Gerson Gnoatto

Gerson Gnoatto
Full nameGerson Klippel Gnoatto
Born (1963-10-08) 8 October 1963
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Height174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Brazil Brazil

Gerson Klippel Gnoatto (born 8 October 1963) is a Brazilian former artistic gymnast. He represented Brazil at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, competing in the men's individual all-around and six apparatus events.[1]

Early life

Gnoatto was born in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul. He began gymnastics at the age of seven at Grêmio Náutico União in Porto Alegre. He later competed for Minas Tênis Clube and ended his career at SOGIPA around 1987.[2]

He was part of an early generation of Brazilian men's artistic gymnasts to compete internationally. Before the 1984 Olympics, he had been a national children's team champion, South American champion in 1982, placed 26th in the all-around at the 1983 Pan American Games in Caracas, and won the Brazilian interclub championship in 1984.[2]

Gymnastics career

At the 1984 Summer Olympics, Gnoatto placed 70th in the men's individual all-around. He also competed in floor exercise, vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar, rings, and pommel horse.[1]

Gnoatto also represented Brazil at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, including the 1983 World Championships in Budapest and the 1987 World Championships in Rotterdam.[2] In 1987, he won the Brazilian individual all-around title, as well as gold medals on horizontal bar and floor exercise, and silver medals on parallel bars and pommel horse.[2]

At the 1987 Pan American Games in Indianapolis, he was a member of the Brazilian men's artistic gymnastics team that won the bronze medal in the team all-around. Individually, he placed ninth in the all-around and sixth on horizontal bar.[2][1]

In 2019, Gnoatto was among a group of former Brazilian national team gymnasts from the 1980s who returned to compete at the Brazilian Championships as veteran athletes.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gerson Gnoatto". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Rezende, Vitor Pedrini (2021). Seleções de bronze: a ginástica artística masculina brasileira nos Jogos Pan-Americanos de 1979 e de 1987 (PDF) (Thesis). Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  3. ↑ Guerra, Marcos (17 September 2019). "Cinquentões, ginastas dos anos 80 desafiam o tempo e disputam o Brasileiro entre os jovens". ge. Grupo Globo. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
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