Biography
Isaquias GUIMARAES QUEIROZ
 BRAZILIAN CANOE CONFEDERATION
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| Male | |
| 03/01/1994 | |
| 175 | |
| 85 |
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| other members of the team: | Erlon DE SOUZA SILVA | ||
| NICKNAME: | Sem Rim [Without Kidney] | |
| PREV. NAMES: | 2023 | Isaquias QUEIROZ DOS SANTOS |
| HOBBIES: | Going to the cinema, playing video games, fishing, music, travelling | |
| BIOGRAPHY: | A man of many firsts, Queiroz became the first sprint paddler from his country to win a medal at the Olympics and also the first Brazilian to bag three Olympic medals in a single Games at Rio 2016. He has gone through a lot of adversities as a child, including being kidnapped at the age of five and losing a kidney by 10. At Paris 2024, he added one more laurel by winning the men's C1 1000 silver. | |
| TWITTER: | https://www.twitter.com/isaquiasqueiroz | |
| INSTAGRAM: | https://www.instagram.com/isaquias_lx/ | |
| PLACE OF RESIDENCE: | Lagoa Santa | |
| OCCUPATION: | Athlete | |
| LANGUAGES: | Portuguese, Spanish | |
| WHEN/WHERE DID YOU START CANOEING/ KAYAKING?: | He took up canoeing at age 11 | |
| REASON FOR TAKING UP THE SPORT: | He tried the sport thanks to a social project in his town. | |
| HERO/IDOL: | Brazilian footballer Neymar, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt | |
| SPORTING PHILOSOPHY/ MOTTO: | "The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." | |
| AWARDS AND HONORS: | He was named the 2015 Male Athlete of the Year and 2015 Canoe Sprint Athlete of the Year by the Brazilian Olympic Committee. (veja.abril.com.br, 16 Dec 2015) | |
| CLUB: | Club Athletico Paulistano: São Paulo | |
| NAME OF COACH: | Jesus Morlan [national] | |
| NATIONALITY OF YOUR COACH: | Spanish | |
| TRAINING REGIME: | He trains from Monday to Saturday | |
| OTHER INFORMATION: | NATIONAL FIRST He became the first Brazilian sprint paddler of either gender to win a medal at the Olympic Games when he claimed silver in the C1 1000m at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 18 Aug 2016) ROUGH CHILDHOOD At age three a pot of boiling water fell on him, burning a significant part of his body. He had to stay in hospital for over a month. Two years later, he was kidnapped and offered for adoption before his mother managed to get him back. At age 10 he fell out of a tree after trying to catch a snake and lost a kidney. (uol.com.br, 14 Jul 2015; globo.com, 20 Dec 2013) | |
| BEST RESULTS: | Olympics: Gold - 1, Silver - 3, Bronze - 1; World Championships: Gold - 7, Silver - 1, Bronze - 6. |
2015 ICF CANOE SPRINT WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Results
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Aug 20 11:55 |
Men's 200m C1 SENIOR Heats 4 |
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2
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40.025
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Aug 20 17:42 |
Men's 200m C1 SENIOR Semifinal 1 |
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1
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38.861
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Aug 21 10:31 |
Men's 1000m C2 SENIOR Heats 1 |
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1
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3:37.981
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Aug 22 11:19 |
Men's 200m C1 SENIOR Final A |
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3
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38.915
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Aug 22 15:20 |
Men's 1000m C2 SENIOR Semifinal 1 |
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1
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3:33.883
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Aug 23 11:44 |
Men's 1000m C2 SENIOR Final A |
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1
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3:38.508
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