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Messias Baptista (canoeist)

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Messias Baptista
Personal information
Full nameMessias Filipe Santos Baptista
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1999-06-25) 25 June 1999 (age 25)
Vila do Conde, Portugal
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Sport
CountryPortugal
SportSprint kayak
ClubBenfica
Medal record
Men's sprint kayak
Representing  Portugal
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Duisburg K-2 500 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Samarkand K-1 200 m
Gold medal – first place 2024 Samarkand K-2 Mix 500 m
Silver medal – second place 2021 Copenhagen K-2 Mix 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Samarkand K-4 Mix 500 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Kraków-Małopolska K-1 200 m

Messias Filipe Santos Baptista (born 25 June 1999) is a Portuguese sprint canoeist.[1][2] Together with João Ribeiro, he won the gold medal in the K-2 500 metres event at the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. Baptista also competed in the men's K-4 500 metres event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Major results

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Olympic Games

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Year K-2 500 K-4 500
2020 8
2024 6

World championships

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Year K-1 200 K-2 500 K-4 500 XK-2 200 XK-2 500 XK-4 500
2018 9
2019 6
2021 2 FB 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2022 5 7
2023 1st place, gold medalist(s) 7 SF
2024 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ Portugueses | Tóquio 2020 | PÚBLICO
  2. ^ "Messias Baptista". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Canoe Sprint: Heat 1 Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 4 August 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
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