swimmer
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. 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
The 4th FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, were held on August 26–31, 2013, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simpl ...
in
Dubai
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, United Arab Emirates, Rapšys competed in 4×100 metre mixed medley with
Rūta Meilutytė
Rūta Meilutytė (; born 19 March 1997) is a Lithuanian swimmer. An Olympic gold medalist, she is a world record holder in the short course 50 metre breaststroke and 100 metre breaststroke. She is a former world record holder in the long cour ...
, 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
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2017 Summer Universiade
The 2017 Summer Universiade (), officially known as the XXIX Summer Universiade ( zh, t=第二十九屆夏季世界大學運動會, p=Dì èrshíjiǔ jiè xiàjì shìjiè dàxué yùndònghuì) and commonly called Taipei 2017 ( zh, t=台北2 ...
in
Taipei
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,
Taiwan
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, 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
is a Japanese former competitive swimmer who specialized in the individual medley and 200 m freestyle.
He is a four-time Olympic medalist, most notably winning gold in the 400 m individual medley at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Hagino holds the ...
.2017 Summer Universiade Taipei (TW) - Men's 100m Backstroke - 21 AUG 2017 /ref> Rapšys won gold medal in the 200 metre freestyle finals, with a time of 1:45.75, and broke the national Lithuanian swimming record.2017 World University Games: Day 3 Finals Live Recap /ref>
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 1:56.52.2017 World University Games: Day 6 Finals Live Recap /ref>
Melbourne Sports and Aquatic Centre
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in
Melbourne
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,
Australia
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, 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
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of the
United States
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.
FINA
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Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 16 December 2022."Danas Rapšys Melburne iškovojo bronzą" (in Lithuanian). ''
Lithuanian Swimming Federation
The LTU Aquatics (formerly Lithuanian Swimming Federation, lt, Lietuvos plaukimo federacija, LPF) is the national federation for Aquatics in body of swimming in Lithuania, as well as the other Aquatics sports: diving, artistic swimming and open w ...
''. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 16 December 2022. 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."Danas Rapšys pateko į antrąjį finalą pasaulio čempionate Melburne" (in Lithuanian). ''
Lithuanian National Radio and Television
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''. 18 December 2022. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
FINA
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Omega Timing
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''. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
Personal bests
International championships (50 m)
: Rapšys was disqualified in the final.
: Team Lithuania was disqualified in the preliminaries.