Who’s Rebeca Andrade, the gymnast who gold over Simone Biles within the ground last? – NBC New York

Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade has confirmed a power to be reckoned with throughout the Paris Olympics 2024, taking dwelling 4 medals, together with the gold within the ground last — beating out the incomparable Simone Biles, who medaled silver.

However who is that this gymnast who has been a sight to see throughout the Olympics?

Andrade completed in first on Monday and took dwelling the ground last with a rating of 14.166 — this win comes after her profitable silver within the all-around and vault, and bronze within the group occasion with Brazil throughout the Paris Olympics.

Though the 25-year-old has been sturdy contender all through the 2024 Olympics, she participated within the 2016 Olympics after they have been held in her native Brazil. She was additionally the flag bearer for Brazil on the closing ceremony on the 2020 Olympic Video games in Tokyo the place she received silver within the particular person all-around (behind Workforce USA’s Suni Lee) and gold in vault — changing into the primary feminine gymnast representing Brazil to medal, in keeping with the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (Worldwide Federation of Gymnastics), the governing physique for gymnastics worldwide.

Andrade is understood for her willpower, which has resulted in profitable quite a lot of medals and World Championships whereas overcoming three ACL accidents.

She first suffered an ACL damage in 2015 requiring reconstructive surgical procedure, which pressured her to overlook the World Championships that yr. Though she bounced again the next yr to assist her nation safe an Olympic qualification spot, she suffered a second ACL damage in 2017 and needed to bear one other surgical procedure, which pressured her to withdraw from competitors on the World Championships the place she was seen as a high contender.

Andrade returned to the world of competitions in 2018 whereas nonetheless recovering. She suffered yet one more ACL damage in 2019 to the identical knee throughout a ground routine throughout the Brazilian Nationals, which required yet one more reconstructive surgical procedure.

Andrade was born in Guarulhos, Brazil, in 1999 and took up the game at 4 years outdated, in keeping with the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique. She trains twice a day and cites her mother as probably the most influential individual in her profession, whereas contemplating Brazilian gymnast Daiane dos Santos her hero, in keeping with the federation’s web site.

She is also referred to as “Rebeyonce” in Brazil for her love of Beyoncé. The nickname happened when she carried out her ground routine on the 2016 Olympic Video games in Rio to Beyoncé songs.