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Daniel Dias
Dias at the 2016 Paralympics
Personal information
Full nameDaniel de Faria Dias
NicknameDani
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1988-05-24) 24 May 1988 (age 36)
Campinas, São Paulo
Websitewww.danieldias.esp.br
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Brazil
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Paralympic Games 14 7 6
World Championships 31 7 2
Parapan American Games 33 0 0
Total 78 14 8
Paralympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2008 Beijing 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 50 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 100 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 200 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 50 m backstroke S5
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 50 m butterfly S5
Gold medal – first place 2012 London 100 m breaststroke SB4
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio 50 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio 100 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio 200 m freestyle S5
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio 50 m backstroke S5
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing 4×50 m medley 20pts
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio 100 m breaststroke SB4
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio 4×50 m mixed freestyle 20pts
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio 4×100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing 4×50 m freestyle 20pts
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio 50 m butterfly S5
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio 4×100 m medley relay 34pts
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 100 m freestyle S5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 200 m freestyle S5
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Mixed 4×50 m freestyle relay 20pts
Parapan American Games
Gold medal – first place Rio 2007 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Rio 2007 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place Rio 2007 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Rio 2007 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place Rio 2007 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place Rio 2007 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Rio 2007 4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place Rio 2007 4×100 m medley
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 4×50 m medley
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 4×50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 4×200 m medley
Gold medal – first place Guadalajara 2011 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 4×50 m freestyle mixed (20 pts)
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 4×100 m freestyle (34 pts)
Gold medal – first place Toronto 2015 4×100 m medley (34 pts)
Gold medal – first place Lima 2019 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Lima 2019 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Lima 2019 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place Lima 2019 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place Lima 2019 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place Lima 2019 4×100 m medley (34 pts)
IPC Swimming World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2006 Durban 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2006 Durban 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2006 Durban 4×50 m medley 20pts
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 200m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 4×50 m medley 20pts
Gold medal – first place 2010 Eindhoven 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 200 m medley
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2013 Montreal 4×50 m relay 20pts
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 50 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 50 m butterfly
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 4×50 m mixed relay 20pts
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow 100 m breaststroke
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City 50 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City 100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City 200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City 100 m backstroke
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City 4×100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Gold medal – first place 2017 Mexico City 4×100 m medley relay 34 pts
Gold medal – first place 2019 London 50 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2006 Durban 50 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place 2006 Durban 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2010 Eindhoven 4×50m freestyle 20pts
Silver medal – second place 2013 Montreal 50 m butterfly
Silver medal – second place 2013 Montreal 4×50 m relay 34pts
Silver medal – second place 2015 Glasgow 100 m freestyle relay 34pts
Silver medal – second place 2019 London 100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 2019 London 50 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place 2019 London 50 m butterfly

Daniel de Faria Dias (born 24 May 1988) is a Brazilian Paralympic swimmer. Having learnt to swim in 2004 after being inspired by Clodoaldo Silva at the 2004 Summer Paralympics, he entered his first international competition two years later winning five medals. He competed in a wide range of swimming events at the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Paralympics and won 27 medals, including 14 gold medals.[1]

Early life

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Dias was born in 1988 in Campinas, a city to the north of São Paulo. He was born with malformed upper and lower limbs.[2] Dias began swimming at the age of 16, after being inspired by Clodoaldo Silva competing at the 2004 Summer Paralympics,[3] and learned four styles of swimming in two months.[4] He studied mechatronical engineering and physical education at the Universidade São Francisco.[3]

Career

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His first major event was the 2006 IPC Swimming World Championships in Durban, South Africa. He won the gold medal in three events, and a silver medal in a further two.[2] At the age of 20, he competed in his first Paralympic Games at Beijing in 2008. The Games proved highly successful for Dias, who won more medals than any other athlete. He received a total of nine medals including four golds, four silvers, and one bronze across a range of different distances and disciplines.[4]

Dias won the Laureus Award in 2009 for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability,[5] being awarded it by British athlete Sebastian Coe at a ceremony in London.[6] Dias was an ambassador for his country's bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, and was present for the presentation of the Candidature File to the International Olympic Committee.[6]

Dias won the Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability for the second time in 2012 after winning 6 gold medals all in world record time at the 2012 Paralympic Games.[7][8]

As of February 2013, he holds IPC long course swimming world records in all strokes, at a range of distances – 50, 100 and 200 metre freestyle (S5), 50 and 100 metres backstroke (S5), 50 and 100 metres butterfly (S5), 50 and 100 metres breaststroke (SB4) and 200 metre individual medley (SM5).[9]

In 2016 he was compared to Michael Phelps, a retired non-Paralympic American competitive swimmer. Despite such an honorable comparison Daniel Dias said that he is Daniel Dias.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Daniel Dias". Rio2016.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b "Athlete of the Month: August 2010: Daniel Dias". International Paralympic Committee. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Daniel Dias Biography". IPC. Archived from the original on 8 December 2017. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Daniel Dias". Laureus. Archived from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Daniel Dias Wins Laureus Award 2009". Paralympic.org. 15 June 2009. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Rio 2016 ambassador Daniel Dias wins 2009 Laureus Disability Award". Chinese Olympic Committee. 16 June 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  7. ^ "World Sports Awards 2013: The Winners". Laureus. 11 March 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Dias wins second Laureus World Sports Award". IPC. 12 March 2013. Archived from the original on 19 April 2018. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  9. ^ "IPC Swimming World Records – Long Course". IPC. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  10. ^ Marissa Payne (9 September 2016). "Brazilian Paralympic swimmer on being compared to Michael Phelps: 'I'm Daniel Dias'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
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Awards
Preceded by
Australia Matthew Cowdrey
Australia Matthew Cowdrey
 World Disabled Swimmer of the Year
2009–2011
2013 		Succeeded by
Australia Matthew Cowdrey
United States Ian Silverman
Preceded by Laureus World Sportsperson with a Disability of the Year
2013 		Succeeded by
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