Background
Diniz is the daughter of former Brazilian dressage rider and eight-time champion Lica Diniz and polo player Arnaldo Diniz.
Diniz is the daughter of former Brazilian dressage rider and eight-time champion Lica Diniz and polo player Arnaldo Diniz.
She currently ranks thirteenth on the FEI Rolex Ranking List. Originally Diniz began with dressage like her mother and rode the family horse Marko until his death when she was eleven. Luciana quit riding for a month before returning and discovering show jumping.
Diniz left home at eighteen and trained at various stables of show jumping champions before starting her own business in Fürstenau, Lower Saxony.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Diniz came in seventh individually.