Messias Baptista
Personal information
Full nameMessias Filipe Santos Baptista
NationalityPortuguese
Born (1999-06-25) 25 June 1999
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 place2023 DuisburgK-2 500 m
Silver medal – second place2021 CopenhagenK-2 Mix 200 m
European Games
Gold medal – first place2023 Kraków-MałopolskaK-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]

References

  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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