Boglárka Kapás
Boglárka Kapás (pronounced [ˈboɡlaːrkɒ ˈkɒpaːʃ]; born 22 April 1993)[1] is a Hungarian competitive swimmer. She is the world champion (2019 Gwangju) in 200 m butterfly and a bronze Medalist at the Olympic Games (2016 Rio de Janeiro) in 800 m freestyle.
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Born | Debrecen, Hungary | 22 April 1993||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Újpesti TE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Kapás won Hungary's first ever gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in 200 m butterfly. Qualified for the final with the best time, she swam a personal best 2:08.72, finishing 1.4 seconds ahead of second placed Judit Ignacio.[2] She won one more gold medal in 400 m freestyle[3] and a silver medal in 200 m freestyle.[4]
At the 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships in Eindhoven Kapás won the silver medal in 800m freestyle, with a time of 8:18.56. The event was notable in that it was a heat-declared result (medals based on times from heats with no final swum), where Kapás won the heat for the top seeded swimmers by a comfortable margin; however, lost the event to Federica Pellegrini who had raced earlier in the 'slower' heat.[5]
She passed the Olympic A-standard in 800m freestyle and earned a quota for the Games at the first meeting of the 2011 Mare Nostrum series in early June.[6] In July 2011 at the 2011 Swimming World Championships she set a new national record in the same distance with a time of 8:24.79, which was enough for the fifth place.[7] In November Kapás suffered a rib injury, that forced her to miss both the 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships and the United States–Europe swimming gala.[8]
After returning from injury, Kapás won the 800m freestyle event of the 2012 European Aquatics Championships on home soil in Debrecen.[9]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Kapás came third in the 800m freestyle behind Katie Ledecky and Jazz Carlin, thus getting the bronze medal. She set a new national record time for this event of 8:16:37.
At the 2019 World Aquatics Championships she won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly event.[10]
In the 2019 ISL season she was in team London Roar and they got the second place in the first ISL final in history.
Awards
- Hungarian Junior Athlete of the Year – the National Sports Association (NSSZ) awards: 2010
- MOB Junior award (2010)
- Junior Príma award (2010)
- Hungarian swimmer of the Year: 2011
Cross of Merit of Hungary – Bronze Cross (2012)- For Újpest award (2016)
Cross of Merit of Hungary – Golden Cross (2016)- Budapest Pro Urbe award (2016)
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Boglárka Kapás". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "Kapás Boglárka Olimpiai Bajnok" (in Hungarian). Úszóvilág. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "Aranyos nap az uszodában" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "Kapás Boglárka ezúttal ezüstérmet nyert" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "Rövidpályás úszó Eb: Kapás Boglárka ezüstérmes" (in Hungarian). Heti Világgazdaság. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "Cseh László és Kis Gergő is nyert Barcelonában – ezzel olimpiai kvótát szereztek" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Press Agency. 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "Felgyorsultak a magyar gyorsúszók – Kapás ötödik, Takács hatodik lett a vébén" (in Hungarian). Origo. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "Kapás Boglárka még siratja a gálát" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- "Pazar: Hosszú, Kapás, Cseh és Gyurta is aranyérmes!" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- Attila Ághassi (25 July 2019). "Kapás Boglárka káprázatos úszással aranyérmes". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
External links
- Boglárka Kapás at FINA
- Boglárka Kapás at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Boglárka Kapás at Swimrankings.net