Robertas Žulpa (born 20 March 1960, in Vilnius) is a former Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union during his professional career.
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Born | Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | 20 March 1960|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 currently spends much of his time in his native Lithuania working as a Lithuanian–Italian translator.
References edit
- ^ (in Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
External links edit
- YouTube heat 200 m Breaststroke Olympic Games -80
- Robertas Žulpa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)