Isaquias Queiroz is the first Brazilian sprint canoeist to win a medal at ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2013 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships at C–1 1000 m. Queiroz is two-time world champion at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg (2013) and Moscow (2014) at C–1 500 meters. He also is world champion at C–2 1000 meters in Milan (2015) along with Erlon Silva.