Brazilian Paralympic swimmer

Paralympic Games2008 Beijing100:m freestyle2008 Beijing200:m freestyle2008 Beijing50:m backstroke2008 Beijing200:m medley2012 London50 m freestyle S52012 London100 m freestyle S52012 London200 m freestyle S52012 London50 m backstroke S52012 London50 m butterfly S52012 London100 m breaststroke SB42016 Rio50 m freestyle S52016 Rio100 m freestyle S52016 Rio200:m freestyle S52016 Rio50 m backstroke S52008 Beijing50:m freestyle2008 Beijing50:m butterfly2008 Beijing100:m breaststroke2008 Beijing4×50:m medley 20pts2016 Rio100 m breaststroke SB42016 Rio4×50:m mixed freestyle 20pts2016 Rio4×100:m freestyle relay 34pts2008 Beijing4×50:m freestyle 20pts2016 Rio50:m butterfly S52016 Rio4×100:m medley relay 34pts2020 Tokyo100 m freestyle S52020 Tokyo200 m freestyle S52020 Tokyo Mixed 4×50 m freestyle relay 20ptsParapan American GamesRio 2007100:m freestyleRio 2007100:m breaststrokeRio 2007200:m freestyleRio 200750:m butterflyRio 200750:m backstrokeRio 200750:m freestyleRio 20074×50:m medleyRio 20074×100:m medleyGuadalajara 201150:m freestyleGuadalajara 20114×50:m medleyGuadalajara 201150:m backstrokeGuadalajara 2011100:m freestyleGuadalajara 20114×100:m freestyleGuadalajara 201150:m butterflyGuadalajara 20114×50:m freestyleGuadalajara 2011200:m medleyGuadalajara 2011100:m breaststrokeGuadalajara 20114×200:m medleyGuadalajara 2011200:m freestyleToronto 201550:m freestyleToronto 2015100:m freestyleToronto 2015200:m freestyleToronto 201550:m backstrokeToronto 201550:m butterflyToronto 20154×50:m freestyle mixed (20 pts)Toronto 20154×100:m freestyle (34 pts)Toronto 20154×100:m medley (34 pts)Lima 201950:m freestyleLima 2019100:m freestyleLima 2019200:m freestyleLima 201950:m backstrokeLima 201950:m butterflyLima 20194×100:m medley (34 pts)IPC Swimming World Championships2006 Durban100:m freestyle2006 Durban200:m medley2006 Durban4×50:m medley 20pts2010 Eindhoven50:m freestyle2010 Eindhoven200:m medley2010 Eindhoven50:m butterfly2010 Eindhoven50:m backstroke2010 Eindhoven200m freestyle2010 Eindhoven100:m breaststroke2010 Eindhoven4×50:m medley 20pts2010 Eindhoven100:m freestyle2013 Montreal50:m backstroke2013 Montreal200:m medley2013 Montreal50:m freestyle2013 Montreal100:m freestyle2013 Montreal200:m freestyle2013 Montreal4×50:m relay 20pts2015 Glasgow50:m backstroke2015 Glasgow50:m butterfly2015 Glasgow4×50:m mixed relay 20pts2015 Glasgow100:m freestyle2015 Glasgow200:m freestyle2015 Glasgow50:m freestyle2015 Glasgow100:m breaststroke2017 Mexico City50:m freestyle2017 Mexico City100:m freestyle2017 Mexico City200:m freestyle2017 Mexico City100:m backstroke2017 Mexico City4×100:m freestyle relay 34pts2017 Mexico City4×100:m medley relay 34 pts2019 London50:m freestyle2006 Durban50:m backstroke2006 Durban50:m butterfly2010 Eindhoven4×50m freestyle 20pts2013 Montreal50:m butterfly2013 Montreal4×50:m relay 34pts2015 Glasgow100:m freestyle relay 34pts2019 London100:m freestyle2019 London50:m backstroke2019 London50: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 compe*ion 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.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Career
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Early life

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

Career

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. 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.

Dias won the Laureus Award in 2009 for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability, being awarded it by British athlete Sebastian Coe at a ceremony in London. Dias was an amb*ador 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.

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.

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).

In 2016 he was compared to Michael Phelps, a retired non-Paralympic American compe*ive swimmer. Despite such an honorable comparison Daniel Dias said that he is Daniel Dias.

References

External links

• Official website (in Brazilian Portuguese)
• Daniel Dias at the International Paralympic Committee
• Daniel Dias at IPC.InfostradaSports.com
• Daniel Dias on Twitter