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Marius Daniel Urzică (born 30 September 1975 in Topliţa, Romania)[1] is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic games, medaling each time on pommel horse (gold Sydney 2000, silver Atlanta 1996 and silver Athena 2004) and contributed to the team bronze in Athens 2004. His unique technique and style of performance have won him the recognition as one of the greatest masters on this piece of apparatus ever, together with Miroslav Cerar and Zoltán Magyar.[2] Known as "The King of the Pommels" in 2001 he achieved the maximum score of 10.00 on this piece of apparatus at the Glasgow Grand Prix.[2][3] Two elements in artistic gymnastics, one on pommel horse[4] and one on parallel bars[5] are named after him.

Marius Urzică
Personal information
Country represented	Romania
Born	(1975-09-30) 30 September 1975 (age 46) Toplița, Harghita County, Romania
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Club	C.S. Dinamo Bucharest[1]
Head coach(es)	József Ferencz
Assistant coach(es)	Dan Grecu
Eponymous skills	Urzicǎ (pommel horse), Urzicǎ (parallel bars)
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 1 2 1 World Championships 3 1 1 European Championships 5 2 0 Summer Universiade 0 1 0 Total 9 6 2 Representing  Romania Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Pommel Horse 1996 Atlanta Pommel Horse 2004 Athens Pommel Horse 2004 Athens Team World Championships 1994 Brisbane Pommel horse 2001 Ghent Pommel horse 2002 Debrecen Pommel horse 1999 Tianjin Pommel horse 1995 Sabae Team European Championships 1994 Prague Pommel horse 2000 Bremen Pommel horse 2002 Patras Team 2002 Patras Pommel horse 2004 Ljublijana Team 2000 Bremen Team 2005 Debrecen Pommel horse Universiade 1995 Fukuoka Pommel horse

He was the founder of Romanian Golden Team

Skills

Urzicǎ had difficult routines, which he always tried to execute without fault. Among his skills on the pommel horse was a super E element called "the four Russians on one handle"[2] and a move named after him rated C in the Code of points.[4] On parallel bars he was known for his eponymous salto forward to 1/1 turn to upper arm hang rated E.[5]

References

External links

• Marius Daniel URZICA at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Incomplete list of competitive results at Gymn Forum
• Urzica (Parallel bars Animation)

На других языках

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- [en] Marius Urzică

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[fr] Marius Urzică

Marius Daniel Urzică (né le 30 septembre 1975) était un gymnaste roumain. Il a été double champion du monde au cheval d'arçons (2001 et 2002) ainsi que champion olympique à cette même discipline. Il a arrêté la compétition aux championnats du monde de 2005 à Melbourne.

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[it] Marius Urzică

Marius Daniel Urzică (Toplița, 30 settembre 1975) è un ex ginnasta romeno.

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[ru] Урзикэ, Мариус

Мариус Даниэль Урзикэ (рум. Marius Daniel Urzică, родился 30 сентября 1975 в Топлице) — румынский гимнаст, выступавший на коне; чемпион Олимпийских игр-2000 в выступлениях на коне, дважды серебряный (1996 и 2004) и бронзовый (2000) призёр Олимпийских игр; трёхкратный чемпион мира и трёхкратный чемпион Европы. Первый и единственный румынский гимнаст, который выигрывал золотую олимпийскую медаль в истории мужской румынской спортивной гимнастике.

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