Robertas Žulpa
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Gold | 1980 Moscow | Men's 200m Breaststroke |
Robertas Žulpa (born March 20, 1960) is a former Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union, winner of 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 as a Lithuanian - Italian translator.
He is married to an Italian lady and has two teenage daughters, who carry Camporesi-Zulpa last name and became champions of the Lombardy region and are training at the Sachi club in Milano.