Diogo Soares

Diogo Brajão Soares (born 12 April 2002) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the national team. He participated in the 2018 Youth Olympic Games and the 2019 Junior World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He represented Brazil at the 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games.

Early life Diogo Soares started gymnastics at the age of 4. His sister, Driele, is a former gymnast.

Gymnastics career Junior Soares' first major international competition was the 2016 Pan American Championships, where he won a silver medal with the Brazilian team. In 2018, Soares competed at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, earning a bronze medal in the all-around and a silver medal in the horizontal bar. At the 2019 Junior World Championships he earned a silver medal on rings.

Senior 2020–2021 Soares became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2020. He made his senior international debut at the 2020 American Cup where he placed seventh. The remainder of the competitions were either canceled or postponed, including the 2020 Olympic Games, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic

Soares returned to competition at the 2021 Pan American Championships where he helped Brazil finish first as a team. Individually, Soares won bronze in the all-around behind Caio Souza and Paul Juda; as a result, he earned Brazil a non-nominative Olympic berth. Additionally, he won bronze on parallel bars Soares was selected to represent Brazil at the 2020 Olympic Games alongside Souza, Francisco Barretto Júnior, and Arthur Mariano. While there, Soares helped Brazil finish ninth as a team during qualifications. Individually, he qualified for the all-around final where he ultimately finished twentieth.

2022–2024 At the 2022 Pan American Championships, Soares helped Brazil finish second. In October, he competed at the South American Games, helping Brazil win gold as a team. Individually, he won bronze on horizontal bar. Later that month he competed at the World Championships where he helped Brazil finish seventh as a team. Individually, he placed seventeenth in the all-around.

Soares competed at the 2023 World Championships where Brazil finished thirteenth during qualifications and failed to qualify a full team to the 2024 Olympic Games. However, due to Soares finishing as one of the top eight all-around gymnasts not part of a qualified team, he earned himself an individual Olympic berth. A few weeks later Soares competed at the 2023 Pan American Games where he helped Brazil finish third as a team. Individually he won silver in the all-around behind Félix Dolci.

Soares started 2024 competing at the Antalya World Challenge Cup and the Doha World Cup; he won silver on horizontal bar in Antalya. In May he competed at the Pan American Championships where he helped Brazil place first. Individually, he won gold on pommel horse and horizontal bar and silver on parallel bars. At the 2024 Olympic Games, Soares qualified to the all-around final where he finished twenty-third.

2025–present Soares competed at the 2025 Pan American Championships where he won bronze in the all-around and silver on parallel bars. He next competed at the 2025 Summer World University Games. He placed fifth in the all-around despite his claim that "... I faltered," on the floor exercise.

Soares started 2026 competing at the new mixed team version of the American Cup; Brazil finished seventh overall. He next competed at the 2026 DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he won silver on parallel bars. At the 2026 Pan American Championships, Soares won silver on parallel bars and horizontal behind Yul Moldauer and Ángel Barajas respectively.

Competitive history

+Competitive history of Diogo Soares at the junior level Year Event Team AAFXPHSRVTPBHB 2018 Gymnasiade 4 4 Pan American Championships 5 Wohnen Juniors Trophy 4 Youth Olympic Games 7 6 6 9 Brazilian Junior Championships 2019 International Junior Team Cup 4 Junior World Championships 10 10 5 6 Brazilian Championships Brazilian Junior Championships 4

+Competitive history of Diogo Soares at the senior level Year Event Team AAFXPHSRVTPBHB 2020 American Cup 7 2021 Pan American Championships 8 7 Olympic Games 9 20 2022 Brazil Trophy Pan American Championships Brazilian Championships South American Games World Championships 7 17 2023 Brazil Trophy 4 6 4 6 4 Brazilian Championships Paris World Challenge Cup 6 World Championships 13 10 Pan American Games 8 2024 Antalya World Challenge Cup 6 8 Doha World Cup 4 Pan American Championships 6 Brazil Trophy Olympic Games 23 Brazilian Championships 6 2025 Pan American Championships 4 6 8 World University Games 5 World Championships 17 2026 American Cup 7 DTB Pokal Team Challenge 8 Pan American Championships 4 6 8