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Danas Rapšys

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Danas Rapšys
Personal information
NationalityLithuanian
Born (1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 (age 31)
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 (LC) 0 1 0
World Championships (SC) 1 2 2
European Championships (LC) 1 2 2
European Championships (SC) 3 1 3
Universiade 2 0 1
World Junior Championships 0 2 0
European Junior Championships 1 1 1
European Youth Olympic Festival 0 1 0
Total 8 10 9
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place2024 Doha200 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Gold medal – first place2018 Hangzhou400 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2018 Hangzhou200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2021 Abu Dhabi400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2021 Abu Dhabi200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2022 Melbourne400 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
Gold medal – first place2024 Belgrade4x200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place2024 Belgrade200 m freestyle
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
Silver medal – second place2023 Otopeni400 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2023 Otopeni200 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place2023 Otopeni200 m medley
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

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.

2013 season

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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

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2017 Summer Universiade

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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

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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

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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)

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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)10th8thN/a
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 201235th35th30thN/a
WC 201325th14th13thN/a
EC 201422nd5th7th7th
WC 201528th19th12th
EC 20163rd place, bronze medalist(s)5th
OG 2016N/a24th21st14thN/a
WC 201710th8th17th
WUG 20171st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)7thN/a
EC 20182nd place, silver medalist(s)29th13th12th4th
WC 20198th[a]4th15th11th
EC 20204th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)9th
OG 20208th13thN/a33rd15th[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)

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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 201237thDNS27th18thN/aN/a
WC 201256th36th39th23rd
EC 201318th30th11th5th6thN/aN/a
WC 201413th9thDSQ7th11th
EC 201521st10th4th21stN/a6thN/a
WC 201618th22nd12th5th8th
EC 201720th1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)11thN/a9thN/a
WC 201816th2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)14th9th7th
EC 20191st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)DNSDNSDNSN/aN/a
WC 20213rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)7th8th7th
WC 20227th3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
EC 20233rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)N/aN/a

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