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Uvis Kalniņš
Latvian swimmer

Uvis Kalniņš

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Latvian swimmer
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Place of birth
Valmiera, Latvia
Age
31 years
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Uvis Kalniņš (born October 24, 1993 in Valmiera) is a Latvian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events. 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. 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.

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. 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.

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.

Career best times

Long course (50-meter pool)

EventTimeVenueDate
50 m freestyle22.91RigaMay 30, 2014
100 m freestyle49.96LondonJuly 31, 2012
200 m freestyle1:51.03BelgradeJuly 10, 2011
400 m freestyle4:01.37RigaMay 30, 2014
800 m freestyle8:13.73LiepajaJuly 7, 2012
1500 m freestyle16:22.59RigaJune 1, 2014
50 m backstroke28.98RigaJune 22, 2012
100 m backstroke57.61RigaJune 29, 2012
50 m breaststroke29.77RigaJune 29, 2016
100 m breaststroke1:02.78Federal WayDecember 4, 2015
200 m breaststroke2:20.73MoscowAugust 11, 2015
50 m butterfly25.83RigaJune 28, 2016
200 m IM2:00.39KazanAug 5, 2015
400 m IM4:22.60GwangjuJuly 10, 2015
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