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Daiane dos Santos

1983–

Brazil

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Daiane Garcia dos Santos (born February 10, 1983) is a retired Brazilian artistic gymnast. She is the 2003 world champion on the floor apparatus. On doing so, she became the first black gymnast to ever win an event at the World Championships as well as the first Brazilian and South American to win the competition.

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