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Danas Rapšys (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈdaːnɐs rɐpˈɕiːs]; born 21 May 1995) is a Lithuanian swimmer. He is a two-time Olympian, a multiple-time Lithuanian record holder in the men's backstroke, freestyle and butterfly, and a double swimming champion at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan. Rapšys is also a member of Panevežys Žemyna Club, and is coached and trained by Ina Paipelienė.

Danas Rapšys
Personal information
Nationality Lithuania
Born (1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 (age 27)
Panevėžys, Lithuania
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke, freestyle
ClubPanevėžio Žemyna
CoachIna Šimeliūnaitė-Paipelienė
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Lithuania
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
World Championships (SC) 1 2 1
European Championships (LC) 0 1 2
European Championships (SC) 3 0 1
Universiade 2 0 1
World Junior Championships 0 2 0
European Junior Championships 1 1 1
European Youth Olympic Festival 0 1 0
Total 7 7 6
World Championships (SC)
2018 Hangzhou400 m freestyle
2018 Hangzhou200 m freestyle
2021 Abu Dhabi400 m freestyle
2021 Abu Dhabi200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
2018 Glasgow200 m freestyle
2016 London200 m backstroke
2020 Budapest400 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
2017 Copenhagen200 m freestyle
2019 Glasgow200 m freestyle
2019 Glasgow400 m freestyle
2017 Copenhagen200 m backstroke
Summer Universiade
2017 Taipei200 m freestyle
2017 Taipei200 m backstroke
2017 Taipei100 m backstroke
World Junior Championships
2013 Dubai100 m backstroke
2013 Dubai4×100 m mixed medley
European Junior Championships
2013 Poznan200 m backstroke
2013 Poznan100 m backstroke
2012 Antwerp200 m backstroke
European Youth Olympic Festival
2011 Trabzon200 m backstroke

In 2013 he became a European Junior champion. At the 2013 FINA World Junior Swimming Championships in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Rapšys competed in 4×100 metre mixed medley with Rūta Meilutytė, Povilas Strazdas, Eva Gliožerytė. During 4×100 metre mixed medley heats, they finished third with a time of 3:55.74 seconds and qualified to the final. At the 4×100 metre mixed medley final, Meilutyte, Rapšys, Strazdas and Gliožerytė finished second and won silver medal with a time of 3:52.52 seconds. In the 2013 World Aquatics Championships he reached semifinals in the 200m backstroke swimming.[1]


2017 season



2017 Summer Universiade


At the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei, Taiwan, Rapšys competed in four events: the 100 metre backstroke, 200 metre freestyle, 200 metre backstroke and 4 × 100 m medley relay.

In his first event, 100 m backstroke, Rapšys achieved bronze medal, with a time of 54:17, but narrowly missed out of the silver medal by five hundredths of a second (0.05) behind Japan's Kosuke Hagino.[2] Rapšys won gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle finals, with a time of 1:45.75, and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record.[3] He also competed in the 200 m backstroke final where he sat in 7th through the halfway point, but made big moves on the back half, including a 28.87 on the final 50, to pull ahead of the field for gold in 1:56.52.[4]


Personal bests


As of 12 August 2019
Long course
Event Time Meet
50 m freestyle23.16 2015 Dzukija Cup
100 m freestyle49.04 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup
200 m freestyle1:44.38 NR 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup
400 m freestyle3:43.36 NR 2019 FINA Champion Series Budapest
800 m freestyle7:59.34 NR Swim Open Stockholm 2019
100 m backstroke53.79 NR 2017 Romanian International Championships
200 m backstroke1:56.11 NR 2017 World Aquatics Championships
Short course
Event Time Meet
200 m freestyle1:40.85 NR 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships
400 m freestyle3:33.20 NR 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships
800 m freestyle7:57.72 NR 2017 Lithuanian Championships (25 m)
100 m backstroke50.95 NR 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
200 m backstroke1:49.06 NR 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships
100 m butterfly50.79 NR 2017 Lithuanian Swimming Federation Cup
200 m butterfly1:54.35 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships

International championships (50 m)


Meet 200 free 400 free 100 back 200 back 100 fly 200 IM 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×100 medley
EC 201235th35th30th
WC 201325th14th13th
EC 201422nd5th7th7th
WC 201528th19th12th
EC 20165th
OG 201624th21st14th
WC 201710th8th17th
EC 201829th13th12th4th
WC 20198th[a]4th15th11th
EC 20204th9th
OG 20208th13th33rd15th[b]
WC 202214th18th19th[b]
EC 20225th10th11th
a Rapšys was disqualified in the final
b Team Lithuania was disqualified in the heats

References




Awards
Preceded by
Andrius Gudžius
Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year
2019
Succeeded by



На других языках


[de] Danas Rapšys

Danas Rapšys (* 21. Mai 1995 in Panevėžys) ist ein litauischer Schwimmer.
- [en] Danas Rapšys

[es] Danas Rapšys

Danas Rapšys (Panevėžys, 21 de mayo de 1995) es un deportista lituano que compite en natación.[1]



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