Kawan Figueiredo Pereira (born 17 June 2002) is a Brazilian diver. He competed in the 2020 Summer Olympics for Brazil.[2]
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| Nationality | Brazilian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 June 2002 Parnaíba, Brazil[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2019 Pan American Games, he won a bronze medal in the Men's synchronized 10 metre platform.[3]
At just 19 years of age, he made history at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, being the first Brazilian to reach an Olympic final in diving, finishing in 10th place.[4]
As part of the FINA open water mixed 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform diving event, held as part of a diving exhibition at the Abu Dhabi Aquatics Festival in December 2021 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Pereira helped win the gold medal with a score of 416.35 points alongside teammates Luana Lira and Ingrid Oliveira.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ "Kawan Pereira". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 7 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
- ^ https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/diving/athlete-profile-n1330220-figueredo-pereira-kawan.htm Archived 2021-08-07 at the Wayback Machine Tokyo
- ^ "Isaac Souza e Kawan Pereira são bronze na plataforma e levam Brasil a pódio inédito nos saltos". ge.
- ^ "Em histórica participação na final, Kawan Pereira fica em 10º nos 10m dos saltos ornamentais". ge.
- ^ "FINA Diving Team Exhibition: Results Mixed 3m & 10m Team". FINA. 19 December 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ "Brasil é ouro na prova por equipes do Festival da Fina" (in Portuguese). olimpiadatododia.com.br. 20 December 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
External links edit
- Kawan Pereira at World Aquatics
- Kawan Pereira at IAT Database Diving (in German)
- Kawan Pereira at Olympics.com
- Kawan Pereira at Olympedia
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