Daina Delaney-Knight

 is a contestant from Australian Survivor: Hauraki Gulf.

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Name (Age): Daina Delaney-Knight (35)

Occupation: Matildas Soccer Captain

Current Residence: Richmond, VIC

Bio: For most of her life, Daina was wanting to break into the sporting world, and would use soccer as her outlet. As the W-League began to take its shape and form, she was scouted by the Central Coast Mariners, where she made her official debut in 2008, before jumping ship to the Melbourne Victory in 2010. Playing as a Striker and occasionally a competent Defender, Daina would help her team reach the Grand Final twice in her ongoing eleven-year career, winning the Championship in 2014. Though somewhat abrasive when it comes to losing matches with questionable decisions, Daina is admired for her loyalty and fighting spirit on the field, and being outgoing off the field, which has helped her eventually earn a Matildas call up in 2015, before becoming the captain two years later. Aside from soccer being her life, Daina’s interests include the AFL, meditation and sometimes cooking. While she has tasted the glory on the field, she intends to do so off it and into the wild in the game known as Survivor.

Aware of her reputation as a serious soccer player and how she pushes herself to the limit, Daina intends to help dominate for her tribe in the physical challenges, whilst making alliances with the most trustworthy people that she can imagine. Her biggest threat to winning Survivor, she says, could be herself, as she admits that she doesn’t have the coolest mind if pushed to the edge by someone else, fearing that it could paint her in a worrying light to others. Regardless, Daina will seek to play out her own game the way she wants to, no matter how it ends for her.