Boglárka Kapás (; born 22 April 1993) is a Hungarian competitive

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. She is the

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( 2019 Gwangju) in 200 m butterfly and a bronze medallist at the

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( 2016 Rio de Janeiro) in

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Career

Kapás won Hungary's first ever gold medal at the

2010 Summer Youth Olympics The 2010 Summer Youth Olympics ( ta, 2010 கோடைக்கால இளையோர் ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ms, Sukan Olimpik Belia Musim Panas 2010), officially known as the I Summer ...

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. She won one more gold medal in 400 m freestyle and a silver medal in 200 m freestyle. At the

2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2010 European Short Course Swimming Championships was held 25–28 November 2010 at Pieter van den Hoogenband Zwemstadion in Eindhoven, Netherlands. The meet featured competition amongst national teams from Europe, in 38 short course (25m) ...

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series in early June. 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. In November Kapás suffered a rib injury, that forced her to miss both the

2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships The 2011 European Short Course Swimming Championships were held in Szczecin, Poland, from December 8 to 11, 2011. The event featured competition in a short course (25m) pool. The event was held over four days with heats, semifinals and a final f ...

and the United States–Europe swimming gala. After returning from injury, Kapás won the 800m freestyle event of the

2012 European Aquatics Championships The 2012 European Aquatics Championships were held from 14 to 27 May 2012 in Debrecen, Hungary and Eindhoven, Netherlands. The 2012 European Swimming Championships were to take place in Antwerp, Belgium, but were reallocated to the City of Debrec ...

on home soil in

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. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Kapás came third in the 800m freestyle behind

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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 The 2019 World Aquatics Championships were the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships, held in Gwangju, South Korea from 12 to 28 July 2019. The city had previously hosted the 2015 Summer Universiade aquatics events in the same venues.

she won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly event. In the 2019 ISL season she was in team London Roar and they got the second place in the first ISL final in history. In 2020 she changed teams and was part of the NY Breakers and swam in the semi final

Personal life

Kapás, who goes by the nickname "Bogi," is engaged to fellow Breaker Ádám Telegdy. She has two cats named Vanilla and Csoki, which means “chocolate.” She cites winning a maths contest in elementary school as one of her most memorable accomplishments.

Awards

*Hungarian Junior Athlete of the Year – the National Sports Association (NSSZ) awards: 2010 * Hungarian Olympic Committee, MOB Junior award (2010) *Junior Príma award (2010) *Hungarian swimmer of the Year: 2011 * HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Bronze BAR

HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Bronze BAR

Cross of Merit of Hungary – Bronze Cross (2012) *For Újpest award (2016) * HUN Cross of Merit of the Hungarian Rep (civil) Gold BAR

Cross of Merit of Hungary – Golden Cross (2016) *Budapest Pro Urbe award (2016)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kapas, Boglarka 1993 births Living people Sportspeople from Debrecen Hungarian female swimmers Hungarian female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Hungary Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for Hungary Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists in swimming Youth Olympic gold medalists for Hungary Swimmers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Hungarian women