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| Born | (1960-03-20)20 March 1960 Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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. 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.
References
- "Robertas Žulpa". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). 11 July 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
- (in Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
- "Mirė olimpinis čempionas plaukikas Robertas Žulpa". lrt.lt (in Lithuanian). 31 August 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
External links
- YouTube heat 200 m Breaststroke Olympic Games -80
- Robertas Žulpa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Robertas Žulpa at World Aquatics
- Robertas Žulpa at Olympics.com
- Robertas Žulpa at Olympedia
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