Camilla Gomes Explained

Camilla Gomes
Fullname:Camilla Lopes Gomes
Birth Date:27 May 1994
Residence:Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey
Discipline:TRA
Level:Senior International Elite
Natlteam:since 2012
Club:Elite Trampoline Academy, formerly Nucleo Tatiana Figueiredo
Show-Medals:yes
Spouse:Steven Gluckstein

Camilla Lopes Gomes (born 27 May 1994) is a Brazilian individual and synchronised trampoline gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions.

Career

She has competed at multiple Trampoline World Championships.[1] At the 2018 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, with partner Alice Gomes, she finished sixth in synchronized trampoline.[2]

A doping ban following a positive test result for the presence of canrenone in her system after the 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo sidelined Gomes in 2020 even though she was found to have "no significant fault or negligence," which reduced her period of inelgibility.[3] [4]

In 2022, she finished 7th at the 2022 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in synchronized trampoline with partner Alice Gomes.[5]

In 2023, Gomes took silver at the World Cup in Santarem and then became the first Brazilian to win gold at a World Cup event, earning double gold at the FIG World Cup 2023 AGF Trophy event held at Baku in both the individual and synchronized trampoline (with partner Alice Gomes) events.[6] Then at the 2023 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships, she had her highest individual finish at a world championshps when finished in eighth.[7] Following her successes in 2023, she was named as Brazil’s representative to the 2024 Paris Olympics.[8]

Awards

She was named “Trampoline Gymnast of the Year” in Brazil in the following years: 2014, 2015, 2018, and 2021.

Personal

In 2014, Gomes intended to spend three months training in the United States of America with Tatiana Kovaleva. She began a relationship with Steve Gluckstein that eventually resulted in their 2016 marriage. Gomes works as a nutrition consultant and continues to train at Elite Training Academy and the couple resides in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey.[9]

References

  1. Web site: 2015 Trampoline World Championships athletes - Camilla Gomes . Longinestiming.com . 13 June 2016.
  2. Web site: Camilla Gomes FIG Profile . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20240626085814/https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=23888 . 26 June 2024 . 2 July 2024 . fig-gymnastics.com .
  3. Web site: 2020-08-26 . Brazilian trampoline gymnast serves doping ban after World Championship positive . 2024-07-02 . www.insidethegames.biz.
  4. Web site: Antidoping - A Brazilian athlete sanctioned . 2024-07-02 . www.gymnastics.sport.
  5. Web site: FIG - Event Detail - 16462 . 2024-07-02 . www.gymnastics.sport.
  6. Web site: Pre-Pan American Games, Brazil’s Gomes is bounding with potential . 2024-07-02 . www.gymnastics.sport.
  7. Web site: FIG - Event Detail - 16244 . 2024-07-02 . www.gymnastics.sport.
  8. Web site: Camilla Gluckstein NBC Olympics . 2024-07-02 . www.nbcolympics.com . en.
  9. Web site: Engel . Matthew . Former Olympian Gluckstein trains Olympic hopefuls at Shore . 2024-07-02 . Asbury Park Press . en-US.