Maya DiRado

Maya DiRado
Personal information
Surname:	Maya DiRado
Nation:	United States
Swimming style (s) :	Freestyle, back, positions
Society:	Santa Rosa Neptunes
College team:	Stanford University
Birthday:	April 5, 1993
Place of birth:	Santa Rosa
Size:	176
Weight:	65
Medal table
Olympic games 2 × 1 × 1 × Swimming world championships 1 × 1 × 0 × Universiade 1 × 0 × 0 ×

Maya DiRado (born April 5, 1993 in Santa Rosa , California ) is an American swimmer . She won four medals at the 2016 Olympic Games , including a gold medal in the 200m backstroke discipline and a gold medal in the 4 x 200m freestyle relay.

Career

At the Summer Universiade 2011 , the DiRado won the gold medal in the 400 m medley.

At her first World Swimming Championships in 2013, DiRado won a gold medal in the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay by participating in the heats. Two years later DiRado won the silver medal in the 400 m individual medal at the world championships . In the individual medley competition over 200 m, she came fourth.

She won four medals at the 2016 Olympic Games : gold in 200 m backstroke, silver in 400 m medley and bronze in 200 m medley in individual competitions. The 4 x 200 m freestyle relay won the gold medal. After the Olympics, DiRado announced the end of her professional swimming career.

Web links

Commons : Maya DiRado  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Maya DiRado at FINA
• Maya DiRado on teamusa.org
• Maya DiRado on swimswam.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 2011 WUGs Day 3: Feigen Takes Men's 100 Free, Costa-Schmid Nears National Record in 200 Free. August 16, 2011, Retrieved August 8, 2020 (American English). 
2. ↑ Worlds Medalist Maya DiRado To Retire After Rio No Matter Performance. June 11, 2016, Retrieved August 8, 2020 (American English).