Kai Edwards (born 13 September 1998) is an Australian

marathon swimmer Marathon swimming is a class of open water swimming defined by long distances (at least ) and traditional rules based in English Channel swimming. Unlike marathon foot-races which have a specifically defined distance, ''marathon swims'' vary in ...

Career

Edwards competed at the

2019 World Aquatics Championships The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

in the 10 km race, where he finished 14th, as well as in the marathon event in which he finished 5th overall in 4:51:17.20, only 11 seconds behind the overall winner. He finished second at the Australian 10 km Championship on the Sunshine Coast in January 2021, which secured him a place at the final Olympic qualifying race in Setubal, Portugal and qualified from to compete in the marathon 10 kilometre race at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

He is from Carlile Swimming in Sydney. He studied Sport Studies at

Griffith University Griffith University is a public research university in South East Queensland on the east coast of Australia. Formally founded in 1971, Griffith opened its doors in 1975, introducing Australia's first degrees in environmental science and Asia ...

on the Gold Coast and received the Full Blue Award from

in 2017, 2018 and 2019.

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* * * * * 1998 births Living people Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers of Australia Australian male swimmers Sportsmen from Queensland 21st-century Australian people {{Australia-swimming-bio-stub