Arthur Mariano
Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the Brazilian national team. He is a three-time Olympian, having represented Brazil at the 2016, 2020 Summer Olympics|2020], and 2024 Olympic Games. He is the 2016 Olympic bronze medalist on floor exercise as well as the 2019 World [Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2019 World Champion] and 2022 World bronze medalist on horizontal bar.
Early life
Mariano was born in 1993, in Campinas, to a Brazilian father and a Japanese Brazilian mother. He practiced judo in a club as a child, following his father's footsteps. Mariano changed his mind after watching a gymnastics class.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 eleven, Mariano joined Esporte [Clube Pinheiros]. Mariano won the Brazilian Child Gymnastics Championship when he was fourteen.