Robertas Žulpa

Robertas Žulpa (20 March 1960 – 30 August 2024) was a Lithuanian swimmer who competed for the Soviet Union during his professional career.

Robertas Žulpa

Personal information
Born	(1960-03-20)20 March 1960 Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, USSR
Died	30 August 2024(2024-08-30) (aged 64) Vilnius, Lithuania[1]
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

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]