Boglárka Kapás

Boglárka Kapás

Personal information
National team	Hungary
Born	22 April 1993
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Újpesti TE
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Hungary Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro 800 m freestyle World Championships (LC) 2015 Kazan 1500 m freestyle European Championships (LC) 2012 Debrecen 800 m freestyle 2016 London 400 m freestyle 2016 London 800 m freestyle 2016 London 1500 m freestyle 2016 London 4×200 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 1500 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 800 m freestyle 2014 Berlin 4x200 m freestyle European Championships (SC) 2010 Eindhoven 800 m freestyle 2015 Netanya 800 m freestyle 2015 Netanya 400 m freestyle Youth Olympic Games 2010 Singapore 200 m butterfly 2010 Singapore 400 m freestyle 2010 Singapore 200 m freestyle

Boglárka Kapás (pronounced [ˈboɡlaːrkɒ ˈkɒpaːʃ]; born 22 April 1993)^[1] is a Hungarian competitive swimmer who specializes in freestyle events. She was the youngest member (15 years, 111 days) of the Hungarian Olympic Squad at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.^[2]

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.^[3] She won one more gold medal in 400 m freestyle^[4] and a silver medal in 200 m freestyle.^[5]

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.^[6]

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.^[7] 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.^[8] 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.^[9]

After returning from injury, Kapás won the 800m freestyle event of the 2012 European Aquatics Championships on home soil in Debrecen.^[10]

References

1. "Boglárka Kapás". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
2. "Hungary at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
3. "Kapás Boglárka Olimpiai Bajnok" (in Hungarian). Úszóvilág. August 16, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
4. "Aranyos nap az uszodában" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. August 20, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
5. "Kapás Boglárka ezúttal ezüstérmet nyert" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. August 18, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
6. "Rövidpályás úszó Eb: Kapás Boglárka ezüstérmes" (in Hungarian). Heti Világgazdaság. November 26, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
7. "Cseh László és Kis Gergő is nyert Barcelonában – ezzel olimpiai kvótát szereztek". Hungarian Press Agency (in Hungarian). Úszósport.hu. June 5, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
8. "Felgyorsultak a magyar gyorsúszók – Kapás ötödik, Takács hatodik lett a vébén" (in Hungarian). Origo. July 30, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
9. "Kapás Boglárka még siratja a gálát" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. November 23, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
10. "Pazar: Hosszú, Kapás, Cseh és Gyurta is aranyérmes!" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. May 24, 2012. Retrieved June 17, 2012.

External links

• Boglárka Kapás at Swimrankings.net