Júlia Soares

Júlia das Neves Botega Soares (born 23 August 2005) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the Brazilian national gymnastics team.[1] Soares represented her country at the 2019 Junior World Championships, where she was a finalist on the balance beam.[2] She made her international senior debut at the 2021 Pan American Championships where she helped Brazil win the team gold and also took an individual bronze medal on the balance beam.[3] She also debuted a new skill, a candle mount with a half twist on the balance beam, which was named after her in the Code of Points.[4]

Júlia Soares
Soares at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Full nameJúlia das Neves Botega Soares
Country represented Brazil
Born (2005-08-23) 23 August 2005
Curitiba, Brazil
HometownColombo, Paraná, Brazil
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2018–present (BRA)
ClubCentro de Excelencia de Ginastica (CEGIN)
Head coach(es)Iryna Ilyashenko
Assistant coach(es)Caroline Molinari
Medal record
Artistic gymnastics
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Championships
2021 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2021 Rio de JaneiroBalance Beam
South American Championships
2021 San JuanTeam
2021 San JuanAll-around
2021 San JuanBalance Beam
2021 San JuanFloor
2021 San JuanUneven Bars
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Apparatus World Cup 1 0 0

Early life

Soares was born on 23 August 2005 in Curitiba, and grew up in nearby Colombo. She took up gymnastics at age four, inspired by her older sister Giovanna.[5] Her role model in gymnastics is fellow Brazilian artistic gymnast Daniele Hypólito.[6]

Career

Junior

In April 2018, Soares competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy, contributing to Brazil’s seventh place finish. She then won gold in the all-around and on the balance beam at the Brazilian Championships. In October 2018, she became the South American junior champion on the balance beam. At the Brazilian Junior Championships, she placed third in the all-around and won the gold on the balance beam, also taking the silver on vault, bars and floor.[7]

In 2019, Soares placed fifth in the all-around at the Brazilian Event Championships, and took the bronze in both the balance beam and the floor exercise finals in a field of mixed junior and senior competitors. Soares was selected to the Brazilian team for the 2019 Junior World Championships alongside Ana Luiza Lima and Christal Bezerra.[8] She placed 15th in the individual all-around and contributed to the Brazilian team’s seventh place finish in a field of 29 teams. She also qualified to the balance beam final, where she finished seventh.[2] Soares went on to compete at the Brazilian Championships, becoming the junior national champion in the all-around as well as on the balance beam and on the floor exercise.[7]

At the 2019 South American Junior Championships in Cali, Colombia, Soares earned the bronze medal in the all-around, the silver on beam, gold on floor, and contributed to the Brazilian team’s second place finish behind Argentina. She finished her 2019 season by winning four gold medals at the Brazilian Junior Championships.[7]


Soares competing in the balance beam final at the 2019 Junior World Championships

Senior

Soares began competing as a senior in 2021. At the 2021 Pan American Championships held in Rio de Janeiro, she helped Brazil win the gold medal in the team final, and also earned an individual bronze in the balance beam final.[3] In addition, Soares performed a candle mount with a half twist on the balance beam, which was named after her in the Code of Points, as she was the first gymnast to successfully perform the skill at an FIG international competition.[4]

Eponymous skills
ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyAdded to Code
Balance BeamSoarescandle mount with half twistD2021 Pan American Championships

Competitive history
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2018City of Jesolo Trophy734
Brazilian Championships
Brazilian Event Championships55
South American Junior Championships4
Brazilian Junior Championships
2019WOGA Classic7
Brazilian Event Championships5
Junior World Championships7157
Brazilian Championships
South American Junior Championships
Brazilian Junior Championships
Senior
2021
Pan American Championships
Brazilian Championships46
South American Championships
2022Baku World Cup

References
  1. "SELEÇÃO GINÁSTICA ARTÍSTICA FEMININA". Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG) (in Portuguese). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  2. "1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics Junior World Championships - Results Book". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Retrieved June 9, 2021.
  3. "REBECA CONQUISTA VAGA PARA OS JOGOS OLÍMPICOS DE TÓQUIO". Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG) (in Portuguese). June 6, 2021.
  4. "JÚLIA SOARES PRESTES A HOMOLOGAR ELEMENTO COM SEU NOME NO CÓDIGO DA FIG". Brazilian Gymnastics Federation (CBG) (in Portuguese). June 7, 2021.
  5. "Thais Fidélis e Ana Luiza Lima brilham no Brasileiro de Especialistas". Esporte Alternativo (in Portuguese). August 18, 2018.
  6. "SOARES Julia - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). June 6, 2019.
  7. "Julia Soares - Competition Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved June 10, 2021.
  8. "The Junior World Championships Women's Master Team List". The Gymternet. June 5, 2019.
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