Occupation
Athlete, Student
Education
Marketing
Spoken languages
Portuguese
Club
Clube de Regatas do Flamengo [Rio de Janeiro, BRA]
Coach
Angelo Sabino [club]; Valeri Liukin [national], USA; Francisco Porath Neto [national], BRA; Iryna Ilyashenko [national], UKR (flamengo.com.br, 07 Jan 2019; globoesporte.globo.com, 11 Jan 2019)
Injuries
She sustained a minor sprain in her left knee while training at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Brazilian officials decided she would not take part in the competition to give her time to recover for the 2019 World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. In Germany she tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in her right knee. She underwent surgery and was off training for around five months. (globoesporte.globo.com, 27 Jul 2019; esporte.ig.com.br, 27 Jul 2019; globoesporte.globo.com, 08 Oct 2019; olimpiadatododia.com.br, 19 May 2020)
She injured her right foot during the 2017 National Championships in Brazil. (hojeemdia.com.br, 31 Aug 2018)
She sustained an injury to her right ankle while performing in the individual all-around final at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (extra.globo.com, 12 Aug 2016)
She tore the ACL in her left knee in August 2014. She required surgery and returned to competition in June 2015. (mg.superesportes.com.br, 17 Jun 2015)
She tore a ligament in her right foot in July 2013 and missed the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. (torcidaflamengo.com.br, 11 Sep 2013)
She was troubled by a hand injury during 2008 and 2009. She suffered from dead tissue in her right wrist, which affected her performance at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. She took a break to let the injury heal and made her comeback in December 2009. (gympower.nl, 09 Dec 2009; intlgymnast.com, 13 Apr 2009; gymallthetime.blogspot.com, 28 Dec 2008)
Start sporting career
She took up gymnastics at about age five. (Flamengo channel YouTube channel, 06 Apr 2016; jadebarbosa.com.br, 30 Dec 2011)
Reason for taking up the sport
She became interested in the sport after watching it on television. Her mother then signed her up for a gymnastics club. (Flamengo channel YouTube channel, 06 Apr 2016)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (revistaquem.globo.com, 05 Jul 2018)
Most influential person in career
Her mother. (uol.com.br, 04 May 2020)
Awards
She was named Brazil's 2007 Sportswoman of the Year. (intlgymnast.com, 13 Apr 2009)
Additional information
General
POSTPONED AND NEW PLANS
She was planning to have a baby after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, but due to the postponement of the Games she had to delay her plans to start a family until 2021. During 2020 she returned to her studies in marketing. (uol.com.br, 04 May 2020)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2017 she appeared on the reality television show 'Dancing Brasil'. She reached the final of the show, alongside dancing partner Lucas Teodoro, and finished in second place. (observatoriodosfamosos.bol.uol.com.br, 09 May 2018; purepeople.com.br, 25 Jun 2017)
GYMNASTICS HELP
She says gymnastics helped her to overcome the loss of her mother at age nine. "When I lost my mother I didn't know how to overcome it and gymnastics embraced me. I don't know what I'd have become without gymnastics. Instead of being at home, crying and thinking about what would life be like if she were still there, I was surrounded by people who loved and supported me." During her competitions she used to wear a ring that had belong to her mother. She lost the ring during a competition in Doha, Qatar, but the Brazilian team staff organised to give her a replica. "Gymnastics gave me the chance to be closer to my mother. She lived well, she was happy and she gave me all of that. She wanted gymnastics to make me happy, and she was right." (uol.com.br, 04 May 2020)
Last update : 2020-08-07
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