Barbara Urquiza
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| Full name | Barbara Urquiza Galvão | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 24, 2003 Brazil | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  Brazil (2021–) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Camila Ferezin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Bruna Martins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Barbara Urquiza (born 24 January 2003) is a Brazilian rhythmic gymnastics,[1] member of the national group.
Personal life
Urquiza took up the sport at age 12, she first tried artistic gymnastics before being convinced to try rhythmic gymnastics.[2] She now trains at the National Rhythmic Gymnastics Training Centre in Aracaju.[1]
Career
2021
In 2021 she entered the senior national group rooster getting to compete at the 2021 World Championships in Kitakyushu along Maria Arakaki, Vitoria Guerra, Deborah Medrado, Nicole Pircio and Beatriz Silva, the group was 9th in the All-Around, 7th with 5 balls and 11th with 3 hoops and 4 clubs.[3][4]
2022
In 2022 she competed at two World Cups, Portimão where the group was 5th in the All-Around and with 5 hoops and 4th with 3 ribbons and 2 balls,[5] and Pesaro where they finished 4th in the All-Around, 8th with 5 hoops and won bronze with 3 ribbons and 2 balls, the first World Cup medal since 2013 and only the second ever for Brazil.[6][7] In July she won gold in the All-Around and 5 hoops as well as silver with 3 ribbons and 2 balls at the 2022 Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Rio de Janeiro along Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Déborah Medrado, Nicole Pircio, Gabrielle da Silva and Giovanna Oliveira.[8][9]
In September 2022 she was selected for the World Championships in Sofia along Maria Arakaki, Deborah Medrado, Gabrielle Moraes, Nicole Pircio, Giovanna Oliveira and the two individuals Geovanna Santos and Barbara Domingos, finishing 10th in teams, 5th in the All-Around, 4th with 5 hoops and 10th with 3 ribbons and 2 balls.[10]
2023
Next year, she represented Brazil at the 2023 World Championships in Valencia, Spain, where she and her teammates finished on 6th place in Group All-around and secured a quota place for the 2024 Olympic Games.[11] They took 4th place in 5 Hoops final and 8th place in team competition.
2024
On 6 July, at the selection of the group composition for the Olympic Games, Gonçalves was selected to be a reserve to Maria Eduarda Arakaki, Victória Borges, Déborah Medrado, Sofia Pereira and Nicole Pircio, along with Giovanna Oliveira, Gabriella Coradine and Mariana Vitória Gonçalves.[12]
2025
Together with Nicole Pircio, Maria Paula Caminha, Mariana Gonçalves, Ana Luiza Franceschi and Maria Eduarda Arakaki they presented new routines at Portimão World Challenge Cup and won gold medals in group all-around, 5 ribbons and 3 balls + 2 hoops.[13]
References
- ^ a b "URQUIZA Barbara - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ "Alagoas tem pela primeira vez atletas na seleção brasileira de ginástica rítmica". ge (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ "2021 World Championships Groups All-Around" (PDF). usagym.
- ^ "2021 World Championships Groups Event Finals" (PDF). usagym. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-12-15. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Portimão 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Gymnastics - World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics - Pesaro 2022 - Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "Brasil faz história em Pesaro e volta ao pódio nove anos depois". Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-12-16.
- ^ "2022 Pan American Championships Group All-Around" (PDF). usagym. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ "2022 Pan American Championships Group Event Finals" (PDF). usagym. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
- ^ "2022 World Championships Result Book" (PDF). longinestiming.
- ^ Marcel Nagime (25 August 2023). "Ginástica Rítmica nos Jogos Olímpicos de Paris 2024" (in Portuguese).
- ^ "CBG anuncia convocação da Seleção Brasileira de Ginástica Rítmica de Conjunto". CBG - Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2024-06-07. Retrieved 2024-10-03.
- ^ "Brasil dá show e 'varre' medalhas de ouro no conjunto na Challenge Cup deGinástica Rítmica Portimão 2025" [Brazil puts on a show and sweeps gold medals in the group at the Rhythmic Gymnastics Challenge Cup Portimão 2025]. www.olympics.com (in Portuguese). 2025-05-11. Retrieved 2025-07-10.