Daniele Hypólito (Big Brother Brasil 25) Height, Age, Boyfriend, Husband, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Daniele Matias Hypólito
Nickname(s)	• Dani • Pequena Notável (Little Remarkable)
Profession(s)	• Gymnast • Social Media Influencer • Talk Show Host • Sports Commentator
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	4'10" (147 cm)
Eye Colour	Dark Brown
Hair Colour	Dark Brown with Golden Highlights
Gymnastics
Domestic/State Team	• Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, Brazil (1995-2013) • ADC Sao Bernardo, Brazil
Coach/Mentor(s)	• Alexandre Carvalho • Francisco Porath Neto • Iryna Ilyashenko • Georgette Vidor • Ricardo Pereira • Oleg Ostapenko • Georgette Vidor
Records (main ones)	• First female gymnast from Brazil to win a medal at the World Championships in 2001
Medals	Gold • 1996: Brazilian Children's Championship A • 1997: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Medellín, Colombia (Team) • 1997: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Medellín, Colombia (Uneven Bars) • 1997: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Medellín, Colombia (Floor Exercise) • 2002: South American Games in Curitiba, Brazil (Team) • 2002: South American Games in Curitiba, Brazil (All-Around) • 2002: South American Games in Curitiba, Brazil (Vault) • 2002: South American Games in Curitiba, Brazil (Balance Beam) • 2002: South American Games in Curitiba, Brazil (Floor Exercise) • 2012: Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Medellín, Colombia (Balance Beam) • 2012: Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Medellín, Colombia (Floor Exercise) • 2013: Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships in San Juan, Puerto Rico (Floor Exercise) • 2014: South American Games in Santiago, Chile (Team) • 2014: South American Games in Santiago, Chile (Floor Exercise) • 2015: South American Gymnastics Championships in Cali, Colombia (Team) • 2015: South American Gymnastics Championships in Cali, Colombia (All-Around) • 2015: South American Gymnastics Championships in Cali, Colombia (Vault) • 2015: South American Gymnastics Championships in Cali, Colombia (Balance Beam) • 2016: World Challenge Cup in São Paulo, Brazil (Balance Beam, Solo, Vault) • 2017: FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in Varna, Bulgaria (Balance Beam) • 2018: Brazilian Adult and Children's Artistic Gymnastics Championship in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil (All-Around) Silver • 2001: World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Ghent, Belgium (Floor Exercise) • 2001: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Cancún, Mexico (Team) • 2002: South American Games in Curitiba, Brazil (Uneven Bars) • 2003: Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Balance Beam) • 2003: Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Uneven Bars) • 2005: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Team) • 2005: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (All-Around) • 2005: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Uneven Bars) • 2005: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Floor Exercise) • 2007: Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Uneven Bars) • 2010: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico (Vault) • 2012: International Meeting of Artistic Gymnastics in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil (Team) • 2014: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Mississauga, Ontario (Team) • 2015: South American Gymnastics Championships in Cali, Colombia (Floor Exercise) • 2016: FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan (Uneven Bars) • 2018: Brazilian Artistic Gymnastics Specialist Championship in Santos, Brazil (Vault) Bronze • 1999: Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Team) • 2001: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Cancún, Mexico (Floor Exercise) • 2003: Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (All-Around) • 2003: Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (Team) • 2007: Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Balance Beam) • 2010: Pan American Gymnastics Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico (Team) • 2011: Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico (Balance Beam) • 2011: Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico (Floor Exercise) • 2012: International Meeting of Artistic Gymnastics (Individual) • 2015: Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada (Team)
Honours	• Prêmio Brasil Olímpico for Best Athlete of the Year in Artistic Gymnastics (2001) • Prêmio Brasil Olímpico for Best Athlete of the Year in Artistic Gymnastics (2002) • Prêmio Brasil Olímpico for Best Athlete of the Year in Artistic Gymnastics (2004)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	8 September 1984 (Saturday)
Age (as of 2024)	40 Years
Birthplace	Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil
Zodiac sign	Virgo
Nationality	Brazilian
Hometown	São Paulo, Brazil
School	Colégio Cidade, Brazil
College/University	Universidade Estácio de Sá, Brazil (2008-2014)
Educational Qualifications	A degree in Physical Education
Religion	Christianity (Roman Catholic)
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Hobbies	Reading, Watching Movies
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	Fabio Castro (Dance Choreographer)
Family
Husband/Spouse	Fabio Castro (Dance Choreographer)
Parents	Father- Wagner Hypolito (Bus Driver) Mother- Geni Matias Hypolito (Seamstress)
Siblings	Brother(s)- 2 • Diego Matias Hypólito (Gymnast) • Edson Matias Hypólito (Gymnast)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Daniele Hypólito

• She began learning gymnastics when she was four years old.
  

