Daynara de Paula

Daynara de Paula

Personal information
Full name	Daynara Lopes Ferreira de Paula
Nationality	Brazil
Born	(1989-07-25) July 25, 1989 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
Height	1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Butterfly, Freestyle
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Brazil Pan American Games Silver 2011 Guadalajara 100m butterfly Silver 2011 Guadalajara 4x100m freestyle Bronze 2011 Guadalajara 4x100m medley

Daynara de Paula (born July 25, 1989 in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil) is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer.^[1][2]

Rooted in São Caetano do Sul as a child, at 11 years old, she won sponsorship to compete across the country. As a Minas Tênis Clube's sportsman, her first major involvement was in 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. At 18, she won her Olympic berth in the last Brazilian trials, the Maria Lenk Trophy in Rio de Janeiro. Daynara got it done in the 100-metre butterfly playoffs, where she noted 59.30 seconds - five hundredths time below the FINA index. Also broke the South American record of Gabriella Silva, 59.79 seconds. In Beijing, she finished 34th in the 100-metre butterfly.^[3][4]

At the 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, finished 10th in the 100-metre butterfly, and went to the 50-metre butterfly final, finishing in 8th place.^[5] In the 50-metre butterfly semifinals, she broke the South American record, with a time of 25.85 seconds.^[6]

In November 2009, at the Stockholm step of the 2009 FINA Swimming World Cup, broke the South American record of the 100-metre butterfly (57.23 seconds at heats, and 56.52 seconds in the final, on 10 November) ^[7] and the 50-metre butterfly (25.94 seconds, on November 11).^[8]

Daynara was at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, where she finished 10th in the 50-metre butterfly,^[9] 21st in 100-metre butterfly,^[10] 17th in the 4×100-metre medley ^[11] and 13th in the 4×100-metre freestyle.^[12]

At the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, she won the silver medal in the 100-metre butterfly ^[13] and in the 4×100-metre freestyle,^[14] and won bronze in the 4×100-metre medley.^[15] She was also in 9th place in the 100-metre freestyle.^[16]

She participated in her second Olympics in 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where she finished 26th in the 100-metre freestyle and 33rd in the 100-metre butterfly.^[17]

At the 2012 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Istanbul, she ranked 16th in the 50-metre butterfly,^[18] 10th in the 100-metre butterfly ^[19] and 10th in the 4×100-metre medley.^[20] In the 4×100-metre medley heats, Daynara, along with the Brazilian team, broke the South American record with a time of 3:57.66.^[21]

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, in the 4×100-metre freestyle, she broke the South American record, with a time of 3:41.05, along with Larissa Oliveira, Graciele Herrmann and Alessandra Marchioro. The Brazilian team finished in 11th place, and did not advance to the final.^[22][23] She also finished 15th in the 100-metre butterfly.,^[24] 20th in the 50-metre butterfly.^[25] and 12th in the 4×100-metre medley, along with Etiene Medeiros, Larissa Oliveira and Beatriz Travalon.^[26]

See also

• Swimming at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships
• List of South American records in swimming
• List of Brazilian records in swimming

External links

• Profile

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