Career
He is the first male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to medal at the World Championships. He is also the younger brother of Daniele Hypólito, the first Brazilian gymnast ever to medal at Worlds. Hypólito began gymnastics at the age of 7, following in his older sister"s footsteps.
By the age of 21, Hypólito had competed in five World Gymnastics Championships, in 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007.
A floor exercise specialist, he qualified for the Forex event finals in all five competitions, placing fifth in 2002, fourth in 2003, earning the gold medal in 2005, the silver medal in 2006, and the gold again in 2007. In the spring of 2008, Hypólito contracted dengue fever.
However, he was able to recover and resume training in time to compete at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, where he was Brazil"s only MAG representative. In the preliminary round of competition, he performed on floor and vault, and qualified to the floor event final in first place with a score of 15.950.
In the floor finals, he fell on his last tumbling pass to finish the meet in 6th place.