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Place of Birth: Kaunas, Kaunas County
About Gintautas Umaras
- 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 Arturas Kasputis.
- During the Soviet time he trained at Dynamo sports society in Klaipeda.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; in 1985, 1986, and 1987 – in men's 4 km individual pursuit; and in 1988 – in men's 4 km team pursuit.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.
- Gintautas and his brother Mindaugas run several sport equipment shops in Vilnius and Klaipeda.
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