Uvis Kalniņš (born October 24, 1993, in Valmiera) is a former Latvian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.[1][2] 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.[3] 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.[1]
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| Nationality |  Latvia | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 October 1993 Valmiera, Latvia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, Individual Medley | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Valmieras SS | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Missouri State Bears (USA) | ||||||||||||||
| Coach | David Collins | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[3][4][5] 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.[6][7]
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 respectively.
Career best times
Long course (50-meter pool)
| Event | Time | Venue | Date |
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| 50 m freestyle | 22.91 (NR) | Riga | May 30, 2014 |
| 100 m freestyle | 49.96 | London | July 31, 2012 |
| 200 m freestyle | 1:51.03 | Belgrade | July 10, 2011 |
| 400 m freestyle | 4:01.37 | Riga | May 30, 2014 |
| 800 m freestyle | 8:13.73 | Liepaja | July 7, 2012 |
| 1500 m freestyle | 16:22.59 (NR) | Riga | June 1, 2014 |
| 50 m backstroke | 28.98 | Riga | June 22, 2012 |
| 100 m backstroke | 57.61 | Riga | June 29, 2012 |
| 50 m breaststroke | 29.77 | Riga | June 29, 2016 |
| 100 m breaststroke | 1:02.78 | Federal Way | December 4, 2015 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:20.73 | Moscow | August 11, 2015 |
| 50 m butterfly | 25.83 | Riga | June 28, 2016 |
| 200 m IM | 2:00.39 (NR) | Kazan | Aug 5, 2015 |
| 400 m IM | 4:22.60 (NR) | Gwangju | July 10, 2015 |