Marius Urzică
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Olympic medal record | |||
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Men's Artistic Gymnastics | |||
Gold | Sydney 2000 | Pommel horse | |
Silver | Atlanta 1996 | Pommel horse | |
Silver | Athens 2004 | Pommel horse | |
Bronze | 2004 Athens | Team competition |
Marius Daniel Urzică (born September 30, 1975) is a Romanian gymnast. Urizca is a two time World Champion (2001-2002) and an Olympic gold medal winner. He also has beaten his record – a 9.90 – on the pommel horse when he scored a perfect 10.00. One of Romania's most decorated male gymnasts, his final international competition was the 2005 world championships in Melbourne. He has now retired.
Olympic champions in men's pommel horse |
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1896: Louis Zutter | 1904: Anton Heida | 1924: Josef Wilhelm | 1928: Hermann Hänggi | 1932: István Pelle | 1936: Konrad Frey | 1948: Paavo Aaltonen-Veikko Huhtanen-Heikki Savolainen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Boris Shakhlin | 1960:Boris Shakhlin-Eugen Ekman | 1964: Miroslav Cerar | 1968: Miroslav Cerar | 1972: Viktor Klimenko | 1976: Zoltán Magyar | 1980: Zoltán Magyar | 1984: Li Ning-Peter Glen Vidmar | 1988: Zsolt Borkai-Dmitry Bilozerchev-Lubomir Geraskov | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo-Gil-Su Pae | 1996: Donghua Li | 2000: Marius Daniel Urzică | 2004: Haibin Teng |
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