Isaquias Queiroz

Isaquias Queiroz
Personal information
Born 3 January 1994 (1994-01-03) (age 22)
Ubaitaba, Brazil[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 85 kg (187 lb)[1]

Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos (born 3 January 1994) is a Brazilian sprint canoer who has competed since 2005.[2]

Career

Isaquias Queiroz is the first Brazilian sprint canoer to win a medal at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships at C–1 1000 m[3]

Queiroz is two-time world champion at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg (2013) and Moscow (2014) at C-1 500 meters.[1] He also is world champion at C-2 1000 meters in Milan (2015) along with Erlon Silva.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 ISAQUIAS QUEIROZ DOS SANTOS at the ICF official site
  2. Isaquias Queiroz at the Rio 2016 official website
  3. "Isaquias fatura o bronze no Mundial e Brasil faz história na canoagem". Globosesporte.com (in Portuguese). August 31, 2013. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
  4. "Isaquias Queiroz e Erlon de Souza levam Brasil a ouro inédito no Mundial de Canoagem". Mais Esporte (in Portuguese). August 23, 2015. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
Awards
Preceded by
Arthur Zanetti
Brazilian Sportsmen of the Year
2015
Succeeded by
Incumbent
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