Career
Žulpa trained at VSS Žalgiris in Vilnius, becoming the Honoured Master of Sports of the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics in 1980. In 1988, Žulpa emigrated to Italy where he started to coach swimming to 11-year-old boys. Later, he became Italian - Russian translator for various companies.
Žulpa currently spends much of his time in his native Lithuania working as a Lithuanian - Italian translator.