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 (age 30)
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.

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]

  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.
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