Meet Brazilian Diver Ingrid Oliveira, Who Made The News During Previous Olympics Because Of A Spicy Bedroom Scandal That Rocked The Games
Brazilian competitive diver Ingrid Oliveira is turning heads online this week.
The 28-year-old is in Paris, France, for the 2024 Olympic games, and her photos are causing a bit of a stir.
Ingrid has been in the headlines before, grabbing them for different reasons during the Rio Games in 2016. The diver was accused of kicking synchronized partner Giovanna Pedroso from their room at the Olympic Village so she could engage in a risque marathon with a canoeist.
Oliveira and Pedroso ended up finishing last in the women’s 10-meter synchronized platform dive and eventually fell out. Local outlets described their efforts as “pathetic.”
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Ingrid Oliveira Explained What Happened Years Later
Ingrid Oliveira broke her silence on the scandal in 2019, admitting she did engage in sexual activity with the canoeist, namely Pedro Goncalves, but denied she kicked her partner out or spent the whole night with Pedro.
She also claimed it was not the night before their performance.
“I took Pedro to my room but it wasn’t the day before my dive as has been reported or the day before his competition,” she told UOL Esporte while training for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (H/T Mirror UK).
“He didn’t spend the night with me and I didn’t banish anyone from the room.
“People don’t know, but in the Olympics it’s normal. You should have seen the number of condoms that were distributed in the Olympic Village.
“They were everywhere including the canteen and they weren’t there for people to make balloons.”
She revealed that she started speaking to Goncalves on social media in 2015 before meeting him in person at the Rio Olympics.
“He’s good-looking and it’s not just me who thought that,” she added.
“People meet once, twice. Before the opening ceremony I talked to Giovanna who I was sharing a room with and said I was going to take him there.
“She let me; it wasn’t something only I did, she and a lot of others also did the same thing in several competitions.
“I never imagined the fallout it would cause.”
Oliveira is considered to be one of the best divers in Brazilian history. She has two medals from the Pan American Games (silver and bronze) and another two from the South American Games (gold and bronze).
She finished fourth in the 2022 World Aquatics Championships and has participated in two Olympic Games (2016 and 2020) before this year’s competition.
