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Marius Urzică

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Marius Daniel Urzică (born 30 September 1975 in Toplița, Romania) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marius Urzică is the 207th most popular gymnast (down from 200th in 2019), the 703rd most popular biography from Romania (down from 702nd in 2019) and the 16th most popular Romanian Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Marius Urzică ranks 207 out of 370Before him are Rebeca Andrade, Lu Li, Li Xiaoshuang, Irina Tchachina, Andreas Wecker, and Marcel Nguyen. After him are Hong Un-jong, Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Rustam Sharipov, Li Xiaopeng, Hrihoriy Misyutin, and Igors Vihrovs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Marius Urzică ranks 680Before him are Christophe Maé, Radu Niculescu, Diana Amft, Elias Viljanen, Sonali Bendre, and Mindaugas Žukauskas. After him are Iwona Marcinkiewicz, Sibusiso Zuma, Masaki Ogawa, Jarkko Ruutu, Kim Dong-moon, and Kip Pardue.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Marius Urzică ranks 703 out of 844Before him are Denis Alibec (1991), Paul Codrea (1981), Radu Niculescu (1975), Răzvan Marin (1996), Marian Oprea (1982), and Titus Corlățean (1968). After him are Alina Plugaru (1987), Florin Niță (1987), Antonia Iacobescu (1989), Zita-Eva Funkenhauser (1966), Maria Magdalena Dumitrache (1977), and Adina Pintilie (1980).

Among GYMNASTS In Romania

Among gymnasts born in Romania, Marius Urzică ranks 16Before him are Mihaela Stănuleț (1967), Simona Amânar (1979), Lavinia Agache (1968), Gabriela Potorac (1973), Cristina Bontaș (1973), and Sandra Izbașa (1990). After him are Gina Gogean (1978), Laura Cutina (1968), Marian Drăgulescu (1980), Andreea Răducan (1983), Aurelia Dobre (1972), and Monica Roșu (1987).