Hypólito was one of three male Brazilians in artistic gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics, but he was eliminated during the qualification stage. However, in the 2016 Summer Olympics, held in his home country, he finished fourth in qualification for the floor exercise, and won a silver medal in the individual event final. Eponymous skills Hypólito has one skill on floor exercise officially named after him called the Hypólito on floor, which was successfully completed when he won the gold medal on the individual floor event at the 2006 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final in São Paulo, Brazil, defeating the then reigning Olympic floor champion, Kyle Shewfelt of Canada, in the process. The skill is a full-twisting Arabian double (front) layout and was assigned a D-score of F (0.6). Personal life Hypólito came out as gay in May 2019. In an article for UOL Esporte, Hypólito described many years of struggling with his sexuality because of his deeply religious upbringing, but wrote, "I want people to know that I'm gay and that I'm not ashamed of it." References External links Profile at International Gymnast magazine 1986 births Living people Brazilian Protestants People from Santo André, São Paulo Brazilian people of Greek descent Brazilian people of Portuguese descent Brazilian male artistic gymnasts LGBT gymnasts Brazilian LGBT sportspeople LGBT Protestants Gay sportsmen World champion gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gymnasts at the 2003 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2007 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2011 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Brazil Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in gymnastics Competitors at the 2010 South American Games LGBT Pentecostals Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games 21st-century LGBT people Sportspeople from São Paulo (state)