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| Born | 20 March 1960 Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 30 August 2024 (aged 64) Vilnius, Lithuania[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2] 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.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "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
[edit]- 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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