Laís Souza
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Souza in 2016
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| Full name | Lais da Silva Souza | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 Brazil
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| Born |
December 13, 1988 Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil |
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| Height | 156 cm (5 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 47 kg (104 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Esporte Clube Pinheiros | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Oleg Ostapenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Nadejda Ostapenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Laís da Silva Souza (born in December 13, 1988) is a former Brazilian skier and artistic gymnast specializing in the vault. Souza has competed in gymnastics since 2003 and helped the Brazilian team qualify for two Summer Olympic Games. In 2013 she took up the winter sport of freestyle skiing, and qualified in the aerials event for the 2014 Winter Olympics but was forced to withdraw after a neck injury sustained while training in the United States.
Lais da Silva Souza's first important competition on the Brazilian team was in the 2003 Pan American Games, where Brazil placed third in team competition, behind Team USA and Team Canada. That same year, in the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she was on the Brazilian team that qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Team Brazil placed eighth overall in the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In her first Olympic Games, Team Brazil place ninth overall and da Silva Souza scored 9.387 on vault, 8.762 on bars, 9.375 on beam and 8.675 on floor.
In 2005 she competed in the São Paulo World Cup scoring 15.112, placing second on vault. Cheng Fei was the gold medalist (15.6) and Elena Zamolodchikova was the bronze medalist (14.875). Souza took part in 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and placed fourth on vault, scoring 14.987. Oksana Chusovitina was the bronze medalist (15.1), Alicia Sacramone was the silver medalist (15.325) and Cheng Fei was the gold medalist (15.712). She was also eighth on floor (14.75) and Brazil was seventh in team competition. In 2006, she was the Brazilian Sportswoman of the Year. In 2007, Laís won 3 medals in the 2007 Pan American Games. Brazil placed second in the team final, behind Team USA. She was third on vault (14.650) and bars (15.050). She also helped the Brazilian team to qualify an entire team for the Summer Olympics for the second time at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In the 2008 Summer Olympics Brazil placed eighth in the team final, the best team result for Brazil so far. Her best individual result during that Olympics was 26th on bars (14.775).
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