Lucas Kanieski

Lucas Kanieski
Personal information
Full name Lucas da Cruz Kanieski
Nationality  Brazil
Born January 25, 1990
Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Lucas da Cruz Kanieski (born January 25, 1990 in Dourados) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.[1]

At the 2010 South American Games, Kanieski won the gold medal in the 800-metre freestyle, and two silver medals in the 400-metre and 1500-metre freestyle.[2]

He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 12th in the 800-metre freestyle,[3] 18th in the 1500-metre freestyle [4] and 27th in the 400-metre freestyle.[5]

Kanieski competed at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Dubai, where he finished 23rd in the 400-metre freestyle,[6] eighth in the 1500-metre freestyle [7] and also eighth in the 4×200-metre freestyle.[8] In the 1500-metre freestyle, broke the short-course South American record, with a time of 14:45.51.[9]

At the 2011 Pan American Games, Kanieski won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle,[10] by participating at heats.[11] Also ranked 5th in the 400-metre freestyle [12] and in the 1500-metre freestyle [13]

At the 2013 FINA Swimming World Cup in Moscow, Russia, Kanieski broke the short-course South American record in the 1500-metre freestyle, with a time of 14:44.66.[14][15]

References

  1. "R7 profile at 2011 Pan". R7 (in Portuguese). 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  2. "R7 profile at 2011 Pan". R7 (in Portuguese). 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  3. "Results of the 800-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 21, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  4. "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 18, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  5. "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2010 Pan Pac in Irvine". OmegaTiming. August 20, 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2013.
  6. "Results of the 400-metre freestyle at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 17, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  7. "Results of the 1500-metre freestyle at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 19, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  8. "Results of the 4×200-metre freestyle at 2010 Dubai". OmegaTiming. December 16, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  9. "Brazil flies like an eagle in Dubai". CBDA (in Portuguese). December 19, 2010. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  10. "Brazil takes silver in the 4×200-metre freestyle at Pan". UOL (in Portuguese). October 20, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  11. "4×200-metre freestyle Brazil's gold medal race tonight". R7 (in Portuguese). October 19, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  12. "Lucas Kanieski is the fifth in the 400-metre freestyle". Lancenet (in Portuguese). October 15, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  13. "Brazilian is fifth in 1500-metre freestyle race; U.S. make "double"". Terra (in Portuguese). October 18, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2013.
  14. "Men's 1500m Freestyle Result". Omega Timing. 13 October 2013. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
  15. "Silver medal and South American record for Kanieski". CBDA (in Portuguese). October 13, 2013. Retrieved September 21, 2014.