Robertas Žulpa

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union
Men's Swimming
Olympic Games
Gold 1980 Moscow 200m Breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
Gold 1981 Split 200m Breaststroke
Gold 1983 Rome 100m Breaststroke
Gold 1983 Rome 4x100m Medley
Bronze 1983 Rome 200m Breaststroke

Robertas Žulpa (born March 20, 1960 in Vilnius) is a former Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the USSR.

Žulpa trained at VSS Žalgiris in Vilnius, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the USSR in 1980.[1] He won a gold medal in 200m 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 spents a lot of time these days in his native Lithuania working as a Lithuanian - Italian translator.

[edit] References

  1. ^ (Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia
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Olympic champions in men's 200 m breaststroke

1908: Frederick Holman | 1912: Walter Bathe | 1920: Håkan Malmrot | 1924: Robert Skelton | 1928: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | 1932: Yoshiyuki Tsuruta | 1948: Joseph Verdeur | 1952: John Davies | 1956: Masaru Furukawa | 1960: William Mulliken | 1964: Ian O'Brien | 1968: Felipe Muñoz | 1972: John Hencken | 1976: David Wilkie | 1980: Robertas Žulpa | 1984: Victor Davis | 1988: József Szabó | 1992: Mike Barrowman | 1996: Norbert Rózsa | 2000: Domenico Fioravanti | 2004: Kosuke Kitajima
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