Full name Lucas da Cruz Kanieski Name Lucas Kanieski Nationality Brazil Role Swimmer | Sport Swimming Height 1.89 m Strokes Freestyle Weight 78 kg | |
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Born January 25, 1990 (age 34) ( 1990-01-25 ) Dourados, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil | ||
Nadador lucas kanieski curte as ferias com a familia em dourados
Lucas da Cruz Kanieski (born January 25, 1990 in Dourados) is a Brazilian competitive swimmer.
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.
He was at the 2010 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in Irvine, where he finished 12th in the 800-metre freestyle, 18th in the 1500-metre freestyle and 27th in the 400-metre freestyle.
Kanieski competed at the 2010 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m), in Dubai, where he finished 23rd in the 400-metre freestyle, eighth in the 1500-metre freestyle and also eighth in the 4×200-metre freestyle. In the 1500-metre freestyle, broke the short-course South American record, with a time of 14:45.51.
At the 2011 Pan American Games, Kanieski won the silver medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle, by participating at heats. Also ranked 5th in the 400-metre freestyle and in the 1500-metre freestyle
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.
At the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada, Kanieski finished 7th in the 1500-metre freestyle, and 10th in the 400 metre freestyle.
On 13 September 2016, at the José Finkel Trophy (short-course competition), he broke the South American record in the 1500-metre freestyle, with a time of 14:40.31.
At the 2016 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) in Windsor, Ontario, Canada, he finished 20th in the Men's 400 metre freestyle and 27th in the Men's 1500 metre freestyle.