# Danas Rapšys

Danas Rapšys (Lithuanian pronunciation:; 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.

## 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. 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.

## 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. 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.

## 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 |

## International championships (50 m)

| 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 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 | |
    $^a$ Rapšys was disqualified in the final.
    $^b$ Team Lithuania was disqualified in the preliminaries.

## International championships (25 m)

| Meet | 100 free | 200 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 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 | | | | | | | | | | — | | — |