Hannes Kalteis

{{Short description|Austrian swimmer (born 1982)}}

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| fullname = Hannes Kalteis

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| national_team = {{AUT}}

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = ESV St. Pölten

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|2|8|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Sankt Pölten, Austria

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| height = {{convert|1.89|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|77|kg|lb|0|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry| Austria }}

{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2000 Dunkerque | 1500 m freestyle }}

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Hannes Kalteis (born 8 February 1982) is an Austrian former swimmer, who specialized in long-distance freestyle events.{{cite sports-reference|title = Hannes Kalteis|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/hannes-kalteis-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418024900/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/hannes-kalteis-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 18 April 2020|access-date = 31 March 2013}} Kalteis upset local favorite Guy Noel Schmitt to take the gold in the 1500 m freestyle at the 2000 European Junior Swimming Championships in Dunkerque, France with a time of 15:21.41.{{cite news|title=Mocanu Emerges as Euro Junior Star|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/1641.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=30 July 2000|accessdate=31 March 2013}}

Kalteis qualified for two swimming events, as an 18-year-old, at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, by clearing a FINA A-standard entry time of 15:21.41 from the European Junior Championships.{{cite web|title=Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Startlist (Heat 5)|url=http://www.omegatiming.com/File/Download?id=00010006000B000000FFFFFFFFFFFF00|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=Omega Timing|accessdate=31 March 2013}}{{cite news|title=Zeit der Vorbereitung ist zu Ende|trans-title=Preparation time is over|language=German|url=http://www.wienerzeitung.at/nachrichten/sport/mehr_sport/344216_Zeit-der-Vorbereitung-ist-zu-Ende.html|publisher=Wiener Zeitung|date=12 September 2000|accessdate=31 March 2013}} On the first day of the Games, Kalteis placed forty-second in the 400 m freestyle. Swimming in heat three, he rounded out the field to last place by almost seven seconds behind winner Torwai Sethsothorn of Thailand in 4:03.66.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 400m Freestyle Heat 3|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=133|accessdate=26 March 2013}}{{cite news|title=Dolan breaks own world mark in 400 IM|url=http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130616043443/http://www.canoe.ca/2000GamesSwimming/sep17_dol.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 16, 2013|publisher=Canoe.ca|date=17 September 2000|accessdate=28 May 2013}} Nearly a week later, in the 1500 m freestyle, Kalteis challenged seven other swimmers in heat five, including U.S. swimmers and top medal favorites Erik Vendt and Chris Thompson. He finished the program's longest race in seventh place by less than 0.11 of a second behind Spain's Teo Edo in 15:32.90. Kalteis failed to advance into the final, as he placed twenty-fifth overall in the prelims.{{cite web|title=Sydney 2000: Swimming – Men's 1500m Freestyle Heat 5|url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/2000/Masters/sw/SWresults.pdf|format=PDF|work=Sydney 2000|publisher=LA84 Foundation|page=147|accessdate=26 March 2013}}