Gintautas Umaras

Gintautas Umaras
Personal information
Born	20 May 1963 (age 60); Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Medal record
Men's cycling
Representing Soviet Union
Olympic Games
World Championship

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 Viatcheslav 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[edit]

1988

Olympic Games

1st

Individual pursuit

1st

Team pursuit

References[edit]

^ "World Championship Track Cycling 2008--1958". Bike Cult Book. 30 March 2008. Archived from the original on 7 July 2011. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gintautas Umaras Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
^ Panorama of the 1986 Sports Year (in Russian). Moscow: Fizkultura i sport. 1987. p. 179.
^ Kelly, Greg (13 August 1984). "A Roundup Of The Weak July 30—Aug 5". Sports Illustrated. ISSN 0038-822X. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012.
^ "Track World Records Historical". Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 21 August 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
^ 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 (13 January 2006). "Čempionas sėkmingai mina verslo pedalus". Verslo žinios (in Lithuanian). 9: 13. ISSN 1392-2807. Archived from the original on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2008.