Isaquias Queiroz

Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos (born 3 January 1994) is a Brazilian sprint canoeist who has competed since 2005.[3] He is the only Brazilian athlete to ever win three medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games, and the third most decorated Brazilian athlete with four medals overall, including a gold medal.

In this Portuguese name, the first or maternal family name is Queiroz and the second or paternal family name is dos Santos.
Isaquias Queiroz
Queiroz in 2016
Personal information
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994
Ubaitaba, Brazil[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight85 kg (187 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryBrazil
SportSprint canoe
Event(s)C–1 200 m, C–1 500 m, C–1 1000 m, C–2 500 m, C-2 1000 m
ClubFlamengo
Coached byJesús Morlán (until 2018)[2]
Lauro de Souza Júnior (2019 onward)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 1
World Championships 7 1 6
Pan American Games 3 1 0
Total 11 4 7
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoC–1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroC–1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2016 Rio de JaneiroC–2 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2016 Rio de JaneiroC–1 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 DuisburgC–1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2014 MoscowC–1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2015 MilanC–2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2018 Montemor-o-VelhoC–1 500 m
Gold medal – first place2018 Montemor-o-VelhoC–2 500 m
Gold medal – first place2019 SzegedC–1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2022 DartmouthC–1 500 m
Silver medal – second place2022 DartmouthC–1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2013 DuisburgC–1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2014 MoscowC–2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2015 MilanC–1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place2017 RačiceC–1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2018 Montemor-o-VelhoC–1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place2019 SzegedC–2 1000 m
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoC–1 200 m
Gold medal – first place2015 TorontoC–1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place2019 LimaC–1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place2015 TorontoC–2 1000 m

He's been through adversity in his younger years. As a toddler, he poured boiling water on himself and spent a month in the hospital recovering. At the age of 5, he was kidnapped and offered up for adoption before being rescued by his mother, and five years later, he fell out of a tree while trying to catch a snake and lost a kidney.[4][5]

Career

Isaquias Queiroz is the first Brazilian sprint canoeist to win a medal at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. His first medal was a bronze medal at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in C–1 1000 event, and his first gold medal was in the C-1 500 event in the same year. Up to the 2022 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships, Queiroz has already conquered 14 medals in World Championships, seven gold medals. [6]

2016 Olympic Games

During the 2016 Summer Olympics, Queiroz won three Olympic medals at a single Games: two silver and one bronze. In the C–1 1000 metres event, he finished second, defeated only by Sebastian Brendel, who successfully defended his title. In the process, he became the first Brazilian sprint canoeist to win an Olympic medal. Two days later, he took the bronze medal in the C–1 200 metres event when Yuriy Cheban and Valentin Demyanenko were faster than him. Together with Erlon Silva, they won the silver medal during the last day of canoe sprint competitions in the C–2 1000 metres category. Queiroz was the first Brazilian athlete in history to win three medals at a single edition of the Olympic Games and the first sprint canoe athlete from any nationality to do so in the history of the Olympics.[7]

2021 Olympic Games

The 2020 Summer Olympics had Queiroz partnered with Jacky Godmann as Erlon Silva had not recovered from a hip injury. In the C–2 1000 metres category, Queiroz and Godmann finished in fourth place. Queiroz won the gold in his remaining race, the C-1 1000 meters. He considered a consolidation of extensive training to get a victory that eluded him in Rio and became the first Brazilian Olympic champion in canoeing.[5]

References
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  1. ISAQUIAS QUEIROZ DOS SANTOS at the ICF official site
  2. Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos. cob.org.br
  3. Isaquias Queiroz Archived 6 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine at the Rio 2016 official website
  4. Gabriel Fricke (14 August 2016). ""Sem rim", vaidoso, fã de arrocha, arteiro: 10 fatos sobre Isaquias Queiroz". Globo Esporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 18 August 2016.
  5. Brazilian canoe sprinter refuses to let tough childhood ruin Olympic dream
  6. "Isaquias Queiroz conquista prata no Mundial de canoagem".
  7. "Ao lado de Erlon, Isaquias leva a prata e se consagra nas águas da Lagoa". Globo (in Portuguese). 20 August 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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