Daiene Marçal Dias (born May 16, 1989 in Vitória) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.[1]
International career
2007–15
Daiene began to swim as a result of medical advice, at age six. She had rhinitis and sinusitis.[2]
At 18 years old, she went to the 2007 Pan American Games, in Rio de Janeiro, where she won the bronze medal in the 200-metre butterfly, beating the Brazilian record, with a time of 2:13.35.[3] He also won bronze in the 4 × 100 m medley [4] however, this result was later revoked due to Rebeca Gusmao's doping. Furthermore, she was in 4th place in the 100-metre butterfly.[5] In the 100-metre butterfly semifinal, Dias broke the South American record, with a time of 1:00.48.[6]
In 2007, she was in a Physical Education University, at a private University in Vitória, where she earned a scholarship.[7]
Integrating national delegation that disputed the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara[8] she finished 10th on the 100-metre butterfly heats, not going to the final.[9]
At the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Hangzhou, China, at the Women's 100 metre butterfly, Dias broke the South American record in the semifinal, with a time of 56.40,[21] and in the final, she won an unprecedented bronze medal for Brazil in this event, breaking again the South American record with a time of 56.31.[22] It was the first Brazil's women medal in any Olympic event at a World Championships. Minutes later, Etiene Medeiros equaled the achievement by getting the bronze in the 50m freestyle.
References
^"UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
^"UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
^"Madam butterfly". CBDA (in Portuguese). July 21, 2007. Archived from the original on December 3, 2013. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
^"UOL profile". UOL (in Portuguese). 2007. Retrieved April 17, 2013.