Robertas Žulpa

Robertas Žulpa

Personal information
Born	20 March 1960
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for the  Soviet Union Olympic Games Gold 1980 Moscow 200 m breaststroke World Championships (LC) Silver 1982 Guayaquil 200 m breaststroke European Championships (LC) Gold 1981 Split 200 m breaststroke Gold 1983 Rome 100 m breaststroke Gold 1983 Rome 4×100 m medley Bronze 1983 Rome 200 m breaststroke Summer Universiade Gold 1983 Edmonton 200 m breaststroke

Robertas Žulpa (born 20 March 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 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 currently spends much of his time in his native Lithuania working as a Lithuanian - Italian translator.

References

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