Nickname
Dany (Twitter profile, 13 Jan 2019)
Hobbies
Reading, spending time with friends, going to the cinema. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Physical Education - Estacio de Sa University, Brazil
Family
Partner Fabio
Spoken languages
Portuguese, Spanish
Club
ADC Sao Bernardo [Brazil]
Coach
Francisco Porath Neto [national]; Iryna Ilyashenko [national], UKR (globoesporte.globo.com, 11 Jan 2019)
Sporting relatives
Her younger brother Diego became the first Brazilian male gymnast to win a medal at the world championships when he claimed gold on floor at the 2005 edition in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Oct 2018; intlgymnast.com, 04 Feb 2008)
International senior debut
1994 for Brazil (FIG, 26 Feb 2004)
Injuries
A calf muscle injury meant she was unable to compete at the 2018 World Championships in Doha, Qatar. She returned to training with the national team in January 2019. (globoesporte.globo.com, 11 Jan 2019; rededoesporte.gov.br, 17 Oct 2018)
Start sporting career
She first tried gymnastics at age four. (extraordinarias.blogosfera.uol.com.br, 14 Feb 2018; RedeTV YouTube channel, 06 Feb 2018)
Reason for taking up the sport
She was inspired to try the sport after watching Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci and Brazilian gymnast Luisa Parente. She was then spotted doing pirouettes by a gymnastics coach and was invited to train. (RedeTV YouTube channel, 06 Feb 2018; caixa.gov.br, 29 Apr 2015)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (globoesporte.globo.com, 25 Jun 2018
Trainings
She trains for six hours a day, six days a week. (extraordinarias.blogosfera.uol.com.br, 14 Feb 2018)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning silver in the floor exercise at the 2001 World Championships in Ghent, Belgium. (extraordinarias.blogosfera.uol.com.br, 14 Feb 2018)
Hero / Idol
Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna, her brother Diego. (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)
Philosophy / Motto
"You have to keep dreaming the impossible while fighting for the possible." (cob.org.br, 01 Aug 2015)
Awards
In 2001 she was named Brazil's Female Athlete of the Year. (FIG, 26 Feb 2004)
Additional information
General
NATIONAL FIRST
She became the first Brazilian artistic gymnast, male or female, to finish on the podium at the world championships when she won silver on floor at the 2001 edition in Ghent, Belgium. (SportsDeskOnline, 10 Oct 2018; RedeTV YouTube channel, 06 Feb 2018)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2017 she took part in the Brazilian reality television show 'Exathlon'. (noticiasdatv.uol.com.br, 16 Oct 2017)
Last update : 2019-01-16
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