Marius Urzică

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Olympic medal record
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
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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