Wania Monteiro
| Wania Monteiro | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Cape Verde | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 August 1986 Santa Catarina | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 170cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62kg (137lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Santa Catarina, Santiago | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wania Monteiro (born 9 August 1986) is a Cape Verdean rhythmic gymnast.[1]
Biography[edit]
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.[2]
She later moved to the USA for her studies.[citation needed]
Sports career[edit]
Monteiro represented her country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, and was Cape Verde's flag bearer during the Games's opening ceremony.[3] She was also the first gymnast from Cape Verde to compete in the Olympic Games.[4]
In 2006, she won four medals at the African Gymnastics Championships, three bronze and one gold, being present on all podiums during this competition.[5]
Monteiro competed again at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing,[6] and was, again, her country's flagbearer during the Games' opening ceremony.[7] She finished 24th, with 49.050 points.
References[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Beaten, But Not Defeated", Time, August 30, 2004
- ^ Fédération internationale de Gymnastique
- ^ About competitors in Athens Archived 2008-02-16 at the Wayback Machine, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
- ^ Cap Vert, Petit Futé, ISBN 2-7469-1620-7, p.66
- ^ "Gymnastics Rhythmic" Archived 2008-07-01 at the Wayback Machine, official website of the 2008 Summer Olympics
- ^ "List of flagbearers, Beijing 2008" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-08-08. Retrieved 2008-08-22.
External links[edit]
- Video of Monteiro's performance in Athens, on CNN's website
- Wânia Monteiro at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Wania Monteiro at Olympics.com
- Vânia Monteiro at Olympedia
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Cape Verdean rhythmic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Cape Verde
- People from Santa Catarina, Cape Verde
- Cape Verdean sportspeople stubs
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- Medalists at the Rhythmic Gymnastics African Championships