Giovanna Matheus

Background

Giovanna was born in Rio de Janeiro and began trampolining at age 9, competing for Nucleo Tatiana Figueiredo.

Career

Her coach is Tatiana Figueiredo, a former Olympic Gymnast (having competed for Brazil in the 1984 Summer Olympics). Giovanna is part of the Brazilian delegation competing in the 2011 Pan American Games held in Guadalajara.

Achievements

• She won a bronze medal at the 2007 Pan-American Games held in her hometown, in the individual event (coming after Canadian favorites Karen Cockburn and Rosannagh MacLennan). She won a bronze medal at the 2011 World Championships in Kawasaki, Japan in the same event.