Boglárka Kapás (pronounced [ˈboɡlaːrkɒ ˈkɒpaːʃ]; born 22 April 1993)[2] is a Hungarian retired competitive swimmer.[3][4] She is the world champion (2019 Gwangju) in 200 m butterfly and a bronze medallist at the Olympic Games (2016 Rio de Janeiro) in 800 m freestyle.
Career
editKapás 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.[5] She won one more gold medal in 400 m freestyle[6] and a silver medal in 200 m freestyle.[7]
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.[8]
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.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11]
After returning from injury, Kapás won the 800m freestyle event of the 2012 European Aquatics Championships on home soil in Debrecen.[12]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, Kapás came third in the 800m freestyle behind Katie Ledecky 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 she won the gold medal in the 200m butterfly event.[13]
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-finals.[1]
She is going to participate in her 5th consecutive Olympics in Paris in 2024, with the first one being Beijing in 2008.
Personal life
editKapás, who goes by the nickname "Bogi," is married to fellow Hungarian swimmer Ádám Telegdy.[14][15] 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
edit- Hungarian Junior Athlete of the Year – the National Sports Association (NSSZ) awards: 2010
- MOB Junior award (2010)
- Junior Príma award (2010)
- Hungarian swimmer of the Year: 2011
Cross of Merit of Hungary – Bronze Cross (2012)- For Újpest award (2016)
Cross of Merit of Hungary – Golden Cross (2016)- Budapest Pro Urbe award (2016)
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References
edit- ^ Kapás Boglárka. musz.hu
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Boglárka Kapás". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ Byrnes, Liz (14 December 2024). "Budapest 2024, Day 5 Prelims: Boglarka Kapas Ends Decorated Career, Daiya Seto Misses Bid For 7th Straight Title". Swimming World. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Csaba, Futo (14 December 2024). "Egy klasszis búcsúja: Kapás Boglárka leúszta utolsó versenyét" [Farewell to a classic: Boglárka Kapás swam her last race]. 24.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 14 December 2024.
Kapás Boglárka leúszta pályafutása utolsó versenyét. A 31 éves úszó a rövidpályás világbajnokságon 400 vegyesen ugrott medencébe szombaton délelőtt, 4:37.46-os idővel futamában a nyolcadik lett, így nem jutott tovább.
[Boglárka Kapás swam the last race of her career. The 31-year-old swimmer entered the 400 individual medley at the short course world championships on Saturday morning, finishing eighth in her heat with a time of 4:37.46, she did not advance.]{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Kapás Boglárka Olimpiai Bajnok" (in Hungarian). Úszóvilág. 16 August 2010. Archived from the original on 12 October 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Aranyos nap az uszodában" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 20 August 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Kapás Boglárka ezúttal ezüstérmet nyert" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 18 August 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Rövidpályás úszó Eb: Kapás Boglárka ezüstérmes" (in Hungarian). Heti Világgazdaság. 26 November 2010. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Cseh László és Kis Gergő is nyert Barcelonában – ezzel olimpiai kvótát szereztek" (in Hungarian). Hungarian Press Agency. 5 June 2011. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Felgyorsultak a magyar gyorsúszók – Kapás ötödik, Takács hatodik lett a vébén" (in Hungarian). Origo. 30 July 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Kapás Boglárka még siratja a gálát" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ "Pazar: Hosszú, Kapás, Cseh és Gyurta is aranyérmes!" (in Hungarian). Nemzeti Sport. 24 May 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
- ^ Attila Ághassi (25 July 2019). "Kapás Boglárka káprázatos úszással aranyérmes". index.hu (in Hungarian). Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Kapás Boglárka (Tokyo 2020 Athlete Profile)". Retrieved 2 August 2021.
- ^ Keith, Braden (29 August 2022). "3 Hungarian Olympic Swimmers Get Married in Two Weeks (PHOTOS)". SwimSwam. Retrieved 14 December 2024.
External links
edit- Boglárka Kapás at World Aquatics
- Boglárka Kapás at SwimRankings.net
- Boglárka Kapás at the International Swimming League
- Boglárka Kapás at Olympics.com
- Boglárka Kapás at Olympedia
