Daniela Monteiro, née Dodean (born January 13, 1988 in Arad), is a

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n professional

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player and European champion. She competed for Romania in the women's singles and team at the

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, the women's singles at the

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and the team and individual events at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

. Since 2011 she lives in Schwechat, Austria and practices at the Werner Schlager Academy.

Personal life

Her brother,

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, is also a table tennis player. In July 2013, she married Portuguese table tennis player

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. On 21 April 2015, she gave birth to a daughter, Lara Melissa, in

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References

Romanian female table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Table tennis players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic table tennis players of Romania Living people 1988 births Sportspeople from Arad, Romania Romanian expatriates in Austria Table tennis players at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in table tennis European Games silver medalists for Romania Table tennis players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Romania-tabletennis-bio-stub