Arthur Mariano

Arthur Mariano
Mariano in 2016
Personal information
Full name Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano[1]
Alternative name(s) Arthur Nory
Country represented  Brazil
Born (1993-09-18) 18 September 1993
Campinas, Brazil[2]
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)[3]
Weight 65 kg (143 lb)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
(Brazil national team)
Years on national team 2011 – present
Club Pinheiros
Head coach(es) Cristiano Albino (personal)
Marcos Goto (national)[4]
Medal record
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroFloor exercise
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoTeam
South American Games
2014 SantiagoTeam
South American Championships
2011 Santiago Team
2012 Rosario Team
2012 Rosario Floor exercise
2011 Santiago Vault
2012 Rosario Vault
2012 Rosario Horizontal bar

Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano (born 18 September 1993) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated in the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, placing fourth in the horizontal bar and 12th all-around.[5][6] He won the bronze medal in floor exercise at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[7]

Early life

Mariano was born in 1993, in Campinas, to a Japanese-Brazilian family. He practiced judo in a club as a child, following his father steps; Mariano changed his mind after watching the gymnastics class.[8]

After his parents' divorce, Mariano moved with his mother to São Paulo, where he entered in a gymnastics team in another club. When he was 11, Mariano joined Esporte Clube Pinheiros. Mariano won the Brazilian Child Gymnastics Championship when he was 14.[8]

Accusations of racism

In 2015, Mariano and fellow gymnasts Felipe Arakawa and Henrique Flores were suspended from the Brazilian national team for a month, after publishing a Snapchat video in which they made racist jokes addressed at another teammate, Afro-Brazilian gymnast Ângelo Assunção.[9]

Mariano published another video apologizing for the incident. After his teammate had won the bronze medal at 2016 Olympics, Assunção said: "I don't keep a grief at him. We are close friends. I am very proud of Nory. I just hope he behaves like a medal winner outside the arena too."

References

  1. ↑ Nicole, Nguyen. "We Need To Talk About This Brazilian Gymnast Right Now". Buzzfeed. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  2. ↑ Arthur Nory. cob.org.br
  3. ↑ Arthur Mariano Archived 2016-08-06 at the Wayback Machine.. rio2016.com
  4. ↑ Arthur Mariano. nbcolympics.com
  5. ↑ "2015 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Arthur Mariano". 2015worldgymnastics.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  6. ↑ "Nory fica em 4º na barra fixa em mais um dia de show de Biles e Uchimura". globoesporte.com (in Portuguese). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Brazil's Hypolito, Nory take silver and bronze in men's floor exercise". Retrieved 2016-08-14.
  8. 1 2 "Bronze no Rio, Arthur Nory começou no judô e contrariou plano do pai - Olimpíada no Rio | Folha". www1.folha.uol.com.br. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  9. ↑ País, Ediciones El (2016-08-16). "O passado racista de Nory o assombra no dia da sua primeira medalha". EL PAÍS (in Portuguese). Retrieved 2017-02-04.
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