Diego Hypólito

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Competitor for Brazil
Medal record
Hypólito during the 2007 Pan American Games
Artistic Gymnastics
World Championships
Gold	2007 Stuttgart	Floor
Gold	2005 Melbourne	Floor
Silver	2006 Aarhus	Floor
Pan American Games
Gold	Rio de Janeiro 2007	Vault
Gold	Rio de Janeiro 2007	Floor
Silver	Santo Domingo 2003	Team Competition
Silver	Santo Domingo 2003	Vault
Silver	Rio de Janeiro 2007	Team Competition

Diego Matias Hypólito (born June 19, 1986, Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil) is a world-class gymnast and the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the floor exercise. He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to medal at the World Championships. ^[1] He is also the younger brother of Daniele Hypólito, the first Brazilian gymnast ever to medal at Worlds.

Hypólito began gymnastics at the age of 7, following in his older sister's footsteps. He won the floor exercise event in the children's division at the Brazilian National Championships in 1997 and was the all-around junior National Champion in 2001. ^[2]

At twenty one years old, Hypólito has competed in five World Gymnastics Championships, in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007. A floor exercise specialist, he qualified for the FX event finals in all five competitions, placing fifth in 2002, fourth in 2003, earning the gold medal in 2005, the silver medal in 2006, and the gold again in 2007. With his 2005 win, Hypólito became the first male South American gymnast to medal at Worlds.

He is expected to compete in the 2008 games despite contracting dengue fever.^[3]