A little girl with big dreams
Rebeca Andrade was born on May 8th, 1999 in Guarulhos, Brazil, a city just slightly outside of Sao Paulo. She started gymnastics at the young age of four, when her aunt took her to the gym she worked out at. Andrade found inspiration in Daiane dos Santos, the 2003 World Champion on floor exercise and she wanted to follow in her footsteps.
But dreams didn’t come easily to Rebeca Andrade. As one of eight children to a single mother, times were hard. Her mother cleaned houses and walked to work in order to pay for Rebeca’s gymnastics lessons. Rebeca herself often walked to the gym, as her mother didn’t even have enough money for her to take public transportation. Though money was tight, Rebeca was determined.
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