  Daniele Hypólito during her childhood

• Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci and Brazilian gymnast Luisa Parente inspired her to practice gymnastics.

• She was spotted by the Brazillian gymnastics coach, Georgette Vidor Mello.

• In an interview, she talked about growing up in a poor household and finding it difficult to pay the electricity bills for over 6 months. She talked about facing the hardships and said,
  

  We were happy, we had fun with little. I remember growing up playing with my brothers and cousins ​​in the street, together. We always say that difficulty is a trampoline, not a hole.”

• She began competing in gymnastics at the international level when she was 10 years old.

• Impressed by her talent, the Brazilian gymnastics club, Clube de Regatas do Flamengo, provided her with a salary,  housing assistance, and school support.

• In 1997, her bus met with an accident and suffered some minor injuries while her coach, Georgette Vidor, got seriously injured and became paraplegic.

• Her success in gymnastics inspired her brother, Diego Matias Hypólito to take up gymnastics. Diego, similar to his sister, is the first Brazilian gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships.

• She has represented Brazil at the World Championships several times, competing in almost every championship since 1999.

• She has competed at five Pan American Games between 1999 and 2015.

• She has competed in a total of 5 Olympic Games from 2000 to 2016.
  

  Daniele Hypólito performing during the 2016 Summer Olympics

• Throughout her career, she has won the Brazilian National Championships more than ten times.

• In 2012, in an interview, she revealed an incident when she had received a ticket for driving without a license and getting asked by the officer for an alcohol test.

• She further claimed that she refused to take it as she felt scared after the officer revealed that she might get imprisoned if she failed the test. She had drunk alcohol as part of her celebration earlier that day.

• In 2018, she suffered from a calf muscle injury and wasn’t able to participate in the World Championships in Doha, Qatar that year.

• In 2021, she joined Circo Reder’s Abracadabra circus show in Nova Iguaçu, Baixada Fluminense.
  

  Daniele Hypólito performing at the circus show

• She has participated in various Brazilian reality TV shows including ‘Exathlon’ (2017), ‘Dancing Brasil’ (2019), ‘A Culpa é do Cabral’ (2022), and ‘Drag Me as a Queen’ (2022).
  

  Daniele Hypólito in a still from Dancing Brasil

• In 2021, she participated in the Brazilian reality television show, ‘Power Couple’ along with her husband, Fabio Castro.
  

  Daniele Hypólito Fabio Castro in a still from Power Couple

• In an interview, she talked about getting mentally exhausted on the reality show and credited her husband for helping her to stay calm. She said,
  

  At times, my husband, Fábio Castro, would hold me back [on Power Couple] so I wouldn’t do something that would harm me with the contracts I had outside the house.”

• In 2023, she revealed in an interview that she had almost died due to pyelonephritis, a urinary tract infection. As a result of the infection, she was hospitalised for over five months.

• In January 2025, she resigned from her position as a special advisor to the Rio de Janeiro State Department of Sports and Leisure.

• In 2025, she became a contestant in the Brazilian reality TV show, ‘Big Brother Brasil 25’ along with her brother, Diego Matias Hypólito.
  

  Daniele Hypólito with her brother in a still from Big Brother Brasil 25

• She talked about joining the show in an interview to show her lighter side to her fans and said,
  

  I’m sure people saw me as a very serious person. Focused, performing, representing a country. People didn’t see the behind-the-scenes moments before going up for the tests. It was Dany joking around, smiling. This seriousness makes it seem like I’m stuck up, but it’s completely the opposite.

• In 2022, she started hosting ‘Na area com Daniele Hypolito,’ a sports program that featured news and interviews on YouTube.
  

  Daniele Hypólito in a still from Na area com Daniele Hypolito

• She considers Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna and her brother Diego as her idol.

• She drinks alcohol occasionally.
  

  Daniele Hypólito with a glass of alcohol

• She is a fitness enthusiast and works out regularly.
  
• She is an animal enthusiast and owns several dogs.
  

  Daniele Hypólito with her dogs