Gintautas Umaras (born 20 May 1963) is a retired

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from

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, who represented the

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at the

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. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4 km individual pursuit and in the men's team pursuit, alongside

Viatcheslav Ekimov Viatcheslav Vladimirovich Ekimov ( Russian Вячеслав Владимирович Екимов; born 4 February 1966), nicknamed ''Eki'', is a Russian former professional racing cyclist. A triple Olympic gold medalist, he was awarded the tit ...

, Dmitry Nelyubin and

Artūras Kasputis Artūras Kasputis (born 26 February 1967) 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 4.000 team pursuit, alongsi ...

. During the Soviet time he trained at

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. For most of his career, he competed at amateur level. 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; in 1985, 1986, and 1987 – in men's 4 km individual pursuit; and in 1988 – in men's 4 km team pursuit. Umaras was among the people who helped to establish the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania when Lithuania regained independence from the

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. He was appointed as one of its vice presidents. Gintautas and his brother Mindaugas run several sport equipment shops in

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Major results

;1988 :

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Team pursuit

References

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