Boglárka Kapás

Boglárka Kapás, born on 22 April 1993, is a Hungarian retired competitive swimmer. She is the 2019 world champion in the 200 metre butterfly, won at the World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, and a bronze medallist in the 800 metre freestyle at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, where she also set a national record. Early in her career she won Hungary's first ever gold medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics in the 200 metre butterfly, and in 2012 she won the 800 metre freestyle at the European Aquatics Championships in Debrecen. She took part in five consecutive Olympics, from Beijing in 2008 to Paris in 2024. In the International Swimming League she swam for London Roar in 2019 and for the NY Breakers in 2020. She received the Cross of Merit of Hungary in bronze in 2012 and in gold in 2016.