Daniele Hypólito

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Medal record
Daniele Hypólito
Competitor for Brazil
Artistic Gymnastics
World Championships
Silver	2001 Ghent	Floor
Pan American Games
Silver	Santo Domingo 2003	Balance Beam
Silver	Santo Domingo 2003	Uneven Bars
Silver	Rio de Janeiro 2007	Team competition
Bronze	Winnipeg 1999	Team competition
Bronze	Santo Domingo 2003	All around
Bronze	Santo Domingo 2003	Team competition
Bronze	Rio de Janeiro 2007	Balance Beam

Daniele Matias Hypólito (born September 8, 1984, Santo André, São Paulo) is a Brazilian gymnast who competed in the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics. She was the first athlete from Brazil ever to win a medal at the World Gymnastics Championships. She is also the nine-time Brazilian National Champion in artistic gymnastics and the 2002 South American Games all-around champion. To date Hypólito has represented Brazil at the World Championships six times, competing in every Worlds meet from 1999 to 2007.

Training in Rio de Janeiro, Hypólito was competing internationally by the time she was 10 years old. As a junior, she won the all-around in the Junior Pan Am Games in 1998 and the Canberra Cup in 1999. Hypólito placed a modest 27th in the all-around at the 1999 World Gymnastics Championships, but helped Brazil qualify athletes to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She was chosen to represent Brazil at the Olympics and qualified for the all-around final, finishing in 20th place.

In 2001, Hypólito made dramatic improvements. At that year's World Championships, she placed fourth in the all-around. Until Jade Barbosa's bronze medal win at the 2007 World Championships, this placement was the highest AA finish ever achieved by a Brazilian gymnast in Worlds or Olympic competition. Hypólito followed up her strong AA showing by winning Brazil's first ever gymnastics medal, a silver, in the floor exercise event final. She continued to do well in 2002, winning the all-around and every event final gold except uneven bars at the South American Games and placing 5th on floor at the World Championships. At the 2003 World Championships Hypólito placed last in the all-around after injuring herself on her first event, however, she helped Brazil qualify a full team for the 2004 Olympics. At the Olympics, Hypólito competed well, helping the Brazilian team to a ninth place finish and placing 12th in the all-around.

Hypólito placed 9th in the all-around at the 2005 World Championships. In 2006 she won her ninth national championships. She also won the silver medal on balance beam at the 2006 World Cup Finals, one of the major events on the FIG calendar, that took place in São Paulo, Brazil.

In 2007, Hypólito placed second in the all-around at the Brazilian National Championships and won the floor exercise title. She was a member of the silver medal-winning Brazilian team at the 2007 Pan American Games, where she placed 5th in the all-around and won a bronze medal on beam. She also participated in the 2007 World Championships, where she helped the Brazilian team to its highest placing ever, fifth in the team finals. She most recently competed at the 2007 Arthur Gander Memorial Cup in Switzerland, where she placed 4th all-around and won a bronze medal on floor.

Hypolito's younger brother, Diego, is also a world-class gymnast. In 2005 he became the first male Brazilian gymnast to win a World Championships medal, earning gold on the floor exercise.