KAPAS Boglarka

Date of Birth: 22 Apr 1993

Age: 28

Gender: Female

Youth Olympian

Place of birth: DEBRECEN

Birth Country:

Hungary

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Swimming	Women's 200m Butterfly	4
	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay HUN Hungary	7

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Butterfly - Heat 3	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Butterfly Semifinal 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay - Heat 2	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 200m Butterfly Final	Finished
	Tokyo Aquatics Centre	Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	4x200Free
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	4th (4:02.37)	3rd (8:16.37)	6th (7:51.03)
2012	London, GBR	H (4:10.01)	6th (8:23.89)	-
2008	Beijing, CHN	H (4:16.22)	-	-

Youth Olympic Games

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	200Fly	4x100Free W
2010	Singapore, SIN	2nd (2:00.99)	1st (4:10.37)	1st (2:08.72)	7th (3:56.42)

World Championships

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	1500Free	200Fly
2019	Gwangju, KOR	6th (4:05.36)	H (8:50.13)	-	1st (2:06.78)
2017	Budapest, HUN	5th (4:04.77)	5th (8:24.41)	4th (16:06.27)	-
2015	Kazan, RUS	8th (4:08.22)	6th (8:22.93)	3rd (15:47.09)	-
2013	Barcelona, ESP	5th (4:05.90)	4th (8:21.21)	7th (16:06.89)	-
2011	Shanghai, CHN	H (4:09.15)	5th (8:24.79)	-	-

European Championships

Year	Location	400Free	800Free	200Fly	400IndMed	4x200Free
2020	Budapest, HUN	3rd (4:06.90)	-	1st (2:06.50)	H (4:40.03)	2nd (7:56.26)
2018	Glasgow, GBR	H (4:14.23)	5th (8:26.42)	1st (2:07.13)	-	-

Champions Swim Series overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2019

Year	400Free	200Fly	4x100Medley
2020	2 x 2nd	1 x 3rd, 1 x 4th	1 x 2nd
2019	-	1 x 3rd	-

Champions Swim Series - Ten best performances since 2019

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
2	2020	400m Freestyle	Beijing, CHN	4:11.35
2	2020	400m Freestyle	Shenzhen, CHN	4:09.64
2	2020	4 x 100m Medley Relay	Beijing, CHN	3:52.18
3	2020	200m Butterfly	Shenzhen, CHN	2:09.46
3	2019	200m Butterfly	Budapest, HUN	2:07.67
4	2020	200m Butterfly	Beijing, CHN	2:09.91

World Championships Short Course

Year	Location	200Free	400Free	800Free
2018	Hangzhou, CHN	H (1:59.41)	H (DNS)	H (DNS)

Legend
Free - Freestyle, Back - Backstroke, Breast - Breaststroke, Fly - Butterfly, IndMed - Individual Medley, SF - Semifinal, H - Heats, DNS - Did Not Start, M - Men, W - Women, X - Mixed, DSQ - Disqualified, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not swim in final

Bogi (nemzetisport.hu, 20 May 2020)

Occupation:

Psychology - Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, HUN

Partner Adam Telegdy

Languages spoken:

English, Hungarian

Ujpesti TE [Budapest, HUN]

Balazs Virth [club], HUN; Csaba Sos [national], HUN

Sporting relatives:

Her partner Adam Telegdy has represented Hungary in swimming, including at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. He also placed seventh in the 200m backstroke at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (origo.hu, 19 Dec 2016; SportsDeskOnline, 04 Nov 2020)

A thyroid issue affected her during the 2020 National Championships in Kaposvar, Hungary, in December 2020, causing her to withdraw from the event. She was diagnosed with an autoimmune thyroid disease called Hashimoto's thyroiditis earlier that year. (nemzetisport.hu, 09 Dec 2020)

Her training was affected when she suffered from a prolonged virus in 2014. (mob.hu, 25 Nov 2015)

She broke three ribs after stumbling and falling over a beam in 2011. The injury forced her to miss the 2011 European Short Course Championships in Szczecin, Poland. (hungarianambiance.com, 24 Nov 2011)

She began swimming at age five, and took part in her first race at age seven. (mob.hu, 12 Jun 2016; Facebook page, 09 Apr 2015)

A swimming coach noticed her potential when she went for lessons. (Facebook page, 09 Apr 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (infostart.hu, 18 Apr 2021)

Hungarian swimmer Krisztina Egerszegi. (fina-budapest2017.com, 20 Jan 2017)

Philosophy:

"If somebody enjoys what they do, it doesn't matter what others think. If it's done well then there's a point." (infostart.hu, 25 Dec 2019)

In January 2020 she was named among the University Athletes of the Year by the Hungarian University Sports Federation [HUSF]. (fisu.net, 04 Jan 2020)

In 2012 she received the Bronze Hungarian Cross of Merit [civil division]. (sport.hir24.hu, 17 Sep 2012)

General Interest

General
BUTTERFLY FOCUS
She began to focus more on the 200m butterfly from 2018 after she said she was disappointed with her performances in freestyle events at the 2017 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. "I had initially focused on the freestyle for 2018 but realised I was going better in the butterfly. I was enjoying it more and was happier." She won her first world title in the 200m butterfly at the 2019 World Championships in Gwangju, Republic of Korea. (Facebook page, 13 Jan 2020; nemzetisport.hu, 21 Dec 2019; dailynewshungary.com, 25 Jul 2019; yorkdispatch.com, 25 Jul 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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