Uvis Kalniņš

{{Short description|Latvian swimmer}}

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| name= Uvis Kalniņš

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| nationality = {{LAT}}

| strokes = Freestyle, Individual Medley

| club = Valmieras SS

| coach = David Collins

| collegeteam = Missouri State Bears (USA)

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|10|24|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Valmiera, Latvia

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| height = {{height|m=1.91|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|82|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's swimming}}

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{{MedalCompetition|European Junior Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2011 Belgrade|100 m freestyle}}

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Uvis Kalniņš (born October 24, 1993, in Valmiera) is a former Latvian swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle events.{{cite web|title=Uvis Kalniņš|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kalnins-uvis-1088263/|publisher=London 2012|access-date=9 February 2013|archive-date=18 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718081547/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/kalnins-uvis-1088263/|url-status=dead}}{{cite sports-reference|title = Uvis Kalniņš|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/uvis-kalnins-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417225621/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/uvis-kalnins-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 17 April 2020|access-date = 9 February 2013}} 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.{{cite news|title=European Long Course Junior Championships: Bence Biczo Misses Meet Record; Maria Temnikova, Panagiotis Samilidis Post World-Ranked Times; Lauren Quigley Downs Meet Mark|url=http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/27489.asp|publisher=Swimming World Magazine|date=9 July 2011|access-date=11 February 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130411212919/http://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/lane9/news/27489.asp|archive-date=2013-04-11|url-status=dead}} Kalniņš is also a member of the swimming team for the Missouri State Bears, and an undergraduate student at Missouri State University in Springfield, Missouri.

Kalniņš 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.{{cite news|title=Qualifying Athletes – Men's 100 m freestyle|url=http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/men_100free.pdf|publisher=FINA|access-date=11 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121116074145/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/qual_lists/men_100free.pdf|archive-date=16 November 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|author=Siliņš, Andrejs|title=Kalniņš un Ņikitina Londonā pārstāvēs Latviju peldēšanā|trans-title=Kalniņš and Ņikitina will compete in swimming at London|language=lv|url=http://sportacentrs.com/peldesana/02072012-kalnins_un_nikitina_londona_parstaves_lat|publisher=Sportacentrs Latvija|date=2 July 2012|access-date=11 February 2013}} He challenged seven other swimmers on the fourth heat, including British-born Paraguayan swimmer Benjamin Hockin. Kalniņš 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. Kalniņš failed to advance into the semifinals, as he placed thirtieth overall in the preliminaries.{{cite web|title=Men's 100m Freestyle Heat 4|url=http://www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-100m-freestyle/phase=swm011900/index.html|publisher=London 2012|access-date=11 February 2013|archive-date=4 December 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121204171938/www.london2012.com/swimming/event/men-100m-freestyle/phase=swm011900/index.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|title=Kalnins Takes 30th in 100 Freestyle at London 2012 Olympics|url=http://www.missouristatebears.com/sports/c-swim/recaps/073112aad.html|publisher=Missouri State Bears|date=31 July 2012|access-date=11 February 2013}}

At the 2013 World Aquatics Championships in Barcelona, Kalniņš 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 respectively.