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Arthur Mariano

Arthur Mariano
— Gymnast  —
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Mariano in 2016
Personal information
Full name Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano
Alternative name(s) Arthur Nory
Country represented  Brazil
Born (1993-09-18) 18 September 1993 (age 23)
Campinas, Brazil
Height 169 cm (5 ft 7 in)
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)

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. He won the bronze medal in floor exercise at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Mariano was born in 1993, in Campinas. He practiced judo in a club as a child , following his father steps; Mariano changed his mind after watching the gymnastics class.

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

In 2015, Mariano and fellow gymnasts Felipe Arakawa and Henrique Flores were suspended of the Brazilian national team for a month, after publishing an Snapchat video in which they made racist jokes adressed at another teammate, Afro-Brazilian gymnast Angelo Assunção.

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 behave like a medal winner outside the arena too."


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