Robertas Žulpa | |
Birth Date: | 1960 3, df=y |
Birth Place: | Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR |
Death Place: | Vilnius, Lithuania[1] |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Robertas Žulpa (20 March 1960 – 30 August 2024) was a 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.[2] 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 spent much of his time in his native Lithuania working as a Lithuanian–Italian translator.
Žulpa died on 30 August 2024, at the age of 64.[3]