Gintautas Umaras
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Born | (1963-05-20) 20 May 1963 Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gintautas Umaras (born 20 May 1963) is a retired track and road racing cyclist from Lithuania, who represented the USSR at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he won the gold medal in the men's 4 km individual pursuit and in the men's team pursuit, alongside Vyacheslav Ekimov, Dmitry Nelyubin and Artūras Kasputis.[2] During the Soviet time he trained at Dynamo sports society in Klaipėda.[3]
For most of his career he competed at amateur level. He was a professional road cyclist from 1989 to 1991. Umaras achieved several world records: in 1984 he broke the record in men's 5 km individual pursuit;[4] in 1985, 1986, and 1987 – in men's 4 km individual pursuit; and in 1988 – in men's 4 km team pursuit.[5]
Umaras was among the people who helped to establish the National Olympic Committee of Lithuania when Lithuania regained independence from the Soviet Union. He was appointed as one of its vice presidents.[6] Gintautas and his brother Mindaugas run several sport equipment shops in Vilnius and Klaipėda.[7]
Major results
- 1988
Olympic Games
- 1st Individual pursuit
- 1st Team pursuit
- 1st Individual pursuit
References
^ "World Championship Track Cycling 2008--1958". Bike Cult Book. 30 March 2008. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 2008-08-21..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Gintautas Umaras Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ Panorama of the 1986 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1987. p. 179.
^ Kelly, Greg (August 13, 1984). "A Roundup Of The Weak July 30—Aug 5". Sports Illustrated. ISSN 0038-822X. Archived from the original on December 3, 2012.
^ "Track World Records Historical". Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 10 October 2010. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
^ Krukauskas, Aleksandras (1998). "Kaip visa tai iš tikrųjų buvo?". Mokslas ir gyvenimas (in Lithuanian). 10 (490). ISSN 0134-3084. Archived from the original on 24 March 2007.
^ Milašius, Arūnas (2006-01-13). "Čempionas sėkmingai mina verslo pedalus". Verslo žinios (in Lithuanian). 9: 13. ISSN 1392-2807.
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