Robertas Žulpa (20 March 1960 – 30 August 2024) was a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the

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

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in 1980. He won a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke with a time of 2:15.85 at the

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. In 1988, Žulpa emigrated to Italy where he started to coach swimming to 11-year-old boys. Later, he became

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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.

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* * 1960 births 2024 deaths 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 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 {{Lithuania-swimming-bio-stub