Romas Ubartas

Romas Ubartas

File:Romas Ubartas by Augustas Didzgalvis.jpg
Personal information
Nationality	Lithuanian
Born	May 26, 1960 (1960-05-26) (age 64) Panevėžys, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	120 kg (265 lb)
Sport
Country	Soviet Union Lithuania
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Discus throw
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	70.06 m (1988)
Medal record Men's Athletics Representing Soviet Union Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Discus European Championships 1986 Stuttgart Discus Representing Lithuania Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Discus

Romas Ionovich Ubartas (born 26 May 1960 in Panevėžys) is a retired male discus thrower from Lithuania who won a silver medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics for the USSR and a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics for Lithuania. His personal best was 70.06m. He also became European champion, in 1986. When Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union, he trained at Dynamo in Vilnius.

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing Soviet Union
1986	European Championships	Stuttgart, West Germany	1st	Discus	61.66 m
1988	Olympic Games	Seoul, South Korea	2nd	Discus	67.48 m
1990	Goodwill Games	Seattle, United States	1st	Discus	67.14 m
Representing Lithuania
1992	Olympic Games	Barcelona, Spain	1st	Discus	65.12 m
1998	European Championships	Budapest, Hungary	9th	Discus	61.66 m
2001	World Championships	Edmonton, Canada	14th	Discus	61.49 m
2002	Lithuanian Championships	Kaunas, Lithuania	2nd	Discus	52.60 m

See also

• List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

External reference

• Romas Ubartas profile at IAAF
• sports-reference