Danas Rapšys (; 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 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.15th FINA World Championships – Barcelona (ESP) - Men's 200m Backstroke - 1 AUG 2013
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.2017 Summer Universiade Taipei (TW) - Men's 100m Backstroke - 21 AUG 2017 Rapšys won gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle finals, with a time of 1:45.75, and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record.2017 World University Games: Day 3 Finals Live Recap 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 1:56.52.2017 World University Games: Day 6 Finals Live Recap
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.FINA (15 December 2022). "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 400m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 16 December 2022."Danas Rapšys Melburne iškovojo bronzą" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian Swimming Federation. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022. 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."Danas Rapšys pateko į antrąjį finalą pasaulio čempionate Melburne" (in Lithuanian). Lithuanian National Radio and Television. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.FINA (18 December 2022). "16th FINA World Swimming Championships (25m) Melbourne (AUS): Men's 200m Freestyle Final Results". Omega Timing. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
Personal bests
Long course Event Time Meet 50 m freestyle 23.162015 Dzukija Cup 100 m freestyle 49.042019 FINA Swimming World Cup 200 m freestyle 1:44.38 NR2019 FINA Swimming World Cup 400 m freestyle 3:43.36 NR2019 FINA Champion Series Budapest 800 m freestyle 7:59.34 NRSwim Open Stockholm 2019 100 m backstroke 53.79 NR2017 Romanian International Championships 200 m backstroke 1:56.11 NR2017 World Aquatics Championships Short course Event Time Meet 200 m freestyle 1:40.85 NR2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships 400 m freestyle 3:33.20 NR2019 European Short Course Swimming Championships 800 m freestyle 7:57.72 NR2017 Lithuanian Championships (25 m) 100 m backstroke 50.95 NR2014 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m) 200 m backstroke 1:49.06 NR2017 European Short Course Swimming Championships 100 m butterfly 50.79 NR2017 Lithuanian Swimming Federation Cup 200 m butterfly 1:54.352017 European Short Course Swimming Championships
International championships (50 m) Meet50 free200 free400 free50 back100 back200 back100 fly200 medley4×100 free4×200 free4×100 medley4×100 mixed medley Junior level EJC 2012 25th 7th 10th 8th EJC 2013 4th WJC 2013 7th 5th Senior level 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 WUG 2017 7th EC 2018 29th 13th 12th 4th WC 2019 8th 4th 15th 11th EC 2020 4th 9th OG 2020 8th 13th 33rd 15th WC 2022 14th 18th 19th EC 2022 5th 10th 11th Rapšys was disqualified in the final. Team Lithuania was disqualified in the preliminaries.
International championships (25 m) Meet100 free200 free400 free50 back100 back200 back200 fly100 medley200 medley4×50 free4×200 free4×50 medley4×100 medley EC 2012 37th DNS 27th 18th WC 2012 56th 36th 39th 23rd EC 2013 18th 30th 11th 5th 6th WC 2014 13th 9th DSQ 7th 11th EC 2015 21st 10th 4th 21st 6th WC 2016 18th 22nd 12th 5th 8th EC 2017 20th 11th 9th WC 2018 16th 14th 9th 7th EC 2019 DNS DNS DNS WC 2021 7th 8th 7th WC 2022 7th EC 2023
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