Gintautas Umaras

Gintautas Umaras

Personal information
Born	20 May 1963 Kaunas, Soviet Union
Medal record Men's Cycling Representing  Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Individual Pursuit 1988 Seoul Team Pursuit World Championship[1] 1987 Vienna 4 km Indiv. Pursuit 1987 Vienna 4 km Team Pursuit 1986 Colorado Springs 4 km Indiv. Pursuit 1985 Bassano de Grappa 4 km Indiv. Pursuit 1985 Bassano de Grappa 4 km Team Pursuit

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 declared 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]

References

1. "World Championship Track Cycling 2008--1958". Bike Cult Book. 30 March 2008. Archived from the original on 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
2. "Gintautas Umaras Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
3. Panorama of the 1986 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1987. p. 179.
4. Kelly, Greg (August 13, 1984). "A Roundup Of The Weak July 30—Aug 5". Sports Illustrated. ISSN 0038-822X.
5. "Track World Records Historical". Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2010-10-09. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
6. Krukauskas, Aleksandras (1998). "Kaip visa tai iš tikrųjų buvo?". Mokslas ir gyvenimas (in Lithuanian). 10 (490). ISSN 0134-3084.
7. Milašius, Arūnas (2006-01-13). "Čempionas sėkmingai mina verslo pedalus". Verslo žinios (in Lithuanian). 9: 13. ISSN 1392-2807.