Bianca Maia Mendonça

Bianca Maia Mendonca
— Gymnast ♀ —
Country represented	Brazil
Born	(1993-08-18) 18 August 1993
Discipline	Rhythmic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2011
Medal record Pan American Games 2011 Guadalajara Group all-around 2011 Guadalajara 5 balls 2011 Guadalajara 3 ribbons + 2 hoops South American Championships 2011 Maracaibo Group all-around 2011 Maracaibo 5 balls 2011 Maracaibo 3 ribbons + 2 hoops 2012 Cali Group all-around 2012 Cali 5 balls 2012 Cali 3 ribbons + 2 hoops 2013 Santiago Group all-around 2013 Santiago 10 clubs 2013 Santiago 3 balls + 2 ribbons

Bianca Maia Mendonca (born (1993-08-18)18 August 1993) is a Brazilian group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She competed at world championships, including at the 2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships.^[1]

In 2013, Bianca Mendonça and the other members of the Brazilian group — Beatriz Pomini, Eliane Sampaio, Debora Falda, Francielly Pereira and Gabrielle Silva — earned the bronze medal on the 3 balls + 2 ribbons routine at the Minsk stage of the 2013 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Series.^[2] This was not only Brazil's but also Latin America's first medal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series, and only the second time a country from the Americas earned a medal at the World Cup, after Canada's Mary Fuzesi earned the bronze medal on ribbon at the 1990 FIG World Cup Final.

References

1. ↑ "2011 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships athletes - Bianca Maia Mendonca". Longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016. 
2. ↑ Seleção brasileira de ginástica ritmica conquista o bronze na etapa de Minsk (in Portuguese)