Daiene Dias

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 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Doha, Qatar, Dias finished 8th in the Women's 100 metre butterfly^[10] and 12th in the Women's 50 metre butterfly.^[11] Dias also swam the heats of the Women's 4 × 50 metre medley relay, with a time of 1:47.20, South American record.^[12]

At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Dias finished 5th in the 100 metre butterfly.^[13]

At the 2015 World Aquatics Championships in Kazan, she finished 9th in the 4 × 100 metre mixed medley relay, along with Felipe Lima, Daynara de Paula and João de Lucca,^[14][15] and 31st in the Women's 100 metre butterfly.^[16][17]

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she finished 14th in the Women's 100 metre butterfly.^[18]

At the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario, she went to the Women's 100 metre butterfly final, finishing 8th.^[19] She also finished 19th in the Women's 50 metre butterfly.^[20]

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.