Isaquias Queiroz

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

Isaquias Queiroz
Queiroz in 2016
Personal information
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1994-01-03) 3 January 1994
Ubaitaba, Brazil
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight85 kg (187 lb)
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)
Lauro de Souza Júnior (2019 onward)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 1
World Championships 7 1 6
Pan American Games 3 2 0
Total 11 5 7
Men's canoe sprint
Representing  Brazil
Olympic Games
2020 TokyoC–1 1000 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroC–1 1000 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroC–2 1000 m
2016 Rio de JaneiroC–1 200 m
World Championships
2013 DuisburgC–1 500 m
2014 MoscowC–1 500 m
2015 MilanC–2 1000 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoC–1 500 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoC–2 500 m
2019 SzegedC–1 1000 m
2022 DartmouthC–1 500 m
2022 DartmouthC–1 1000 m
2013 DuisburgC–1 1000 m
2014 MoscowC–2 200 m
2015 MilanC–1 200 m
2017 RačiceC–1 1000 m
2018 Montemor-o-VelhoC–1 1000 m
2019 SzegedC–2 1000 m
Pan American Games
2015 TorontoC–1 200 m
2015 TorontoC–1 1000 m
2019 LimaC–1 1000 m
2015 TorontoC–2 1000 m
2023 SantiagoC–1 1000 m

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.

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