Lorrane Oliveira

Lorrane dos Santos Oliveira (born 13 April 1998) is a Brazilian artistic gymnast. She was a member of the Brazilian team that won a historic silver medal at the 2023 World Championships. She also won team bronze medals at the 2015 and 2019 Pan American Games. Individually, she is the 2021 Pan American uneven bars champion and all-around bronze medalist. She represented Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics and is set to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Early life
Oliveira was inspired to do gymnastics by watching Daiane dos Santos become a World champion in 2003. Initially, her stepfather put her in circus classes, but she insisted she switch to gymnastics and began the sport at age nine. She had a younger sister who died unexpectedly in 2024.

Career
Oliveira won a gold medal on the floor exercise at the 2013 Olympic Hopes meet held in Penza, Russia. She competed at the 2013 South American Junior Championships, winning a gold medal with the Brazilian team and tying with Flávia Saraiva for the individual all-around gold medal. In the event finals, she won the gold medal on the floor exercise and silver medals on the vault and uneven bars, both behind Rebeca Andrade.

2014–15
Oliveira became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2014. She won the gold medal with the Brazilian team at the 2014 South American Games. She had surgery on both of her shoulders in 2014. As a result, she missed the rest of the competition season.

Oliveira returned to competition in 2015. At the 2015 Ljubljana World Cup, she won a silver medal on the balance beam behind Canada's Isabela Onyshko. She then placed eighth on the floor exercise at the São Paulo World Cup. At the 2015 Pan American Games, Oliveira fell on the floor exercise but still contributed toward Brazil's bronze medal win. She then competed at a friendly meet where the Brazilian team beat Germany and Switzerland. Then at the 2015 World Championships, Oliveira and the Brazilian team placed ninth in the qualification round, around half of a point away from the team final and a direct Olympic berth. Brazil instead qualified for the 2016 Olympic Test Event. Individually, Oliveira qualified for the all-around final and finished 18th. After the World Championships, Oliveira won the all-around title at the Brazilian Championships.

2016–17
Oliveira began the Olympic season at the Houston National Invitational and won the all-around gold medal. She then competed at the 2016 American Cup and finished last out of the nine competitors due to falls on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise. She was selected to compete at the Olympic Test Event alongside Rebeca Andrade, Jade Barbosa, Daniele Hypólito, Carolyne Pedro, and Flávia Saraiva for the last change to earn a team berth for the Olympic Games. The Brazilian team won the gold medal in the team event and qualified a full team to the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Oliveira placed fourth in the uneven bars final at the 2016 São Paulo World Challenge Cup. She then finished fifth on the uneven bars at the Anadia World Challenge Cup. After the Anadia World Cup, she was named to represent Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics alongside Andrade, Barbosa, Hypólito, and Saraiva. Her final competition in preparation for the Olympics was a friendly meet in the Netherlands where she finished seventh in the all-around. At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed on the vault and uneven bars during the qualification round and helped Brazil qualify for the team finals in fifth place. She competed on the same two apparatuses during the team finals where Brazil finished eighth.

After the Olympic Games, Oliveira stopped training due to a foot injury and had surgery in December 2016. She returned to training in April 2017. In October 2017, she won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the Brazilian Apparatus Championships. She then won gold medals with the Brazilian team, in the all-around, and on the uneven bars at the 2017 South American Championships.

2018–19
Oliveira only competed on the uneven bars at the 2018 Brazilian Championships and won the gold medal. She then won a silver medal with the Brazilian team at the 2018 Pan American Championships. She was then selected to compete at the 2018 World Championships alongside Rebeca Andrade, Jade Barbosa, Thaís Fidélis, and Flávia Saraiva. She competed on the uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise during the qualification round and helped the team qualify for the team final in fifth place. She was not selected to compete on any apparatus during the team final, and the Brazilian team placed seventh.

Oliveira finished fourth in the all-around at the 2019 Brazilian Championships, and in the event finals, she won gold on the uneven bars and silver on the balance beam. She won a bronze medal with the Brazilian team at the 2019 Pan American Games. She then competed at the 2019 World Championships where the Brazilian team only placed 14th due to various injuries and did not qualify as a team for the 2020 Olympic Games.

2021–22
Oliveira won a team gold medal at the 2021 Pan American Championships alongside Rebeca Andrade, Christal Bezerra, Ana Luiza Lima, and Júlia Soares. Individually, she placed fourth in the all-around, but she received the bronze medal following Martina Dominici's suspension for using a banned substance. Oliveira also won a gold medal on the uneven bars. At the 2021 Doha World Cup, Oliveira debuted a new skill, a piked double Arabian half out on floor, which was named after her in the Code of Points. The skill adds an extra half twist to the tumbling pass created by Brazilian World floor exercise champion Daiane dos Santos. She won bronze medals on both the uneven bars and floor exercise. Then at the 2021 Brazilian Championships, she won a silver medal in the all-around behind Rebeca Andrade, and she won a gold medal on the uneven bars.

Oliveira competed on the uneven bars during the team final of the 2022 Pan American Championships, helping Brazil defeat the United States for the team gold medal. Then at the Brazilian Championships, she placed fifth in the all-around. She then placed seventh on the uneven bars at the Paris World Challenge Cup. In October, Oliveira was named to the team to compete at the 2022 World Championships in Liverpool alongside Flávia Saraiva, Júlia Soares, Rebeca Andrade, and Carolyne Pedro. In the team final, Brazil finished fourth behind the United States, Great Britain and Canada.

2023–24
Oliveira began the 2023 season at the Brazil Trophy, winning gold on the uneven bars and silver on the balance beam. She then placed fourth on the uneven bars at the Osijek World Challenge Cup. She won the all-around bronze medal at the 2023 Brazilian Championships behind Jade Barbosa and Júlia Soares. At the 2023 World Championships, Oliveira competed on the uneven bars and helped the Brazilian team win the silver medal behind the United States. It was the first time Brazil or any South American country won a team medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Additionally, the Brazilian team secured a berth for the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Oliveira placed sixth on the uneven bars at the 2024 Antalya World Challenge Cup. Then at the Brazil Trophy, she placed fourth on the uneven bars and fifth on the balance beam. She was selected to represent Brazil at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Rebeca Andrade, Jade Barbosa, Flávia Saraiva, and Júlia Soares.

Eponymous skill
Oliveira has a floor exercise tumbling pass named after her in the Code of Points.