Khiuani Luana Dias (born 20 March 1992) is a Brazilian female artistic gymnast, representing her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2007 and

2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at The O2 Arena in London from 12 to 18 October 2009. Similar to the 2005 World Championships, there were no team competitions. Individual all-around and event finals were contested. C ...

in London, Great Britain.

Khiuani's career

Khiuani began her career in gymnastics under the guidance of coach Oleg Ostapenko and his assistant Irina Ilyiaschenko. Her first major competition was the Rio-2007 Pan American Games. Making a good debut at the event, she helped her team to second place in the team competition, behind the gold medal-winning American team. Qualified for the final of the all-around competition, she finished ninth, in a race won by American Shawn Johnson. At the World Championships in Stuttgart, Khiuani, along with Jade Barbosa, Ana Silva, Daiane dos Santos, Daniele Hypolito and Lais Souza, took fifth place in the team competition, Brazil's best ever finish. This earned the Brazilian team a place at the Beijing Olympics. Training for the first time to be part of the team that would compete in the Games, Khiuani was injured a few weeks before the event, so she couldn't be part of the Olympic team, and was replaced by Ethiene Franco, also a rookie.

References

1992 births Living people Brazilian female artistic gymnasts Place of birth missing (living people) Gymnasts at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games bronze medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in gymnastics Competitors at the 2006 South American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian women {{Brazil-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub