Marius Daniel Urzică (born 30 September 1975 in Toplița, 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 Athens 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.
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| Country represented |  Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 September 1975 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 | Urzică (pommel horse), Urzică (parallel bars) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He was the founder of Romanian Golden Team.
Skills
editUrzică 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
edit- ^ a b Sports Reference Marius Urzică
- ^ a b c Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Archived 2009-07-05 at the Wayback Machine Marius Urzică
- ^ Gymn-Forum Results 2001 Glasgow Grand Prix Men Final Events
- ^ a b Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Code of points Men Artistic Gymnastics 2009–2012 page 69
- ^ a b Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine Code of points Men Artistic Gymnastics 2009–2012 page 114