Kalvis Kalniņš (born 16 February 1991) is a Latvian

karate (; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the ...

ka. He is a five-time medalist at the

European Karate Championships The European Karate Championships are organised by the European Karate Federation each year. History Events from 1966 to 1996 were organized by the European Karate Union. In 1961, Jacques Delcourt was appointed President of French Karate, whic ...

: in total, he won one gold medal, two silver medals and two bronze medals. He also won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60kg event at the 2010 World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. Kalniņš represented Latvia at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the ...

in Tokyo, Japan. He competed in the men's 67kg event where he did not advance to compete in the semifinals.

Career

Kalniņš won one of the bronze medals in the men's kumite 60kg event at the 2010 World Karate Championships held in Belgrade, Serbia. In 2019, Kalniņš won the gold medal in the men's kumite 60kg event at the European Games held in Minsk, Belarus. In May 2021, Kalniņš won the silver medal in his event at the

held in Poreč, Croatia. In June 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the

in Tokyo, Japan. Kalniņš did not qualify at this tournament, as he was eliminated in his first match, but he was able to qualify via continental representation soon after. Kalniņš competed in the men's kumite 60kg event at the

2022 World Games The 2022 World Games were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines of Olympic sports and other competitions ...

held in Birmingham, United States.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kalnins, Kalvis Living people 1991 births Place of birth missing (living people) Latvian male karateka European Games gold medalists for Latvia Karateka at the 2019 European Games European Games medalists in karate Karateka at the 2020 Summer Olympics Competitors at the 2022 World Games 21st-century Latvian people