Letícia Costa

Letícia Costa
Costa at the 2015 Pan American Games
Personal information
Full nameLetícia Stephanie Lima da Costa
Born (1995-04-20) 20 April 1995
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height153 cm (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Brazil Brazil
ClubFluminense Gymnastics Club
Head coach
Ricardo Batist
Medal record
Women's gymnastics
Representing  Brazil
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place2015 TorontoTeam
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 San JuanVault
Silver medal – second place2014 MississaugaTeam
Silver medal – second place2016 SucreVault
South American Games
Gold medal – first place2010 MedellínTeam
Silver medal – second place2010 MedellínVault
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 SantiagoTeam
Gold medal – first place2013 SantiagoUneven bars
Gold medal – first place2015 CaliTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 CaliFloor exercise
Silver medal – second place2012 RosarioTeam
Silver medal – second place2012 RosarioVault
Silver medal – second place2013 SantiagoAll-around
Silver medal – second place2013 SantiagoVault
Silver medal – second place2015 CaliAll-around
Bronze medal – third place2013 SantiagoFloor exercise
Bronze medal – third place2015 CaliBalance beam

Letícia Stephanie Lima da Costa (born 20 April 1995) is a Brazilian former artistic gymnast. She won a team bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games and is a two-time Pan American Championships vault silver medalist. She competed at four World Championships (2013–15, 2019).

Gymnastics career

Costa began gymnastics when she was four years old.[2] She won a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2009 Junior Pan American Championships in Aracaju.[3] She then won a gold medal with the Brazilian team at the 2010 South American Games, where she also won the vault silver medal, behind Catalina Escobar.[4]

Costa won silver medals with the team and on the vault at the 2012 South American Championships.[5] She also won a silver medal on the vault at the 2013 Pan American Championships.[6] She then competed at the 2013 World Championships and finished 28th in the all-around qualifications, making her the third reserve for the all-around final.[7] After the World Championships, she won five medals at the 2013 South American Championships, including the uneven bars gold medal. At the 2014 Pan American Championships, she helped Brazil win the team silver medal.[8] She was then selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships with the team that finished 16th in the qualification round.[9]

Costa finished fourth in the vault final at the 2015 São Paulo World Cup.[10] She then won a team gold medal at the 2015 South American Championships and also won the all-around silver medal, behind teammate Daniele Hypólito.[11] At the 2015 Pan American Games, Costa fell on the floor exercise but still contributed toward Brazil's bronze medal win.[12] Then at the 2015 World Championships, Costa and the Brazilian team placed ninth in the qualification round, around half of a point away from the team final and a direct Olympic berth. Brazil instead qualified for the 2016 Olympic Test Event.[13]

Costa missed most of the 2016 season, including the 2016 Summer Olympics, due to multiple muscle injuries.[2] At the end of the year, she won a silver medal on the vault at the 2016 Pan American Championships.[14] She finished fourth in the all-around at the 2017 Brazilian Championships but was not selected for the World Championships team. She briefly retired from the sport but returned to training in 2018 after switching clubs.[15] She competed at the 2019 World Championships where the Brazilian team only placed 14th due to various injuries and did not qualify as a team for the 2020 Olympic Games.[16][17] The final competition of her career was the 2021 Brazilian Championships.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Athlete Profile : LIMA DA COSTA Letícia - Toronto 2015 Pan American Games". results.toronto2015.org. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Fluminense anuncia Letícia Costa para a ginástica artística". TV Globo (in Portuguese). 3 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  3. ↑ "USA women win gold at Jr. Pan Ams". USA Gymnastics. 7 November 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 23 March 2010. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ↑ "XI South American Gymnastics Championships 2012 XI Campeonato Sudamericano de Adultos Rosario (ARG) 2012 Nov 8-11 Artistic Gymnastics Results Men and Women". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  6. ↑ "2013 Pan American Championships". FloGymnastics. FloSports. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  7. ↑ "44th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp (BEL) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  8. ↑ "USA wins women's team gold at Senior Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. 31 August 2014. Archived from the original on 9 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "Women's Vault Final" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Confederação Brasileira de Ginástica. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  11. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (26 June 2015). "2015 South American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 20 September 2025.
  12. ↑ "Renovada, equipe feminina de ginástica evolui em relação a 2011 e leva o bronze" [Renewed, women's gymnastics team improves compared to 2011 and takes bronze]. Odia (in Portuguese). 13 July 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  13. ↑ Armour, Nancy (24 October 2015). "Brazil women 9th at gymnastics worlds, just miss qualifying for Rio". USA Today. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  14. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (17 September 2016). "2016 Pan American Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 21 April 2026.
  15. ↑ "Brazil's Letícia Costa hopes to return to international competitions". Gymnovosti. 18 April 2018. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
  16. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (26 October 2019). "Spain Stuns with Olympics-Worthy Performance, While Italy Snags Bronze". The Gymternet. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  17. ↑ Vecchioli, Demétrio (16 October 2019). "O que ginástica feminina do Brasil fez de errado para ficar fora de Tóquio" [What Brazilian women's gymnastics did wrong to miss out on Tokyo]. UOL (in Portuguese). Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  18. ↑ "Leticia Costa". The Gymternet. Retrieved 27 April 2026.
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