Marius Urzică

Marius Urzică
Personal information
Country represented	Romania
Born	September 30, 1975 (1975-09-30) (age 36)
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 Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney Pommel horse Silver 1996 Atlanta Pommel horse Silver 2004 Athens Pommel horse Bronze 2004 Athens Team competition World Championships Gold 1994 Brisbane Pommel horse Gold 2001 Ghent Pommel horse Gold 2002 Debrecen Pommel horse Silver 1999 Tianjin Pommel horse Bronze 1995 Sabae Team European Championships Gold 1994 Prague Pommel horse Gold 2000 Bremen Pommel horse Gold 2002 Patras Pommel horse Silver 1999 Debrecen Pommel horse

Marius Daniel Urzică (born September 30, 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.

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

1. ^ ^{a b} Sports Reference Marius Urzicǎ
2. ^ ^{a b c} Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Marius Urzicǎ
3. ^ Gymn-Forum Results 2001 Glasgow Grand Prix Men Final Events
4. ^ ^{a b} Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Code of points Men Artistic Gymnastics 2009-2012 page 69
5. ^ ^{a b} Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Code of points Men Artistic Gymnastics 2009-2012 page 114

External links

• Marius Urzica at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Incomplete list of competitive results at Gymn Forum

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Name	Urzica, Marius
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Date of birth	September 30, 1975
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