Romas Ubartas
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| Silver | 1988 Seoul | Discus | |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | Discus | |
Romas Ubartas (born May 26, 1960 in Panevėžys) is a former discus thrower from Lithuania who won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR and a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Lithuania. His personal best was 70.06m. He also became European champion, in 1986. In the Soviet time he trained at Dynamo in Vilnius.
[edit] External reference
- IAAF profile for Romas Ubartas
| Olympic champions in men's discus throw |
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| 1896: Robert Garrett | 1900: Rudolf Bauer | 1904: Martin Sheridan | 1906: Martin Sheridan | 1908: Martin Sheridan | 1912: Armas Taipale | 1920: Elmer Niklander | 1924: Clarence Houser | 1928: Clarence Houser | 1932: John Anderson | 1936: Ken Carpenter | 1948: Adolfo Consolini | 1952: Sim Iness | 1956: Al Oerter | 1960: Al Oerter | 1964: Al Oerter | 1968 Al Oerter | 1972: Ludvík Daněk | 1976: Mac Wilkins | 1980: Viktor Rashchupkin | 1984: Rolf Danneberg | 1988: Jürgen Schult | 1992: Romas Ubartas | 1996: Lars Riedel | 2000: Virgilijus Alekna | 2004: Virgilijus Alekna |
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