Robertas Žulpa

Lithuanian swimmer

Robertas Žulpa

Personal information

Born|  (1960-03-20) 20 March 1960 (age 63)
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing  Soviet Union
Olympic Games
|  1980 Moscow | 200 m breaststroke
World Championships (LC)
|  1982 Guayaquil | 200 m breaststroke
European Championships (LC)
|  1981 Split | 200 m breaststroke
|  1983 Rome | 100 m breaststroke
|  1983 Rome | 4×100 m medley
|  1983 Rome | 200 m breaststroke
Summer Universiade
|  1983 Edmonton | 200 m breaststroke
Friendship Games
| 1984 Moscow | 200 metre breaststroke

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.

## References[edit]

1. ^ (in Russian) Profile in the Olympic Encyclopedia

## External links[edit]

* YouTube heat 200 m Breaststroke Olympic Games -80
* Robertas Žulpa at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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Olympic champions in men's 200 m breaststroke

* 1908:  Frederick Holman (GBR)
* 1912:  Walter Bathe (GER)
* 1920:  Håkan Malmrot (SWE)
* 1924:  Bob Skelton (USA)
* 1928:  Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)
* 1932:  Yoshiyuki Tsuruta (JPN)
* 1936:  Tetsuo Hamuro (JPN)
* 1948:  Joe Verdeur (USA)
* 1952:  John Davies (AUS)
* 1956:  Masaru Furukawa (JPN)
* 1960:  Bill Mulliken (USA)
* 1964:  Ian O'Brien (AUS)
* 1968:  Felipe Muñoz (MEX)
* 1972:  John Hencken (USA)
* 1976:  David Wilkie (GBR)
* 1980:  Robertas Žulpa (URS)
* 1984:  Victor Davis (CAN)
* 1988:  József Szabó (HUN)
* 1992:  Mike Barrowman (USA)
* 1996:  Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
* 2000:  Domenico Fioravanti (ITA)
* 2004:  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
* 2008:  Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)
* 2012:  Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
* 2016:  Dmitriy Balandin (KAZ)
* 2020:  Zac Stubblety-Cook (AUS)

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European Champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke

* 1970: Nikolai Pankin (URS)
* 1974: Nikolai Pankin (URS)
* 1977: Gerald Mörken (FRG)
* 1981: Yuri Kis (URS)
* 1983: Robertas Žulpa (URS)
* 1985: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)
* 1987: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)
* 1989: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)
* 1991: Norbert Rózsa (HUN)
* 1993: Károly Güttler (HUN)
* 1995: Frédérik Deburghgraeve (BEL)
* 1997: Aleksandr Gukov (BLR)
* 1999: Domenico Fioravanti (ITA)
* 2000: Domenico Fioravanti (ITA)
* 2002: Oleh Lisohor (UKR)
* 2004: Oleh Lisohor (UKR)
* 2006: Roman Sloudnov (RUS)
* 2008: Alexander Dale Oen (NOR)
* 2010: Alexander Dale Oen (NOR)
* 2012: Fabio Scozzoli (ITA)
* 2014: Adam Peaty (GBR)
* 2016: Adam Peaty (GBR)
* 2018: Adam Peaty (GBR)
* 2020: Adam Peaty (GBR)
* 2022: Nicolò Martinenghi (ITA)

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European Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* 1926: Erich Rademacher (GER)
* 1927: Erich Rademacher (GER)
* 1931: Toivo Reingoldt (FIN)
* 1934: Erwin Sietas (GER)
* 1938: Jochen Balke (GER)
* 1947: Roy Romain (GBR)
* 1950: Herbert Klein (FRG)
* 1954: Klaus Bodinger (GDR)
* 1958: Leonid Kolesnikov (URS)
* 1962: Georgy Prokopenko (URS)
* 1966: Georgy Prokopenko (URS)
* 1970: Klaus Katzur (GDR)
* 1974: David Wilkie (GBR)
* 1977: Gerald Mörken (FRG)
* 1981: Robertas Žulpa (URS)
* 1983: Adrian Moorhouse (GBR)
* 1985: Dmitry Volkov (URS)
* 1987: József Szabó (HUN)
* 1989: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
* 1991: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
* 1993: Nick Gillingham (GBR)
* 1995: Andrey Korneyev (RUS)
* 1997: Aleksandr Gukov (BLR)
* 1999: Stéphan Perrot (FRA)
* 2000: Dmitry Komornikov (RUS)
* 2002: Davide Rummolo (ITA)
* 2004: Paolo Bossini (ITA)
* 2006: Sławomir Kuczko (POL)
* 2008: Grigory Falko (RUS)
* 2010: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
* 2012: Dániel Gyurta (HUN)
* 2014: Marco Koch (GER)
* 2016: Ross Murdoch (GBR)
* 2018: Anton Chupkov (RUS)
* 2020: Anton Chupkov (RUS)
* 2022: James Wilby (GBR)

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European champions in men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* 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)

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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 200 m Breaststroke

