Gintautas Umaras
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Gintautas Umaras (born 20 May 1963) is a retired track and road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4 km individual pursuit and in the men's team pursuit, alongside Viatcheslav Ekimov, Dmitry Nelyubin and Artūras Kasputis.[1] During the Soviet time he trained at Dynamo sports society in Klaipėda.[2]
For most of his career, he competed for the Soviet Union. He was a professional road cyclist from 1989 to 1991. Umaras achieved several world records: in 1984 he broke the record in men's 5 km individual pursuit;[3] in 1985, 1986, and 1987 – in men's 4 km individual pursuit; and in 1988 – in men's 4 km team pursuit.[4]
Umaras was among the people who helped to establish the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania when Lithuania regained independence from the Soviet Union. He was appointed as one of its vice presidents.[5] Gintautas and his brother Mindaugas run several sport equipment shops in Vilnius and Klaipėda.[6]
Major results
- 1988
- Olympic Games
References
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- 1963 births
- Living people
- Lithuanian male cyclists
- Soviet male cyclists
- Lithuanian track cyclists
- Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople
- Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union
- Sportspeople from Kaunas
- Olympic medalists in cycling
- Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners
- Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR