Isaquias Queiroz

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
Full nameIsaquias Queiroz dos Santos
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 3 1
World Championships 7 1 6
Pan American Games 3 2 0
Total 11 6 7
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo C–1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro C–1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro C–2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris C–1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro C–1 200 m
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Duisburg C–1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2014 Moscow C–1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Milan C–2 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C–1 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C–2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Szeged C–1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2022 Dartmouth C–1 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2022 Dartmouth C–1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Duisburg C–1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Moscow C–2 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Milan C–1 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Račice C–1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Montemor-o-Velho C–1 1000 m
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Szeged C–2 1000 m
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto C–1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2015 Toronto C–1 1000 m
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima C–1 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2015 Toronto C–2 1000 m
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago C–1 1000 m

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

Early life

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

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]

2024 Olympic Games

On July 22, 2024, the Brazil Olympic Committee designated Queiroz and rugby player Raquel Kochhann to be the Brazilian flag bearers at the 2024 Summer Olympics Parade of Nations.[8] During the Olympics, Queiroz and Goodman again reached the C–2 1000 metres final, finishing eighth. In the C-1 1000 meters Queiroz finished with a silver, marking his fifth Olympic medal and tying him with Robert Scheidt and Torben Grael as the most condecorated Brazilian man in the Games.[9]

References

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  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b 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.
  8. ^ "Isakias Queiroz y Raquel Cohann serán los abanderados de Brasil en París 2024" (in Spanish). Natura.com. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  9. ^ Guedes, Marcos (9 August 2024). "Isaquias Queiroz ressurge após ano de descanso e leva medalha de prata em Paris". Folha de S. Paulo (in Portuguese).
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