Khiuani Dias

Khiuani Dias
Full name	Khiuani Luana Dias
Country represented	Brazil
Born	(1992-03-20) 20 March 1992
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite (Brazil national team)
Years on national team	2006-2009
Medal record Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team South American Games 2006 Buenos Aires Team 2006 Buenos Aires All-Around South American Championships 2009 Sogamoso Team 2009 Sogamoso Uneven Bars 2009 Sogamoso All-Around

Khiuani Luana Dias (born 20 March 1992) is a Brazilian female artistic gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2007 and 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in London, Great Britain.

Khiuani's career

Khiuani began her career in gymnastics under the guidance of coach Oleg Ostapenko and his assistant Irina Ilyiaschenko. Her first major competition was the Rio-2007 Pan American Games. Making a good debut at the event, she helped her team to second place in the team competition, behind the gold medal-winning American team. Qualified for the final of the all-around competition, she finished ninth, in a race won by American Shawn Johnson.

At the World Championships in Stuttgart, Khiuani, along with Jade Barbosa, Ana Silva, Daiane dos Santos, Daniele Hypolito and Lais Souza, took fifth place in the team competition, Brazil's best ever finish. This earned the Brazilian team a place at the Beijing Olympics. Training for the first time to be part of the team that would compete in the Games, Khiuani was injured a few weeks before the event, so she couldn't be part of the Olympic team, and was replaced by Ethiene Franco, also a rookie.