Maya DiRado
DiRado in 2016
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| Full name | Madeline Jane DiRado | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Maya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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| Born |
April 5, 1993 Santa Rosa, California, U.S. |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 143 lb (65 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, medley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Greg Meehan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Madeline Jane "Maya" DiRado (born April 5, 1993) is an American former competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle, butterfly, backstroke, and individual medley events. She attended and swam for Stanford University, where she won NCAA titles in the 200 and 400 yard individual medley in 2014 and graduated with a degree in management science and engineering. At the 2016 US Olympic Trials, DiRado qualified to swim the 200 meter and 400 meter individual medley events, as well as the 200 meter backstroke, at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won a gold medal in the women's 4x200 meter freestyle relay, a silver medal in the 400 meter individual medley, a bronze medal in the women's 200 meter individual medley, and a gold medal in the 200 meter backstroke. Following the Olympics, DiRado retired from the sport.
DiRado is the daughter of Marit (née Parker) and Ruben DiRado. Her father is from Argentina, his parents having immigrated to South America from Italy after World War II. Her mother is of Norwegian descent. She received her short name Maya from her sister who could not pronounce Madeline.
DiRado began swimming at the age of six, when she joined the Santa Rosa Neptunes. At the age of 17, DiRado graduated from Maria Carrillo High School in Santa Rosa, where she was a three-time high school state champion in the 200 yard IM. In her senior year in 2010, she set the California state record with a time of 1:56.17 in the 200 yard I.M. She also won the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 49.83.
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