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Daniel Dias

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Daniel Dias confirmed his status as Brazil’s most decorated Paralympian ever with four gold, three silver and two bronze medals at his home Paralympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro.

The swimmer has already won a staggering 24 medals over three Paralympic Games and is probably hoping to add more in four-years-time in Tokyo, Japan.

Earlier in 2016, Dias received the Laureus World Sports Award for Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability for a third time, which is also a record, as he won in 2009 and 2013.

In 2015, Dias brought his career world title count to 24 from four editions at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

At the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games, Dias left once again as the most decorated athlete with eight gold medals from all events.

The year also ended well for the Brazilian with the birth of his second son.

Born in 1988, Dias was inspired to take up Para swimming after seeing fellow Brazilian Clodoaldo Silva at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

His first World Championships were in 2006, and he left Durban, South Africa as a three-time world champion.

At the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games he made a significant impact, winning a total of nine medals, including four golds. His medal haul made him the most decorated athlete at the Games, a fact that did not go unnoticed by Laureus who presented him with the Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability award in 2009.

That same year, he also won eight individual golds and three relay silvers at the IPC Swimming World Championships Short Course in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A year later he was pretty much unbeatable at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands winning eight gold and a silver medal.

He was in even more impressive form at the 2011 Parapan American games in Guadalajara, Mexico. The S5 swimmer claimed gold medals in all 11 events he competed in.

London 2012 saw him win six golds and set four world records, and he won the Laureus Award once again for his achievements in March 2013.

When he retires he wants to encourage youngsters with an impairment to take up Para swimming.

Results

Unit Date Rank
IPC Swimming World Championships Eindhoven 2010 (Eindhoven, Netherlands)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 1
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Final Round 1
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Heat 2 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 1
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final Round 1
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Heat 2 2
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final Round 2
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Heat 1 2
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 3 1
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final Round 1
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 3 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final Round 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 1
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20pts Final Round 1
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20pts Heat 1 1
Men's 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Final Round 5
Men's 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Heat 1 2
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final Round 5
Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games (Beijing, China)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Final Round 8
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Heat 1 4
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts Final Round 2
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts Heat 2 2
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34 pts Final Round 4
Men's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts Final Round 3
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 2
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Final Round 1
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Heat 2 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final Round 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 1 1
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final Round 2
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 2 2
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final Round 2
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 1 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 1
IPC Swimming World Championships Durban 2006 (Durban, South Africa)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Heats 3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 1
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Final Round 1
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Heats 6
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34 pts Final Round 6
Men's 4x50 m Freestyle 20 pts Final Round 9999
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20 pts Final Round 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heats 2
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final Round 2
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heats 2
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final Round 2
London 2012 Paralympic Games (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2012-08-30 1
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 2012-08-30 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 2012-09-01 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2012-09-01 1
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Heat 1 2012-09-02 1
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final Round 2012-09-02 4
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 2 2012-09-04 1
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final Round 2012-09-04 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final Round 2012-09-06 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 3 2012-09-06 1
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 3 2012-09-07 1
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final Round 2012-09-07 1
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Heat 1 2012-09-08 4
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final Round 2012-09-08 7
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2012-09-08 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 2012-09-08 1
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships (Montreal, Canada)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 2 2013-08-12 1
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final 1 2013-08-12 2
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2013-08-13 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2013-08-13 1
Men's 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Final 1 2013-08-14 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final 1 2013-08-14 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 2013-08-14 1
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Heat 2 2013-08-15 1
Men's 200 m Individual Medley SM5 Final 1 2013-08-15 1
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final 1 2013-08-15 2
Men's 4x50 m Medley 20pts Final 1 2013-08-16 9999
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2013-08-17 1
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2013-08-18 1
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2013-08-18 1
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final 1 2013-08-18 5
2015 IPC Swimming World Championships (Glasgow, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 2015-07-13 2
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Final 1 2015-07-13 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final 1 2015-07-13 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2015-07-15 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2015-07-15 1
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final 1 2015-07-16 1
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 2 2015-07-16 2
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2015-07-17 1
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2015-07-17 1
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final 1 2015-07-17 2
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Heat 1 2015-07-18 3
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final 1 2015-07-18 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2015-07-19 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2015-07-19 1
Rio 2016 Paralympic Games (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2016-09-08 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 2016-09-08 1
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Final Round 2016-09-09 2
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 2 2016-09-10 2
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final Round 2016-09-10 3
Men's 100 m Breaststroke SB4 Final Round 2016-09-11 2
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 2016-09-12 1
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2016-09-12 1
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final Round 2016-09-14 2
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final Round 2016-09-16 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 2016-09-16 1
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final Round 2016-09-17 3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final Round 2016-09-17 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2016-09-17 1
Mexico City 2017 World Para Swimming Championships (Mexico City, Mexico)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 4x100 m Freestyle 34pts Final 1 2017-12-02 1
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2017-12-02 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final 1 2017-12-04 1
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 2017-12-04 1
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2017-12-05 1
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2017-12-05 1
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2017-12-06 1
Men's 4x100 m Medley 34pts Final 1 2017-12-06 1
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Final 1 2017-12-07 9999
London 2019 World Para Swimming Championships (London, Great Britain)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2019-09-09 1
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2019-09-09 1
Mixed 4x50 m Medley 20pts Final 1 2019-09-10 5
Mixed 4x50 m Medley 20pts Heat 2 2019-09-10 5
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Final 1 2019-09-11 4
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Heat 1 2019-09-11 2
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final 1 2019-09-12 3
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 1 2019-09-12 3
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 2019-09-14 3
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final 1 2019-09-14 3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final 1 2019-09-15 2
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Heat 1 2019-09-15 2
Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games (Tokyo, Japan)
Event Medal Unit Date Rank
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Heat 1 2021-08-25 2
Men's 200 m Freestyle S5 Final 2021-08-25 3
Mixed 4x50 m Freestyle 20pts Final 2021-08-26 3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Final 2021-08-26 3
Men's 100 m Freestyle S5 Heat 1 2021-08-26 1
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Final 2021-08-27 6
Men's 50 m Butterfly S5 Heat 2 2021-08-27 2
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Heat 2 2021-08-30 3
Men's 50 m Backstroke S5 Final 2021-08-30 5
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Heat 2 2021-09-01 2
Men's 50 m Freestyle S5 Final 2021-09-01 4