Wania Monteiro

Wania Monteiro
— Gymnast —
Country represented  Cape Verde
Born (1986-08-09) 9 August 1986
Santa Catarina
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) (5'7")
Weight 62kg (137lb)
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Assistant coach(es) Santa Catarina, Santiago
Medal record
African Gymnastics Championships
Cape Town 2006 Clubs
Cape Town 2006 Rope
Cape Town 2006 Ball
Cape Town 2006 Ribbon

Wania Monteiro (born 9 August 1986[1]) is a Cape Verdean rhythmic gymnast.

Biography

Born 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 where she currently studies.

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.[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

  1. ↑ Wania Monteiro at the International Federation of Gymnastics
  2. ↑ "Beaten, But Not Defeated", Time, August 30, 2004
  3. ↑ Fédération internationale de Gymnastique
  4. ↑ About competitors in Athens, Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
  5. ↑ Cap Vert, Petit Futé, ISBN 2-7469-1620-7, p.66
  6. ↑ "Gymnastics Rhythmic", official website of the 2008 Summer Olympics
  7. ↑ List of flagbearers, Beijing 2008


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