Robertas Žulpa
Lithuanian swimmer
Robertas Žulpa (born 20 March 1960, in Vilnius ) is a former 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.[ 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.
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1958: Soviet Union (Barbier , Minashkin , Chenenkov , Polevoy )
1962: East Germany (Dietze , Henninger , Gregor , Wiegand )
1966: Soviet Union (Mazanov , Prokopenko , Kuzmin , Ilyichov )
1970: East Germany (Matthes , Katzur , Poser , Unger )
1974: West Germany (Steinbach , Kusch , Meeuw , Nocke )
1977: West Germany (Steinbach , Mörken , Kraus , Nocke )
1981: Soviet Union (Kuznetsov , Kis , Markovsky , Krasyuk )
1983: Soviet Union (Shemetov , Žulpa , Markovsky , Smiryagin )
1985: West Germany (Lebherz , Beab , Gross , Schowtka )
1987: Soviet Union (Polyansky , Volkov , Petrov , Prigoda )
1989: Soviet Union (Zabolotnov , Volkov , Yaroshchuk , Bashkatov )
1991: Soviet Union (Selkov , Volkov , Kulikov , Popov )
1993: Russia (Selkov , Kirinchuk , Pankratov , Popov )
1995: Russia (Selkov , Korneyev , Pankratov , Popov )
1997: Russia (Selkov , Korneyev , Kulikov , Popov )
1999: Netherlands (Zwering , Wouda , Aartsen , Van den Hoogenband )
2000: Russia (Aminov , Komornikov , Chernyshov , Popov )
2002: Russia (Alechin , Sloudnov , Marchenko , Popov )
2004: Ukraine (Nikolaychuk , Lisohor , Serdinov , Yegoshin )
2006: Russia (Vyatchanin , Sloudnov , Skvortsov , Kapralov )
2008: Russia (Vyatchanin , Falko , Korotyshkin , Grechin )
2010: France (Lacourt , Duboscq , Bousquet , Gilot )
2012: Italy (Di Tora , Scozzoli , Rivolta , Magnini )
2014: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Barrett , Proud )
2016: Great Britain (Walker-Hebborn , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
2018: Great Britain (Pyle , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
2020: Great Britain (Greenbank , Peaty , Guy , Scott )
2022: Italy (Ceccon , Martinenghi , Rivolta , Miressi )
2024: Austria (Reitshammer , Bayer , Bucher , Gigler )
Olympic sports
Overall (1956-2013) Men (since 2014) Women (since 2014) Men's team (2014-2019) Women's team (2014-2019) Team (since 2021)
Paralympic sports
Men (since 2021) Women (since 2021) Team (since 2021)