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Robertas Žulpa

1960 - 2024

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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. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Robertas Žulpa is the 1,992nd most popular athlete (up from 2,538th in 2024), the 200th most popular biography from Lithuania (up from 219th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Lithuanian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Robertas Žulpa ranks 1,992 out of 6,025Before him are George Cloutier, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Nancy Mackay, Birger Cederin, Giuseppe Tosi, and Shunkichi Hamada. After him are James Wilson, Mayumi Aoki, Reinhard Eiben, Liu Xiang, Aileen Meagher, and Mac Wilkins.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1960, Robertas Žulpa ranks 442Before him are Anne Dorval, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Maurane, Günter Hermann, Vyacheslav Bykov, and Steve Bruce. After him are Avram Glazer, Anett Pötzsch, Guido Bontempi, Bill Prady, Komi Sélom Klassou, and Dušan Pašek. Among people deceased in 2024, Robertas Žulpa ranks 457Before him are Jim Inhofe, Charles Dierkop, Maatia Toafa, Peter Lundgren, Jan Furtok, and Albert Heath. After him are Lev Rubinstein, Igor Kirillov, Stephen Laybutt, Abbas Nilforoushan, Emi Shinohara, and Kagney Linn Karter.

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In Lithuania

Among people born in Lithuania, Robertas Žulpa ranks 200 out of 328Before him are Violeta Urmana (1961), Edgaras Jankauskas (1975), Kazimiera Iłłakowiczówna (1892), Sigitas Geda (1943), Artūras Kasputis (1967), and Vilija Blinkevičiūtė (1960). After him are Linas Antanas Linkevičius (1961), Sergejus Jovaiša (1954), Ramūnas Šiškauskas (1978), Angelė Rupšienė (1952), Žydrūnas Savickas (1975), and Nijolė Sabaitė (1950).

Among ATHLETES In Lithuania

Among athletes born in Lithuania, Robertas Žulpa ranks 8Before him are Władysław Kozakiewicz (1953), Władysław Komar (1940), Hans-Georg Reimann (1941), Remigijus Valiulis (1958), Romas Ubartas (1960), and Kęstutis Šapka (1949). After him are Žydrūnas Savickas (1975), Nijolė Sabaitė (1950), Darius Kasparaitis (1972), Lina Kačiušytė (1963), Laura Asadauskaitė (1984), and Galina Murašova (1955).