Uvis Kalniņš
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| Nationality |
 Latvia | ||||||||||||
| Born |
24 October 1993 Valmiera, Latvia | ||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| Club | Valmieras BSS | ||||||||||||
| College team | Missouri State Bears (USA) | ||||||||||||
| Coach | Vladimirs Sirjajevs | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Uvis Kalniņš (born October 24, 1993 in Valmiera) is a 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]
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 respectfully.
References
- 1 2 "Uvis Kalniņš". London 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- ↑ "Uvis Kalniņš". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
- 1 2 "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. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 4". London 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
- ↑ "Kalnins Takes 30th in 100 Freestyle at London 2012 Olympics". Missouri State Bears. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.