# Kai Edwards

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{{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](/source/marathon_swimming), [open water swimming](/source/open_water_swimming) 
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1998|9|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Queensland](/source/Queensland), Australia<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympics.com.au/olympians/kai-edwards/|title=Kai Edwards|publisher=[Australian Olympic Committee](/source/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](/source/Marathon_swimming).

==Career==
Edwards competed at the [2019 World Aquatics Championships](/source/Open_water_swimming_at_the_2019_World_Aquatics_Championships) in the 10&nbsp;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](/source/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&nbsp;km Championship on the Sunshine Coast in January 2021, which secured him a place at the final Olympic qualifying race in [Setubal, Portugal](/source/Setubal%2C_Portugal) and qualified from to compete in the [marathon 10 kilometre race](/source/Swimming_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_marathon_10_kilometre) at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/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](/source/Australian_Olympic_Committee)|access-date=2 August 2021}}</ref> He studied Sport Studies at [Griffith University](/source/Griffith_University) on the Gold Coast and received the Full Blue Award from [Griffith University](/source/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](/source/Swimming_Australia) (archived)
* {{Australian Olympic Committee}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}

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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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