Daniela Dodean | |
Nickname: | Dana, Arad Tiger |
Birth Date: | 1988 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Arad, Romania |
Equipment: | Butterfly |
Hrank: | 19 (May 2010) |
Club: | SVS STRÖCK (Austria) |
Height: | 1.70 m |
Weight: | 60 kg |
Daniela Monteiro, née Dodean (born 13 January 1988 in Arad),[1] is a Romanian professional table tennis player and European champion.[2] 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.
Her brother, Adrian, 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 Vienna.