Daynara de Paula
Kazan 2015
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| Full name | Daynara Lopes Ferreira de Paula |
| Nationality |
 Brazil
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| Born |
July 25, 1989 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil |
| Height | 1.63 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly, Freestyle |
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Daynara Lopes Ferreira de Paula (born July 25, 1989 in Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil) is a Brazilian butterfly swimmer.
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.
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. In the 50-metre butterfly semifinals, she broke the South American record, with a time of 25.85 seconds.
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) and the 50-metre butterfly (25.94 seconds, on November 11).
Daynara was suspended for 6 months in 2010 after returning a positive doping test for the diuretic furosemide. Competing at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, Daynara finished 10th in the 50-metre butterfly, 21st in 100-metre butterfly, 17th in the 4×100-metre medley and 13th in the 4×100-metre freestyle.
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