Diego Hypólito (Big Brother Brasil 2025) Height, Age, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Diego Matias Hypólito
Profession	Gymnast
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 7" (170 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Black
Gymnastics
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Brazil
Level	Senior international
Club	CR Flamengo
Coach	Renato Araújo
Retirement	2019
Medals	Gold • Pan American Championships (2013 San Juan) - Floor exercise • Pan American Games (2011 Guadalajara) - Team • Pan American Games (2011 Guadalajara) - Floor exercise • Pan American Games (2011 Guadalajara) - Vault • South American Championships (2011 Santiago) - Team • South American Games (2010 Medellín) - Team • South American Games (2010 Medellín) - Floor exercise • South American Games (2010 Medellín) - Vault • World Cup Final (2008 Madrid) - Floor exercise • Pan American Games (2007 Rio de Janeiro) - Vault • Pan American Games (2007 Rio de Janeiro) - Floor exercise • World Championships (2007 Stuttgart) - Floor exercise • World Championships (2005 Melbourne) - Floor exercise • World Cup Final (2006 São Paulo) - Floor exercise • World Cup Final (2004 Birmingham) - Floor exercise Silver • Olympic Games (2016 Rio de Janeiro) - Floor exercise • Pan American Championships (2014 Mississauga) - Floor exercise • Pan American Championships (2013 San Juan) - Vault • Pan American Games (2007 Rio de Janeiro) - Team • World Championships (2006 Aarhus) - Floor exercise • Pan American Games (2003 Santo Domingo) - Team • Pan American Games (2003 Santo Domingo) - Vault • South American Championships (2011 Santiago) - Floor exercise • South American Championships (2011 Santiago) - Vault Bronze • Pan American Championships (2014 Mississauga) - Team • World Championships (2014 Nanning) - Floor exercise • World Championships (2011 Tokyo) - Floor exercise • World Cup Final (2006 São Paulo) - Vault
Record (main ones)	First male gymnast from Brazil, and South America, to win a medal at the World Championships
Personal Life
Date of Birth	19 June 1986 (Thursday)
Age (as of 2024)	38 Years
Birthplace	Santo André, Brazil
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Nationality	Brazilian
Hometown	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Tattoo(s)	On right forearm
Controversies	Recieved criticism for taking a photo with the President Diego received criticism especially by members of the LGBTQ community after he met the former President Jair Bolsonaro in October 2019, due to homophobic statements made by the president in the past. He even said in an interview that the intensity of the hate grew so much for him that he was forced to take the retirement from the sports. He further said, "I didn't imagine I would retire, because I was going to try for an Olympic spot, but I got so tired of this issue. And I thought: 'Once again, I'll have to prove myself...'", he said. "Then, I thought: 'F..., I don't have the health for this anymore" [1]ESPN
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Unmarried
Sexual Orientation	Gay
Family
Parents	Father- Wagner Hypólito (bus driver) Mother- Geni Matias (seamstress)
Siblings	Brother- Edson Hypolito Sister- Daniele Hypólito

Some Lesser Known Facts About Diego Hypólito

• Diego began gymnastics when he was seven years old. He was motivated by his sister Daniele who joined Flamengo at ten years old and was receiving a salary, housing assistance, and school support from the club.
  

  Diego Hypólito and his sister’s childhood photo

• Diego won the floor exercise event in the children’s division at 1997’s Brazilian National Championships and was 2001’s all-around junior national champion.

• Diego likes to travel and explore places around the world.
  

  Diego Hypólito’s photo at the beach

• At 15, in his first year competing, Diego won three gold medals at the Brazilian Championship.

• Hypólito had competed at the 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007 World Championships by the time he reached the age of 21.
  

  Diego Hypólito’s photo while performing gymnastics in an event

• Hypólito was one of three male Brazilians in artistic gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

• In an interview, Diego revealed that it was in 2014 when he revealed to his family that he was gay. He was in China preparing for the World Championships when he texted her mom to tell her about it. He further said,
  

  She didn’t reply to me for a while and when she did, she wasn’t very nice. Since I was the one who was closest to her of all her children, I think it must have been hard for her too. I was very ashamed to face my family. I distanced myself from them for almost a year, I even missed one Christmas because of how heavy things were. My father took it better and Daniele supported me fully. She said she always knew it even though I never said anything.”

• After their retirement from gymnastics, Diego and Daniele participated in various dance and dating reality shows, such as Dança dos Famosos, Dancing Brasil, Exathlon, and Power Couple Brasil.

• In 2019, Diego openly came out as gay. He also said in an interview that he wanted to do it earlier but due to sporting aspirations, he was unable to do it.

• Since 2022, Diego and Daniele have been part of the circus show ‘Abracadabra’ at the Circo Reder in Nova Iguaçu, Baixada Fluminense.

• There is a skill on floor exercise officially named after Diego Hypólito called ‘Hypólito on floor.’ The skill is a full-twisting Arabian double (front) layout and was assigned a D-score of F (0.6). It was successfully completed at the 2006 FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Cup Final in São Paulo, Brazil when he won the gold medal in the individual floor event, defeating the then reigning Olympic floor champion, Kyle Shewfelt of Canada, in the process.

• In 2025, Diego participated in the television reality show Big Brother Brasil 2025, which aired on TV Globo.

https://twitter.com/tvglobo/status/1877526080761848291

• As of January 2025, Diego has 731k followers on Instagram.