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Place of Birth: Valmiera, Latvia
About Uvis Kalniņš
- Uvis Kalninš (born October 24, 1993 in Valmiera) is a 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.
- Kalninš is also a member of the swimming team for the Missouri State Bears, and an undergraduate student at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.Kalninš 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.
- Kalninš 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.
- Kalninš failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirtieth overall in the preliminaries.At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Kalninš 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 respectfully.
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