{{Short description|Australian swimmer}} {{For|the basketball player|Kai Edwards (basketball)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Kai Edwards | fullname = Kai Graeme Edwards | image = | caption = | nationality = Australian | strokes = marathon swimming, open water swimming | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|9|13|df=yes}} | birth_place = Queensland, Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/kai-edwards/|title=Kai Edwards|publisher=Australian Olympic Committee|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=3 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803014413/https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/kai-edwards/|url-status=live}}</ref> | death_date = | death_place = | height = 184cm | weight = 82kg | club = Carlile Swim Club }} '''Kai Edwards''' (born 13 September 1998) is an Australian marathon swimmer.
==Career== Edwards competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in the 10 km race, where he finished 14th, as well as in the marathon event in which he finished 5th overall in 4:51:17.20, only 11 seconds behind the overall winner.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swimming.org.au/athletes/kai-edwards|title=Kai Edwards|publisher=Swimming Australia|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802211804/https://www.swimming.org.au/athletes/kai-edwards|url-status=live}}</ref>
He finished second at the Australian 10 km Championship on the Sunshine Coast in January 2021, which secured him a place at the final Olympic qualifying race in Setubal, Portugal and qualified from to compete in the marathon 10 kilometre race at the 2020 Summer Olympics.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-22|title=Last Man Standing: Aussie Kai Edwards' Olympic Open Water Journey To Tokyo A Marathon To Savor|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/last-man-standing-aussie-kai-edwards-olympic-open-water-journey-to-tokyo-a-marathon-to-savor/|access-date=2021-08-04|website=Swimming World News|language=en-US|archive-date=22 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210622232235/https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/last-man-standing-aussie-kai-edwards-olympic-open-water-journey-to-tokyo-a-marathon-to-savor/|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Personal life== He is from Carlile Swimming in Sydney.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/news/marathon-swimmer-kai-edwards-completes-aussie-olympic-swim-team/|title=Marathon Swimmer Kai Edwards Completes Aussie Olympic Swim Team|publisher=Australian Olympic Committee|access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> He studied Sport Studies at Griffith University on the Gold Coast and received the Full Blue Award from Griffith University in 2017, 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games//en/results/marathon-swimming/athlete-profile-n1349357-edwards-kai-graeme.htm|title=Kai Edwards|publisher=Tokyo 2020|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=2 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802210302/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games//en/results/marathon-swimming/athlete-profile-n1349357-edwards-kai-graeme.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{World Aquatics}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20220315175649/https://www.swimming.org.au/athletes/kai-edwards Kai Edwards] at Swimming Australia (archived) * {{Australian Olympic Committee}} * {{Olympics.com}} * {{Olympedia}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Edwards, Kai}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Swimmers from the Gold Coast, Queensland Category:Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic swimmers for Australia Category:Australian male swimmers Category:Sportsmen from Queensland Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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