Danas Rapšys

Danas Rapšys

Personal information
Nationality	Lithuania
Born	(1995-05-21) 21 May 1995 Panevėžys, Lithuania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	73 kg (161 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 1 0 European Championships (LC) 0 1 1 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 6 4 World Championships (SC) 2018 Hangzhou 400 m freestyle 2018 Hangzhou 200 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2018 Glasgow 200 m freestyle 2016 London 200 m backstroke 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

Danas Rapšys (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ˈdaːnɐs rɐpˈɕiːs]; born 21 May 1995) is a Lithuanian swimmer. He is a one-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 Simeliūnaitė.

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.

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. Rapšys won gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle finals, with a time of 1:45.75, and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record. 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.

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