Khiuani Dias
Full nameKhiuani Luana Dias
Country represented Brazil
Born (1992-03-20) 20 March 1992
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
(Brazil national team)
Years on national team2006-2009
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam
South American Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Buenos Aires Team
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Buenos Aires All-Around
South American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2009 Sogamoso Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Sogamoso Uneven Bars
Bronze medal – third place 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.[1]

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.[2] 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.[3]

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.[4] 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.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "2009 World Gymnastics Championships athletes - Khiuani Luana Dias". longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. ↑ "Khiuani Dias perfil" (in Portuguese). UOL Esporte. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Pan American Games 2007". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 5 August 2009.
  4. ↑ "World Championships 2007 - Stuttgart". Gymnastics Results. Archived from the original on 13 April 2009. Retrieved 1 August 2009.
  5. ↑ "Khiuani se machuca e não vai à Pequim" (in Portuguese). Globo Esporte. Retrieved 5 August 2009.


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