Boglárka Kapás
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| Born | 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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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
- ↑ "Boglárka Kapás". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Hungary at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Kapás Boglárka Olimpiai Bajnok" (in Hungarian). Úszóvilág. August 16, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Aranyos nap az uszodában" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. August 20, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Kapás Boglárka ezúttal ezüstérmet nyert" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. August 18, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Rövidpályás úszó Eb: Kapás Boglárka ezüstérmes" (in Hungarian). Heti Világgazdaság. November 26, 2010. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Felgyorsultak a magyar gyorsúszók – Kapás ötödik, Takács hatodik lett a vébén" (in Hungarian). Origo. July 30, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ↑ "Kapás Boglárka még siratja a gálát" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. November 23, 2011. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
- ↑ "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