Danas Rapšys

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
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 2
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 7
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place2018 Hangzhou400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2018 Hangzhou200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2021 Abu Dhabi400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2021 Abu Dhabi200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2022 Melbourne400 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place2018 Glasgow200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2016 London200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2020 Budapest400 m freestyle
European Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place2017 Copenhagen200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 Glasgow200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2019 Glasgow400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2017 Copenhagen200 m backstroke
Summer Universiade
Gold medal – first place2017 Taipei200 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place2017 Taipei200 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2017 Taipei100 m backstroke
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 Dubai100 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2013 Dubai4×100 m mixed medley
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place2013 Poznan200 m backstroke
Silver medal – second place2013 Poznan100 m backstroke
Bronze medal – third place2012 Antwerp200 m backstroke
European Youth Olympic Festival
Silver medal – second place2011 Trabzon200 m backstroke

2013 season

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
See also: Swimming at the 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]

2022 season

At the 2022 World Short Course Championships, contested in December at Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre in Melbourne, Australia, Rapšys won the bronze medal in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 3:36.26, which was less than two seconds behind gold medalist Kieran Smith of the United States.[5][6] In the 200 metre freestyle on the sixth and final day of competition, he ranked fifth in the preliminaries with a time of 1:42.21 before placing seventh in the final with a time of 1:41.74.[7][8]

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 50 free 200 free 400 free 50 back 100 back 200 back 100 fly 200 medley 4×100 free 4×200 free 4×100 medley 4×100 mixed medley
Junior level
EJC 201225th7th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)10th8th—
EJC 20132nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)4th
WJC 20137th2nd place, silver medalist(s)5th2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Senior level
EC 201235th35th30th—
WC 201325th14th13th—
EC 201422nd5th7th7th
WC 201528th19th12th
EC 20163rd place, bronze medalist(s)5th
OG 2016—24th21st14th—
WC 201710th8th17th
WUG 20171st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)7th—
EC 20182nd place, silver medalist(s)29th13th12th4th
WC 20198th[a]4th15th11th
EC 20204th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)9th
OG 20208th13th—33rd15th[b]
WC 202214th18th19th[b]
EC 20225th10th11th
a Rapšys was disqualified in the final.
b Team Lithuania was disqualified in the preliminaries.

International championships (25 m)
Meet 100 free 200 free 400 free 50 back 100 back 200 back 200 fly 100 medley 200 medley 4×50 free 4×200 free 4×50 medley 4×100 medley
EC 201237thDNS27th18th——
WC 201256th36th39th23rd
EC 201318th30th11th5th6th——
WC 201413th9thDSQ7th11th
EC 201521st10th4th21st—6th—
WC 201618th22nd12th5th8th
EC 201720th1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)11th—9th—
WC 201816th2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)14th9th7th
EC 20191st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)DNSDNSDNS——
WC 20213rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)7th8th7th
WC 20227th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References
  1. 15th FINA World Championships – Barcelona (ESP) - Men's 200m Backstroke - 1 AUG 2013
  2. 2017 Summer Universiade Taipei (TW) - Men's 100m Backstroke - 21 AUG 2017
  3. 2017 World University Games: Day 3 Finals Live Recap
  4. 2017 World University Games: Day 6 Finals Live Recap
  5. FINA (15 December 2022). "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  6. "Danas Rapšys Melburne iškovojo bronzą" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Swimming Federation. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022.
  7. "Danas Rapšys pateko į antrąjį finalą pasaulio čempionate Melburne" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian National Radio and Television. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
  8. FINA (18 December 2022). "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 December 2022.


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