Dayane Camillo da Silva (born 15 December 1977) is a retired Brazilian

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. She competed at two

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Biography

Dayane took up rhythmic gymnastics at age six encouraged to do so by her mother, who was a physical education teacher. At age 12 she was already competing at the World Championships. Her first major appearance came in

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she won the bronze medal in the group All-Around. In 1996 she was part of the Brazilian team that won gold at the

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with

Camila Ferezin Camila Ferezin (born 18 April 1977) is a former rhythmic gymnast and the current coach of the Brazilian national senior group. In her gymnast career, she was a member of the group that won Brazil's first Pan American Games gold medal in 1999, sh ...

, where she also won silver in the All-Around. In 1997 she was crowned national champion at the Brazilian Championships. In July of 1997 competed at the

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where she won gold in team and with clubs. As a member of the group she won an historical gold medal at the

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, the first ever in that competition for Brazil and thus earning a group spot for the country for the first time. In 1999 she was 10th at the Four Continents Gymnastics Championships in Jacksonville. Camilo went on to compete at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney in the group competition along Natália Scherer, Flávia de Faria, Alessandra Ferezin, Thalita Nakadomari and

, they placed 7th in the qualifying round and 8th in the final. The following year she was again the national individual champion. In 2002 she was selected for the World Championships in

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, the group finished in 8th place. In 2003 she was part of the group that repeated the gold medal in the All-Around at the

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, adding another two in the finals with 5 ribbons and 3 hoops & 2 balls. She also competed at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens along Larissa Barata, Fernanda Cavalieri, Ana Maria Maciel,

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and Jeniffer Oliveira. They were 7th in qualification, in the final Dayane ended up dropping the ribbon during one of the performances dooming the group to finish 8th. She retired after the Olympics. After her retirement she went to study physical education and became a coach.

References

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