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Isaquias Queiroz dos Santos (born 3 January 1994) is a Brazilian
sprint canoe A sprint canoe is a canoe used in International Canoe Federation canoe sprint. It is an open boat propelled by one, two or four paddlers from a kneeling position, using single-bladed paddles. The difficulty of balance can depend on how wide or n ...
ist who has competed since 2005. He is the first Brazilian athlete to ever win three medals in a single edition of the
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, and the second most decorated Brazilian athlete with five medals overall, including a gold medal.


Early life

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.


Career

Queiroz is the first Brazilian sprint canoeist to win a medal at
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. His first medal was a bronze medal at the
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in C–1 1000 event, and his first gold medal was in the C-1 500 event in the same year. Up to the
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, Queiroz has already conquered 14 medals in
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, seven gold medals.


2016 Olympic Games

During the
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, Queiroz won three Olympic medals at a single Games: two silver and one bronze. In the C–1 1000 metres event, he finished second, defeated only by
Sebastian Brendel Sebastian Brendel (; born 12 March 1988) is a German sprint canoeist who has competed since 2007. Brendel is the 2016 Olympic champion in the C-1 1000 metres and C-2 1000 metres events. Career He has won three medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint Worl ...
, who successfully defended his title. In the process, he became the first Brazilian sprint canoeist to win an Olympic medal. Two days later, he took the bronze medal in the C–1 200 metres event when
Yuriy Cheban Yuriy Volodymyrovych Cheban (; born 5 July 1986 in Odesa, Ukraine) is a retired Ukrainian sprint canoeist. He is the 2012 and 2016 Olympic champion in C-1 200 metres. Career In 2003, despite being a year younger than many of his rivals, he was ...
and Valentin Demyanenko were faster than him. Together with
Erlon Silva Erlon de Souza Silva (born 23 June 1991) is a Brazilian sprint canoeist who competes in the 1000 m doubles event (C-2). He placed tenth at the Canoeing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's C-2 1000 metres, 2012 Olympics and won a silver medal at ...
, they won the silver medal during the last day of canoe sprint competitions in the C–2 1000 metres category. Queiroz was the first Brazilian athlete in history to win three medals at a single edition of the Olympic Games and the first sprint canoe athlete from any nationality to do so in the history of the Olympics.


2021 Olympic Games

The
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had Queiroz partnered with Jacky Godmann as Erlon Silva had not recovered from a hip injury. In the C–2 1000 metres category, Queiroz and Godmann finished in fourth place. Queiroz won the gold in his remaining race, the C-1 1000 meters. He considered a consolidation of extensive training to get a victory that eluded him in Rio and became the first Brazilian Olympic champion in canoeing.Brazilian canoe sprinter refuses to let tough childhood ruin Olympic dream
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2024 Olympic Games

On July 22, 2024, the Brazil Olympic Committee designated Queiroz and rugby player
Raquel Kochhann Raquel Cristina Kochhann (born October 6, 1992) is a Brazilian rugby sevens player. She competed for Brazil at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio and at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Kochhann won a bronze medal at the 2015 Pan American Games ...
to be the Brazilian flag bearers at the
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. During the
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, Queiroz and Goodman again reached the C–2 1000 metres final, finishing eighth. In the C-1 1000 meters Queiroz finished with a silver, marking his fifth Olympic medal and tying him with
Robert Scheidt Robert Scheidt (born 15 April 1973) is a Brazilian sailor who has won two gold medals, two silver medals and a bronze from five Olympic Games and a Star Sailors League Final. He is one of the most successful sailors at Olympic Games and one of t ...
and
Torben Grael Torben Schmidt Grael (born 22 July 1960) is one of the most well known Brazilian sailors, renowned in international competitions. A descendant of Danes, he was taken sailing by his grandfather at the age of five years on the sailboat ''Ailee ...
as the most condecorated Brazilian man in the Games.


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Isaquias Queiroz
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Queiroz, Isaquias 1994 births Brazilian male canoeists Living people Sportspeople from Bahia Canoeists at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Canoeists at the 2015 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2019 Pan American Games Canoeists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games silver medalists for Brazil Canoeists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic canoeists for Brazil Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in canoeing Olympic gold medalists for Brazil Olympic silver medalists for Brazil Olympic bronze medalists for Brazil Pan American Games gold medalists in canoeing Pan American Games silver medalists in canoeing ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games 21st-century Brazilian sportsmen