Wania Monteiro
Wania Monteiro | ||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | Cape Verde | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Santa Catarina | 9 August 1986|||||||||||||||||
Height | 170cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Weight | 62kg (137lb) | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Santa Catarina, Santiago | |||||||||||||||||
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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.[citation needed]
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
- ^ Wania Monteiro at the International Gymnastics Federation
- ^ "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
- Video of Monteiro's performance in Athens, on CNN's website
- Wania Monteiro at the International Gymnastics Federation
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