Gintautas Umaras

{{Short description|Lithuanian cyclist (born 1963)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2016}} {{Infobox cyclist | name = Gintautas Umaras | image = | caption = | fullname = | nickname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|5|20|df=yes}} | birth_place = Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | currentteam = | discipline = | role = | ridertype = | amateuryears1 = | amateurteam1 = | proyears1 = | proteam1 = | majorwins = | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's cycling }} {{MedalCountry | {{URS}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | Individual Pursuit }} {{MedalGold | 1988 Seoul | Team Pursuit }} {{MedalCompetition | World Championship<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bikecult.com/bikecultbook/sports_trackWorlds2.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707235444/http://www.bikecult.com/bikecultbook/sports_trackWorlds2.html |archive-date=7 July 2011 |title=World Championship Track Cycling 2008--1958 |date=30 March 2008 |publisher=Bike Cult Book |access-date=2008-08-21 |url-status=dead |df=dmy }}</ref> }} {{MedalGold | 1987 Vienna | 4 km Indiv. Pursuit }} {{MedalGold | 1987 Vienna | 4 km Team Pursuit }} {{MedalSilver | 1986 Colorado Springs | 4 km Indiv. Pursuit }} {{MedalSilver | 1985 Bassano del Grappa | 4 km Indiv. Pursuit }} show-medals = yes | updated = }}

'''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.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/um/gintautas-umaras-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417235840/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/um/gintautas-umaras-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Gintautas Umaras Olympic Results |access-date=8 July 2016}}</ref> During the Soviet time he trained at Dynamo sports society in Klaipėda.<ref>{{cite book |title=Panorama of the 1986 Sports Year |year=1987 |pages=179 |publisher=Fizkultura i sport |location=Moscow |language=ru}}</ref>

For most of his career, he competed for the Soviet Union. 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;<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Greg |last=Kelly |title=A Roundup Of The Weak July 30—Aug 5 |date=August 13, 1984 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |url=http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122421/index.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20121203042100/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122421/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 3, 2012 |issn=0038-822X }}</ref> in 1985, 1986, and 1987 – in men's 4 km individual pursuit; and in 1988 – in men's 4 km team pursuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldsite.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=W&level1=2&level2=12&idnews=3454 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110821120537/http://oldsite.uci.ch/modello.asp?1stlevelid=W&level1=2&level2=12&idnews=3454 |archive-date=21 August 2011 |title=Track World Records Historical |publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale |access-date=2008-08-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/mg/nr/98/10/10kaip.html |title=Kaip visa tai iš tikrųjų buvo? |first=Aleksandras |last=Krukauskas |journal=Mokslas Ir Gyvenimas |year=1998 |volume=10 |issue=490 |issn=0134-3084 |language=lt |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324015734/http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/mg/nr/98/10/10kaip.html |archive-date=24 March 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref> Gintautas and his brother Mindaugas run several sport equipment shops in Vilnius and Klaipėda.<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://archyvas.vz.lt/news.php?id=177810&strid=1002&rs=0&ss=1&y=2006%2001%2013 |title=Čempionas sėkmingai mina verslo pedalus |first=Arūnas |last=Milašius |date=2006-01-13 |volume=9 |journal=Verslo žinios |pages=13 |issn=1392-2807 |language=lt |access-date=22 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722154917/http://archyvas.vz.lt/news.php?id=177810&strid=1002&rs=0&ss=1&y=2006%2001%2013 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Major results== ;1988 : Olympic Games ::1st 15px Individual pursuit ::1st 15px Team pursuit

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Footer Olympic Champions Track Individual Pursuit Men}} {{Footer Olympic Champions Track Team Pursuit Men}} {{Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year}} {{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Umaras, Gintautas}} Category:1963 births Category:Living people Category:Lithuanian male cyclists Category:Soviet male cyclists Category:Lithuanian track cyclists Category:Cyclists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic gold medalists for the Soviet Union Category:Dynamo Sports Club sportspeople Category:Olympic cyclists for the Soviet Union Category:Sportspeople from Kaunas Category:Olympic medalists in cycling Category:Lithuanian Sportsperson of the Year winners Category:Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Category:Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR