Isaquias Queiroz is the biggest name in Brazilian Canoe, with three Olympic medals won at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games: Silver in Single Canoa (C1) 1,000m, Bronze in Individual Canoa (C1) 200m and Silver in Dupla Canoa (C2) 1.000m, with Erlon de Sousa Silva. Isaquias became the first Brazilian athlete to win three medals in a single edition of the Olympic Games.
Born in Ubaitaba, Bahia the athlete is already qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and is one of the main hopes of medals of Team Brazil, he also walks to be the greatest Olympic athlete in the history of the country and should pass stars such as Robert Scheidt, Cesar Cielo, Ana Marcela Cunha and Sergio “Escadinha”.