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Name: Diana Monteiro
Birthdate: July 7th, 1982
From: Brazil
Height: 5'4"
Weight: 143 lbs
Biceps: 13.5 inches
Bench: 135 lbs x 20 reps
Gymnastics
1999 & 2000 -- 1st Place Brazilian Championships
2000 & 2001 -- 3rd and 4th Place in the World Championships
Figure
2004 -- 2nd place at the World Championships (solo and mixed pairs)
Fitness
2002 & 2004 Brazilian Champion
2003 & 2004 1st Place World Championships
Lifting Background: "I started lifting weights at the age of 9 as part of training to be an Olympic gymnast. I have a strong background in gymnastics and now I compete in fitness."
"I love being fit and strong and I think women should be proud to be muscular."
On doing her part to win the battle of the sexes: "In school when I was 16, we had an armwrestling competition and I had a match against one of the stronger boys. To his astonishment and everybody else's, I beat him pretty easily."