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 2008 Summer Olympics, the women's singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics and the team and individual events at the 2016 Summer Olympics. 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 João Monteiro. On 21 April 2015, she gave birth to a daughter, Lara Melissa, in

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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