Daiane dos Santos
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Daiane Garcia dos Santos (born February 10, 1983) is one of Brazil
's most successful female gymnast
s. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.
. She lives in Curitiba
, where she studies physical education
at Dom Bosco University.
She has two skills named after her on floor exercise called the Dos Santos: Arabian double front somersaults in both piked and laid-out positions.
Her most famous routine's music is "Brasileirinho
" by Waldir Azevedo, which she used for major achievements during 2004/2005 season.
. She qualified for the floor exercises event final. During the final, she debuted the Dos Santos II skill, a double Arabian in layout position. She overroated a tumbling pass and went out of bounds. She placed fifth.
In December 2004, she became the World Cup floor champion, beating Olympic champion Cătălina Ponor
.
. During the floor final, she fell backwards and placed 7th overall.
. With this program, she won her first gold medal under the new Artistic Gymnastics' score system Code of Points
in Moscow's leg of FIG's World Cup.
Dos Santos decided to attend the 2006 World Championships
, but she decided not to compete the Dos Santos II for a while.. She placed 4th in the floor event.
Dos Santos qualified for Brazil's World Cup Final 2005/2006 on Floor Exercise. She was still #1 in the world in floor exercise.
Dos Santos started on uneven bars, where she placed 7th. The next day, at the floor exercise final, she was in medal contention. Dos Santos debuted a new move, a full-twisting double layout, to her routine. During that program, she also performed the Dos Santos and a double layout. She set a new personal best under the new system (15.600). Dos Santos won her second consecutive Gold Medal at World Cup Final.
Brazil finished the competition with six medals.
In June 2007, Dos Santos attended a Tri-Meet competition in Natal/RN, in which Brazil competed against Great Britain and Canada. Brazil won all the gold medals. dos Santos won on the floor with a score of 15.225.
On July 6, dos Santos suffered a level 1 torsion on her right ankle and did not attend a Pan American Arena inauguration. Although the Brazilian Gymnastics Confederation (CBG) guaranteed her participation in Pan American Games, her doctors decided to wait 48 hours before the announcement, to be sure. She was later confirmed to take her spot in Brazil's Pan American Team.
Dos Santos was supposed to take part in floor and vault events, but during her team finals' floor routine on the first day of competition, she ran into difficulties. Her injury had not completely recovered, and she left the apparatus crying. She scored a low 15.150, and placed 3rd, which qualified her for the floor event final. However, she was not able to compete in the final. She was prevented to compete by the Technical Commission in order to avoid a worse lesion which could let her out of the 2007 Worlds in Stuttgart.
Dos Santos attended the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
competing with the team in the finals. Still not recovered, Daiane could not perform up to her level, but still helped her team to qualify 2nd time for the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing and also to achieve a historic 5th place.
She was selected for the Olympic Brazilian Team, but this time sharing the spotlight with newcomer Jade Barbosa
(All-Around Bronze Medalist in 2007 Worlds). Initially, she was focused in help Brazil to reach the first Olympic Team Final ever; however she would try her best to make the floor exercise final once again. In the qualification round, Brazil started in their best apparatus, the floor. Daiane was last to perform. She opened her routine with a Tsukahara Layout (Full Twisting Double Layout) followed by the Dos Santos II, Double Layout and finishing with a Double Pike. The Chinese audience were amazed and the judges gave her the score 15.275 which was enough for her to reach the finals in 5th place. During the finals she went out of bounds twice, getting in 6th place with a 14.975
1999
2001
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Music: "Rumba para los rumberos" - S.V.: 10.00
2003 World Championship
1st Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Pike
2nd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Layout
Double Turn-Tour Jete with Full Turn
3rd Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Tuck
Cat Leap Double-Popa-11/2 Leap
4th Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Pike
2004/2005
Music: "Brasileirinho" - S.V.: 10.00
2004 Olympic Summer Games (Athens)
1st Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Layout
2nd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Pike
Double Turn-Tour Jete with Full Turn
3rd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Layout
Double Leap-11/2Cat Leap-Cat Leap
4th Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Pike
2006/2007
Music: "Isto aqui o que é?" - Difficulty: 6.4
2006 World Cup Final
1st Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Tsukahara Layout
2nd Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Pike
Double Turn with Horizontal Leg-Jump with Full Turn and Horizontal Leg-Tour Jete with Full Turn
3rd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Layout
Switch Leap-Switch Side Leap-Tour Jete
4th Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Pike
2008
Music: "Brasileirinho" - Difficulty: 6.4
2008 Olympic Summer Games (Beijing)
1st Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Full Twisting Double Layout
2nd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Layout
Double Turn, Switch leap into Tour Jete Half Turn, Tour Jete with Full Turn
3rd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Layout
Double Leap, Leap Jump
4th Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Pike
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
's most successful female gymnast
Gymnast
Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...
s. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 37th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States, in 2003.Tie-breakers were not used at this competition...
, at age 20, she won the world title on her specialty apparatus, the floor exercise.
