. The coaches saw that I was talented and invited me to join a more advanced training group." (gaudiofitness.com.br, 13 Aug 2017; cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2016)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (gazetaonline.com.br, 29 Mar 2019)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning bronze in the individual all-around at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. (olimpiadatododia.com.br, 04 Aug 2019)
Hero / Idol
Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Ganna Rizatdinova. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2016)
Most influential person in career
Coach Monika Queiroz. (globoesporte.globo.com, 24 Jul 2016)
Awards
In 2019 she was recipient of the Jose de Anchieta Fontana Medal, the highest honour for athletes awarded by the government of the Brazilian state of Espirito Santo. (folhadoes.com, 26 Jun 2019)
In 2015, 2016 and 2018 she was named Rhythmic Gymnast of the Year by the Brazilian Olympic Committee [COB]. (brasil2016.gov.br, 01 Feb 2019; cob.org.br, 21 Feb 2017, 2015)
She was named the 2015 Athlete of the Year in Espirito Santo, Brazil. (globoesporte.globo.com, 27 Dec 2015)
Additional information
General
TIME IN BULGARIA
She has regularly spent time training in Bulgaria during her career since first going to Sofia at age 13 on an exchange trip. "I always say that Bulgaria is like my second home. I have been coming to train here since I was 13 and I say that I really learned what rhythmic gymnastics is all about with the Bulgarians. It was an experience that changed my life as a gymnast as well as my personal life. I came back to Brazil feeling like another person." (globoesporte.globo.com, 11 Sep 2018; cctv-america.com, 24 Jun 2016)
CAR ACCIDENT
She had doubts about continuing her gymnastics career after she was involved in a car accident in 2012. The crash claimed the life of her best friend Eduarda Queiroz, who was the daughter of coach Monika Queiroz. "I thought about giving up. It was so difficult to live without her. We started our gymnastics career together and she lost it all. In the end I managed to find the strength to continue, because I know that she is with me all the time, wherever she may be." (redeglobo.globo.com, 25 Apr 2014)
ATHLETES' COMMISSION
In 2017 she was named president of the Athletes' Commission of the Brazilian Gymnastics Federation. "Within the athletes' commission we will represent all gymnasts and be part of the decisions that the federation makes. It is a great honour to be named president of the athletes' commission." (globoesporte.globo.com, 03 Aug 2017)
BUSINESS
She is the owner of an online clothing business called Gaudio Fitness. (gaudiofitness.com.br, 01 Apr 2018)
Last update : 2019-08-28
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