Arthur Nory Oyakawa Mariano (born 18 September 1993) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast and a member of the Brazilian national team. He participated in the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, placing fourth in the horizontal bar and 12th all-around.[5][6] He won the bronze medal in floor exercise at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[7] He is the 2019 World Champion on horizontal bar.[8]
Mariano was born in 1993, in Campinas, to a Brazilian father and a Japanese Brazilian mother.[9] He practiced judo in a club as a child, following his father's footsteps. Mariano changed his mind after watching a gymnastics class.[10]
After his parents' divorce, Mariano moved with his mother to São Paulo, where he entered in a gymnastics team in another club. When he was eleven, Mariano joined Esporte Clube Pinheiros. Mariano won the Brazilian Child Gymnastics Championship when he was fourteen.[10]
In 2015, Mariano and fellow gymnasts Felipe Arakawa and Henrique Flores were suspended from the Brazilian national team for a month, after publishing a Snapchat video in which they made racist jokes addressed at another teammate, Afro-Brazilian gymnast Ângelo Assumpção.[11]
Mariano published another video apologizing for the incident. After his teammate had won the bronze medal at 2016 Olympics, Assumpção said: "I don't keep a grudge on him. We are close friends. I am very proud of Nory. I just hope he behaves like a medal winner outside the arena too."[citation needed]
Besides being a professional gymnast, Mariano is also an internationally signed model.[12] In 2019, Mariano is the face of Philippine-based international clothing brand BENCH's men's wear campaign in Brazil and Latin America.[12][13][14]
On October 28, 2021, Mariano revealed in an Instagram post that he is in a relationship with broadcast media marketing analyst João Otávio Tasso.[15][16][17]
Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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2009 | |||||||||
Pan American Championships (junior) | |||||||||
2011 | South American Championships | 7 | |||||||
2012 | Olympic Test Event | 6 | |||||||
South American Championships | |||||||||
2013 | |||||||||
World Championships | 17 | ||||||||
2014 | South American Games | ||||||||
World Championships | 6 | 21 | |||||||
2015 | |||||||||
Pan American Games | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||||||
Osijek Challenge Cup | |||||||||
World Championships | 8 | 12 | 4 | ||||||
2016 | Glasgow World Cup | ||||||||
São Paulo Challenge Cup | 8 | 5 | |||||||
Olympic Games | 6 | 17 | |||||||
2017 | Varna Challenge Cup | 4 | |||||||
World Championships | 16 | 12 | |||||||
2018 | |||||||||
World Championships | 7 | ||||||||
Cottbus World Cup | 7 | ||||||||
Swiss Cup | 6 | ||||||||
2019 | South American Championships | ||||||||
Pan American Games | |||||||||
World Championships | 10 | ||||||||
2021 | Doha World Cup | ||||||||
Pan American Championships | 8 | ||||||||
Olympic Games | 9 | ||||||||
Brazilian Championships | |||||||||
World Championships | 20 | ||||||||
2022 | Brazil Trophy | 4 | |||||||
Pan American Championships | |||||||||
Paris Challenge Cup | 9 | ||||||||
South American Games | |||||||||
Brazilian Championships | |||||||||
World Championships | 7 | ||||||||
2023 | Brazil Trophy | 4 | |||||||
Osijek Challenge Cup | 4 | ||||||||
Brazilian Championships | |||||||||
Paris Challenge Cup | 5 | 5 | |||||||
World Championships | 13 | 6 | |||||||
Pan American Games | 9 | ||||||||
2024 | Cottbus World Cup | 6 | |||||||
Baku World Cup |