Uvis Kalniņš

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]

Uvis Kalniņš
Personal information
Nationality Latvia
Born (1993-10-24) 24 October 1993
Valmiera, Latvia
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, Individual Medley
ClubValmieras SS
College teamMissouri State Bears (USA)
CoachDavid Collins
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Latvia
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place2011 Belgrade100 m freestyle

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

Long course (50-meter pool)
Event Time Venue Date
50 m freestyle 22.91 (NR) Riga May 30, 2014
100 m freestyle 49.96 London July 31, 2012
200 m freestyle 1:51.03 Belgrade July 10, 2011
400 m freestyle 4:01.37 Riga May 30, 2014
800 m freestyle 8:13.73 Liepaja July 7, 2012
1500 m freestyle 16:22.59 (NR) Riga June 1, 2014
50 m backstroke 28.98 Riga June 22, 2012
100 m backstroke 57.61 Riga June 29, 2012
50 m breaststroke 29.77 Riga June 29, 2016
100 m breaststroke 1:02.78 Federal Way December 4, 2015
200 m breaststroke 2:20.73 Moscow August 11, 2015
50 m butterfly 25.83 Riga June 28, 2016
200 m IM 2:00.39 (NR) Kazan Aug 5, 2015
400 m IM 4:22.60 (NR) Gwangju July 10, 2015

References
  1. "Uvis Kalniņš". London 2012. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
  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.
  3. "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.
  4. "Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m freestyle" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 November 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  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.
  6. "Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 4". London 2012. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  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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