Uvis_Kalniņš

Uvis Kalniņš

Uvis Kalniņš

Latvian swimmer

Uvis Kalniņš (born October 24, 1993, in Valmiera) is a former Latvian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1][2] He won a bronze medal in the men's 100 m freestyle at the 2011 European Junior Swimming Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, with a time of 50.18 seconds.[3] Kalniņš is also a member of the swimming team for the Missouri State Bears, and an undergraduate student at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.[1]

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Kalniņš qualified for the men's 100 m freestyle, as a member of the Latvian swimming team, at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, by eclipsing a FINA B-standard time of 50.18 seconds from the European Junior Championships.[3][4][5] He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including British-born Paraguayan swimmer Benjamin Hockin. Kalniņš raced to second place, and dipped under a 50-second barrier by a quarter of a second (0.25) behind Turkey's Kemal Arda Gürdal, in his personal best of 49.96. Kalniņš failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirtieth overall in the preliminaries.[6][7]

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Kalniņš competed in the 100 and 200 m freestyle but failed to advance past the heats, finishing with times of 50.51 and 1:51.91 respectively.

Career best times

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References

  1. [1]
    "Uvis Kalniņš". London 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  2. [2]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Uvis Kalniņš". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
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    "European Long Course Junior Championships: Bence Biczo Misses Meet Record; Maria Temnikova, Panagiotis Samilidis Post World-Ranked Times; Lauren Quigley Downs Meet Mark". Swimming World Magazine. 9 July 2011. Archived from the original on 2013-04-11. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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    "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  5. [5]
    Siliņš, Andrejs (2 July 2012). "Kalniņš un Ņikitina Londonā pārstāvēs Latviju peldēšanā" [Kalniņš and Ņikitina will compete in swimming at London] (in Latvian). Sportacentrs Latvija. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
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    "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 4". London 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  7. [7]
    "Kalnins Takes 30th in 100 Freestyle at London 2012 Olympics". Missouri State Bears. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.


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