Robertas Žulpa
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Robertas Žulpa (20 March 1960 – 30 August 2024) was a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union during his professional career.
Žulpa trained at VSS Žalgiris in Vilnius, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1980.[1] He won a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:15.85 at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
In 1988, Žulpa emigrated to Italy where he started to coach swimming to 11-year-old boys. Later, he became Italian–Russian translator for various companies. Žulpa spent much of his time in his native Lithuania working as a Lithuanian–Italian translator.
Žulpa died on 30 August 2024, at the age of 64.[2]
References
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External links
- YouTube heat 200 m Breaststroke Olympic Games -80
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- 1960 births
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- Lithuanian male breaststroke swimmers
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- Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union
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- Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Swimmers from Vilnius
- Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union
- Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade