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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
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Backstroke, freestyle
Club	Panevėžio Žemyna
Coach	Ina 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 Hangzhou 400 m freestyle 2018 Hangzhou 200 m freestyle 2021 Abu Dhabi 400 m freestyle 2021 Abu Dhabi 200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2018 Glasgow 200 m freestyle 2016 London 200 m backstroke 2020 Budapest 400 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2017 Copenhagen 200 m freestyle 2019 Glasgow 200 m freestyle 2019 Glasgow 400 m freestyle 2017 Copenhagen 200 m backstroke Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei 200 m freestyle 2017 Taipei 200 m backstroke 2017 Taipei 100 m backstroke World Junior Championships 2013 Dubai 100 m backstroke 2013 Dubai 4×100 m mixed medley European Junior Championships 2013 Poznan 200 m backstroke 2013 Poznan 100 m backstroke 2012 Antwerp 200 m backstroke European Youth Olympic Festival 2011 Trabzon 200 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 freestyle 23.16 2015 Dzukija Cup 100 m freestyle 49.04 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup 200 m freestyle 1:44.38 NR 2019 FINA Swimming World Cup 400 m freestyle 3:43.36 NR 2019 FINA Champion Series Budapest 800 m freestyle 7:59.34 NR Swim Open Stockholm 2019 100 m backstroke 53.79 NR 2017 Romanian International Championships 200 m backstroke 1:56.11 NR 2017 World Aquatics Championships

Short course Event Time Meet 200 m freestyle 1:40.85 NR 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships 400 m freestyle 3:33.20 NR 2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships 800 m freestyle 7:57.72 NR 2017 Lithuanian Championships (25 m) 100 m backstroke 50.95 NR 2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 200 m backstroke 1:49.06 NR 2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships 100 m butterfly 50.79 NR 2017 Lithuanian Swimming Federation Cup 200 m butterfly 1:54.35 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 2012	35th		35th	30th
WC 2013			25th	14th					13th
EC 2014			22nd	5th			7th		7th
WC 2015			28th	19th					12th
EC 2016									5th
OG 2016			24th	21st					14th
WC 2017	10th			8th					17th
EC 2018					29th		13th	12th	4th
WC 2019	8th[a]	4th		15th					11th
EC 2020	4th								9th
OG 2020	8th	13th				33rd			15th[b]
WC 2022	14th	18th							19th[b]
EC 2022	5th							10th	11th

^a Rapšys was disqualified in the final

^b Team Lithuania was disqualified in the heats

References

External links

• Danas Rapšys at FINA
• Danas Rapšys at Olympics.com
• Danas Rapšys at Olympedia
• Danas Rapšys at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
• Danas Rapšys at the Lietuvos tautinis olimpinis komitetas (in Lithuanian)

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

На других языках

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[de] Danas Rapšys

Danas Rapšys (* 21. Mai 1995 in Panevėžys) ist ein litauischer Schwimmer.

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- [en] Danas Rapšys

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[es] Danas Rapšys

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

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