Personal life
Daiane dos Santos was born in Porto AlegrePorto Alegre
Porto Alegre is the tenth most populous municipality in Brazil, with 1,409,939 inhabitants, and the centre of Brazil's fourth largest metropolitan area . It is also the capital city of the southernmost Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian...
. She lives in Curitiba
Curitiba
Curitiba is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná. It is the largest city with the biggest economy of both Paraná and southern Brazil. The population of Curitiba numbers approximately 1.75 million people and the latest GDP figures for the city surpass US$61 billion according to...
, where she studies physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
at Dom Bosco University.
Career
Dos Santos began gymnastics at age 11.She has two skills named after her on floor exercise called the Dos Santos: Arabian double front somersaults in both piked and laid-out positions.
Her most famous routine's music is "Brasileirinho
Brasileirinho (song)
Brasileirinho is a 1947 choro composed by Waldir Azevedo. It is considered one of the most successful choros of all time, and it has been covered by many artists, like Carmen Miranda. The 2005 documentary Brasileirinho is named after it....
" by Waldir Azevedo, which she used for major achievements during 2004/2005 season.
2004
She represented Brazil in the 2004 Summer Olympics2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
. She qualified for the floor exercises event final. During the final, she debuted the Dos Santos II skill, a double Arabian in layout position. She overroated a tumbling pass and went out of bounds. She placed fifth.
In December 2004, she became the World Cup floor champion, beating Olympic champion Cătălina Ponor
Catalina Ponor
Cătălina Ponor is a gymnast from Constanţa, Romania. After beginning training with the national team in 2002, Ponor won several medals with the Romanian team, along with individual balance beam and floor exercise medals. Almost unknown until late 2003, Ponor has made several important...
.
2005
She made an attempt to defend her World Championship title in MelbourneMelbourne
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. During the floor final, she fell backwards and placed 7th overall.
2006
In 2006, Dos Santos competed with a brand new routine to the music "Isto Aqui O Que É?" by Ary BarrosoAry Barroso
Ary Barroso was a Brazilian composer, pianist, soccer commentator, and talent-show host on radio and TV...
. With this program, she won her first gold medal under the new Artistic Gymnastics' score system Code of Points
Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)
A Code of Points is a rulebook that defines the scoring system for each level of competition in gymnastics. There is no unified, international code of points; every oversight organization—such as FIG , NCAA Gymnastics, and most national gymnastics federations—designs and employs its own unique Code...
in Moscow's leg of FIG's World Cup.
Dos Santos decided to attend the 2006 World Championships
2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Aarhus, Denmark from October 13 to October 21, 2006 in NRGi Arena.It was the first time the World Gymnastics Championships was organized by a Danish city...
, but she decided not to compete the Dos Santos II for a while.. She placed 4th in the floor event.
Dos Santos qualified for Brazil's World Cup Final 2005/2006 on Floor Exercise. She was still #1 in the world in floor exercise.
Dos Santos started on uneven bars, where she placed 7th. The next day, at the floor exercise final, she was in medal contention. Dos Santos debuted a new move, a full-twisting double layout, to her routine. During that program, she also performed the Dos Santos and a double layout. She set a new personal best under the new system (15.600). Dos Santos won her second consecutive Gold Medal at World Cup Final.
Brazil finished the competition with six medals.
2007
Dos Santos's first competition of 2007 was the World Cup event in Ghent in May. Dos Santos used it as a warm-up for the Pan American Games. She competed in the Floor and Uneven Bars event finals, placing 8th in the uneven bars and winning the bronze on the floor. During her floor routine, she replaced Double Arabian Tuck with a Full Twisting Double Tuck and the Double Layout with a Double Tuck.In June 2007, Dos Santos attended a Tri-Meet competition in Natal/RN, in which Brazil competed against Great Britain and Canada. Brazil won all the gold medals. dos Santos won on the floor with a score of 15.225.
On July 6, dos Santos suffered a level 1 torsion on her right ankle and did not attend a Pan American Arena inauguration. Although the Brazilian Gymnastics Confederation (CBG) guaranteed her participation in Pan American Games, her doctors decided to wait 48 hours before the announcement, to be sure. She was later confirmed to take her spot in Brazil's Pan American Team.
Dos Santos was supposed to take part in floor and vault events, but during her team finals' floor routine on the first day of competition, she ran into difficulties. Her injury had not completely recovered, and she left the apparatus crying. She scored a low 15.150, and placed 3rd, which qualified her for the floor event final. However, she was not able to compete in the final. She was prevented to compete by the Technical Commission in order to avoid a worse lesion which could let her out of the 2007 Worlds in Stuttgart.
Dos Santos attended the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, from 1 to 9 September 2007.Oldest and youngest competitors- Men :- Women :- Finals :- Qualifications :- Floor :...
competing with the team in the finals. Still not recovered, Daiane could not perform up to her level, but still helped her team to qualify 2nd time for the 2008 Olympics Games in Beijing and also to achieve a historic 5th place.