* 1959: Hans-Joachim Tröger (FRG)
* 1961: Yuriy Funikov (URS)
* 1963: Ivan Karetnikov (URS)
* 1965: Osamu Tsurumine (JPN)
* 1967: Ken Merten (USA)
* 1970: Rick Colella (USA)
* 1973: Nikolay Pankin (URS)
* 1977: Graham Smith (CAN)
* 1979: Vladimir Tarasov (URS)
* 1981: Arsens Miskarovs (URS)
* 1983: Robertas Žulpa (URS)
* 1985: John Moffet (USA)
* 1987: Alexandre Yokochi (POR)
* 1991: Gary O'Toole (IRL)
* 1993: Mario González (CUB)
* 1995: Aleksandr Tkachev (RUS)
* 1997: Chikara Nakashita (JPN)
* 1999: Roman Makarov (RUS)
* 2001: Davide Rummolo (ITA)
* 2003: Sergei Gerasimov (RUS)
* 2005: Sławomir Kuczko (POL)
* 2007: Grigory Falko (RUS)
* 2009: Ihor Borysyk (UKR)
* 2011: Giedrius Titenis (LTU) / Glenn Snyders (NZL)
* 2013: Vyacheslav Sinkevich (RUS)
* 2015: Josh Prenot (USA)
* 2017: Andrew Wilson (USA)
* 2019: Kirill Prigoda (RUS)
* 2021: Qin Haiyang (CHN)

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Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year

Olympic sports|

| Overall (1956-2013)|

* Algirdas Šocikas
* 1956
* Jonas Pipynė
* 1957
* Birutė Kalėdienė
* 1958
* Adolfas Varanauskas
* 1959
* 1963
* Antanas Bagdonavičius, Zigmas Jukna
* 1960
* 1961
* Antanas Vaupšas
* 1962
* Ričardas Tamulis
* 1964
* Modestas Paulauskas
* 1965
* 1966
* 1967
* 1969
* 1970
* 1971
* 1972
* Danas Pozniakas
* 1968
* Vladas Česiūnas
* 1973
* 1974
* Česlovas Jazerskis
* 1975
* Angelė Rupšienė
* 1976
* Vilhelmina Bardauskienė
* 1977
* 1978
* Lina Kačiušytė
* 1979
* 1980
* Robertas Žulpa
* 1981
* Vladas Turla
* 1982
* Ana Ambrazienė
* 1983
* Arvydas Sabonis
* 1984
* 1985
* 1986
* 1996
* Šarūnas Marčiulionis
* 1987
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* Gintautas Umaras
* 1988
* Romas Ubartas
* 1992
* Vitalijus Karpačiauskas
* 1993
* Raimundas Mažuolis
* 1994
* Remigijus Lupeikis
* 1995
* Raimondas Šiugždinis
* 1997
* Diana Žiliūtė
* 1998
* Edita Pučinskaitė
* 1999
* Virgilijus Alekna
* 2000
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* Rasa Polikevičiūtė
* 2001
* Raimondas Rumšas
* 2002
* Šarūnas Jasikevičius
* 2003
* Ramūnas Šiškauskas
* 2007
* Edvinas Krungolcas
* 2008
* Simona Krupeckaitė
* 2009
* 2010
* Laura Asadauskaitė
* 2011
* Rūta Meilutytė
* 2012
* 2013

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Men (since 2014)|

* Jevgenij Shuklin
* 2014
* Ramūnas Navardauskas
* 2015
* Aurimas Didžbalis
* 2016
* Andrius Gudžius
* 2017
* 2018
* Danas Rapšys
* 2019
* Mindaugas Griškonis
* 2021
* Mykolas Alekna
* 2022

Women (since 2014)|

* Rūta Meilutytė
* 2014
* 2018
* 2022
* Laura Asadauskaitė-Zadneprovskienė
* 2015
* 2019
* 2021
* Simona Krupeckaitė
* 2016
* Airinė Palšytė
* 2017

Men's team (2014-2019)|

* Ritter/Maščinskas
* 2014
* Men's National Basketball Team
* 2015
* Ritter/Griškonis
* 2016
* Adomavičius/Maščinskas/Džiaugys/Nemeravičius
* 2017
* Adomavičius/Maščinskas/Nemeravičius/Ritter
* 2018
* Beliavičius/Užupis/Vingelis/Pukelis
* 2019

Women's team (2014-2019)|

* Valčiukaitė/Vištartaitė
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* Valčiukaitė/Adomavičiūtė
* 2017
* 2018
* Krupeckaitė/Marozaitė
* 2019

Team (since 2021)|

* Valčiukaitė/Vištartaitė
* 2021
* Maldonis/Olijnikas
* 2022

Paralympic sports|

| Men (since 2021)|

* Edgaras Matakas
* 2021
* 2022

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Women (since 2021)|

* Oksana Dobrovolskaja
* 2021
* Raimeda Bučinskytė
* 2022

Team (since 2021)|

* National Men's Goalball Team
* 2021
* National Wheelchair Basketball Team
* 2022

Authority control databases |

* VIAF

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