Robertas Žulpa (born 20 March 1960, in

Vilnius Vilnius ( , ; see also other names) is the capital and largest city of Lithuania, with a population of 592,389 (according to the state register) or 625,107 (according to the municipality of Vilnius). The population of Vilnius's functional urb ...

) is a former Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

during his professional career. Žulpa trained at VSS ''Žalgiris'' in Vilnius, becoming the

Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR Unified Sports Classification System of the USSR (russian: Единая Всесоюзная спортивная классификация) is a document which provided general Soviet physical education system requirements for both athletes an ...

in 1980.Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
/ref> 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 Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical ...

where he started to coach swimming to 11-year-old boys. Later, he became

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, an ethnic group or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance language *** Regional Ita ...

–

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

translator for various companies. Žulpa currently spends much of his time in his native Lithuania working as a Lithuanian–Italian translator.

References

External links

YouTube heat 200 m Breaststroke Olympic Games -80
* 1960 births Living people Lithuanian male breaststroke swimmers Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for the Soviet Union Soviet male breaststroke swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Sportspeople 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 Universiade medalists in swimming FISU World University Games gold medalists for the Soviet Union Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade {{Lithuania-swimming-bio-stub