2008
Daiane underwent a six-month intensive treatment after the 2007 World Championship and the first signs of returning to her best could be seen during artistic gymanstics World Cups in Cottbus (Germany) and Tianjin (China) where she placed 4th in both of them. Following her good performances and trying to reach a best in Beijing, she decided along with coach Oleg Ostapenko to come back to her 2004–2005 floor music, crowd's favorite "Brasileirinho". In June, she went with team Brazil to friendly meets in Europe where she showed once again explosive tumblings including Dos Santos II which she has not been performing since Athens 2004.She was selected for the Olympic Brazilian Team, but this time sharing the spotlight with newcomer Jade Barbosa
Jade Barbosa
Jade Fernandes Barbosa is a Brazilian gymnast.-Junior career:Barbosa won the gold medal in the Junior Championships in the All-Around, Floor, Balance Beam and Vault....
(All-Around Bronze Medalist in 2007 Worlds). Initially, she was focused in help Brazil to reach the first Olympic Team Final ever; however she would try her best to make the floor exercise final once again. In the qualification round, Brazil started in their best apparatus, the floor. Daiane was last to perform. She opened her routine with a Tsukahara Layout (Full Twisting Double Layout) followed by the Dos Santos II, Double Layout and finishing with a Double Pike. The Chinese audience were amazed and the judges gave her the score 15.275 which was enough for her to reach the finals in 5th place. During the finals she went out of bounds twice, getting in 6th place with a 14.975
2009
Daiane tested positive for the banned drug Furosemide at an out-of-competition doping control in July 2009. She received a five month ban.Results
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1999
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2001
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2003
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2004
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2005
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2006
- 4th [tie], floor, World Championship2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships39th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Aarhus, Denmark from October 13 to October 21, 2006 in NRGi Arena.It was the first time the World Gymnastics Championships was organized by a Danish city...
. AarhusAarhusAarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
, DenmarkDenmarkDenmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. - #7, uneven bars, World Cup Final. São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. - Gold medalGold medalA gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
, floor, World Cup Final. São PauloSão PauloSão Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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2007
- 8th, uneven bars, World Cup. GhentGhentGhent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
, BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. - Bronze medalBronze medalA bronze medal is a medal awarded to the third place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. The practice of awarding bronze third place medals began at the 1904 Olympic Games in St...
, floor, World Cup. GhentGhentGhent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...
, BelgiumBelgiumBelgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
. - Gold medalGold medalA gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
, team competition, Tri-Meet BRAxGBRxCAN. NatalNatal, Rio Grande do Norte-History:The northeastern tip of South America, Cabo São Roque, to the north of Natal and the closest point to Europe from Latin America, was first visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci, who named the spot after the saint of the day...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. - Gold medalGold medalA gold medal is typically the medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture...
, floor, Tri-Meet BRAxGBRxCAN. NatalNatal, Rio Grande do Norte-History:The northeastern tip of South America, Cabo São Roque, to the north of Natal and the closest point to Europe from Latin America, was first visited by European navigators in 1501, in the 1501–1502 Portuguese expedition led by Amerigo Vespucci, who named the spot after the saint of the day...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. - Silver medalSilver medalA silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
, team competition, Pan American Games. Rio de JaneiroRio de JaneiroRio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...
, BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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2008
- 4th, floor, World Cup. CottbusCottbusCottbus is a city in Brandenburg, Germany, situated around southeast of Berlin, on the River Spree. As of , its population was .- History :...
, GermanyGermanyGermany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. - 4th, floor, World Cup. TianjinTianjin' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government...
, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
. - 6th, floor, Olympic Games 2008. BeijingBeijingBeijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
, ChinaChinaChinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
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Floor Routines
2002/2003Music: "Rumba para los rumberos" - S.V.: 10.00
2003 World Championship
1st Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Pike
2nd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Layout
Double Turn-Tour Jete with Full Turn
3rd Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Tuck
Cat Leap Double-Popa-11/2 Leap
4th Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Pike
2004/2005
Music: "Brasileirinho" - S.V.: 10.00
2004 Olympic Summer Games (Athens)
1st Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Layout
2nd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Pike
Double Turn-Tour Jete with Full Turn
3rd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Layout
Double Leap-11/2Cat Leap-Cat Leap
4th Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Pike
2006/2007
Music: "Isto aqui o que é?" - Difficulty: 6.4
2006 World Cup Final
1st Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Tsukahara Layout
2nd Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Pike
Double Turn with Horizontal Leg-Jump with Full Turn and Horizontal Leg-Tour Jete with Full Turn
3rd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Layout
Switch Leap-Switch Side Leap-Tour Jete
4th Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Pike
2008
Music: "Brasileirinho" - Difficulty: 6.4
2008 Olympic Summer Games (Beijing)
1st Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Full Twisting Double Layout
2nd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Arabian Layout
Double Turn, Switch leap into Tour Jete Half Turn, Tour Jete with Full Turn
3rd Pass: Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Layout
Double Leap, Leap Jump
4th Pass: Front Pike-Round Off-Back Handspring-Double Pike