Dan Grecu
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Full name | Dănuț Grecu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1950-09-26) 26 September 1950 (age 73) Bucharest, Romania[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | CS Dinamo București[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Octav Ungureanu Mircea Badulescu[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1980 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dănuț "Dan" Grecu (born 26 September 1950) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who specialized in rings. In 1974 he became Romania’s first world champion in artistic gymnastics and was named Romanian Athlete of the Year.[2][3] Grecu competed at the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1976;[1] he had to withdraw from the 1980 Olympics due to a muscle tear sustained on the rings.[2] In addition to his 1974 gold medal he won two world and two European medals on the rings.[4][5] He retired due to injuries to his shoulder and biceps sustained in training while preparing to the 1980 Olympics.[6]
Grecu was one of five siblings of a border guard officer. At the age of 12 he took up gymnastics because he loved climbing anything hanging around, like ropes and tree branches.[6] After retiring from competitions Grecu had a long career as gymnastics coach with the national team.[2] Grecu is married to a fellow gymnastics coach Elena Grecu. They have two children: daughter Simona and son Bogdan.[6]
References
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dan Grecu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 20 May 2011.
- ^ a b c d e Danut Grecu. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ Gymn-Forum Dănuț Grecu
- ^ Gymn-Forum 1975 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men’s Events Finals
- ^ Gymn-Forum 1973 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men’s Events Finals
- ^ a b c Despre mine. dangrecu.ro
External links
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- Official website (in Romanian)
- Danut Grecu at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Danut Grecu at Olympics.com
- Danut Grecu at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)
- Dan Grecu at Olympedia
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- 1903:
Joseph Martinez (FRA)
- 1905:
Not awarded
- 1907:
Not awarded
- 1909:
Guido Romano (ITA)
1909Marco Torrès (FRA)
- 1911:
Ferdinand Steiner (TCH)
- 1913:
Guido Boni (ITA)
1913Laurent Grech (FRA)
1913Marco Torrès (FRA)
1913Giorgio Zampori (ITA)
- 1922:
Miroslav Karásek (TCH)
1922Josef Malý (TCH)
1922Leon Štukelj (YUG)
1922Peter Šumi (YUG)
- 1926:
Leon Štukelj (YUG)
- 1930:
Emanuel Löffler (TCH)
- 1931:
Alois Hudec (TCH)
- 1934:
Alois Hudec (TCH)
- 1938:
Alois Hudec (TCH)
- 1950:
Walter Lehmann (SUI)
- 1954:
Albert Azaryan (URS)
- 1958:
Albert Azaryan (URS)
- 1962:
Yuri Titov (URS)
- 1966:
Mikhail Voronin (URS)
- 1970:
Akinori Nakayama (JPN)
- 1974:
Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
1974Dănuț Grecu (ROM)
- 1978:
Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1979:
Alexander Dityatin (URS)
- 1981:
Alexander Dityatin (URS)
- 1983:
Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
1983Kōji Gushiken (JPN)
- 1985:
Yuri Korolyov (URS)
1985Li Ning (CHN)
- 1987:
Yuri Korolyov (URS)
- 1989:
Andreas Aguilar (GDR)
- 1991:
Hrihoriy Misyutin (URS)
- 1992:
Vitaly Scherbo (CIS)
- 1993:
Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 1994:
Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 1995:
Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 1996:
Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 1997:
Jury Chechi (ITA)
- 1999:
Dong Zhen (CHN)
- 2001:
Yordan Yovchev (BGR)
- 2002:
Szilveszter Csollány (HUN)
- 2003:
Dimosthenis Tampakos (GRE)
2003Yordan Yovchev (BGR)
- 2005:
Yuri van Gelder (NED)
- 2006:
Chen Yibing (CHN)
- 2007:
Chen Yibing (CHN)
- 2009:
Yan Mingyong (CHN)
- 2010:
Chen Yibing (CHN)
- 2011:
Chen Yibing (CHN)
- 2013:
Arthur Zanetti (BRA)
- 2014:
Liu Yang (CHN)
- 2015:
Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2017:
Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2018:
Eleftherios Petrounias (GRE)
- 2019:
İbrahim Çolak (TUR)
- 2021:
Lan Xingyu (CHN)
- 2022:
Adem Asil (TUR)
- 2023:
Liu Yang (CHN)