Daiane dos Santos, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Daiane dos Santos

Brazilian gymnast

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1983

Place of Birth: Porto Alegre do Norte, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Profession: artistic gymnast

Nationality: Brazil

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius


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About Daiane dos Santos

  • Daiane Garcia dos Santos (born February 10, 1983, in Porto Alegre) is a retired artistic gymnast.
  • She is the 2003 world champion on the floor apparatus.
  • On doing so, she became the first African-descent gymnast to ever win an event at the World Championships as well as the first Brazilian and South-American to win the competition.
  • She represented Brazil at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympics.
  • Widely regarded as the most powerful tumbler of her generation by critics and fellow competitors alike, the gymnast had two eponymous skills added on the FIG code of points after being the first woman to compete them at international championships.
  • Dos Santos I, an F rated element, and Dos Santos II, an H rated element on the 2017-2020 COP.

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