Uvis Kalniņš (born October 24, 1993, in Valmiera) is a former 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 respectively.
Career best times
Long course (50-meter pool) Event Time Venue Date 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
References
External links Profile – Missouri State Bears