Marius Urzică

Marius Urzică
Personal information
Born (1975-09-30) 30 September 1975
Toplița, Harghita County, Romania
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 Romania
ClubC.S. Dinamo Bucharest
Head coach(es)József Ferencz
Assistant coach(es)Dan Grecu
Eponymous skillsUrzică (pommel horse), Urzică (parallel bars)
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 2 1
World Championships 3 1 1
European Championships 5 2 0
Summer Universiade 0 1 0
Total 9 6 2
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
2000 SydneyPommel Horse
1996 AtlantaPommel Horse
2004 AthensPommel Horse
2004 AthensTeam
World Championships
1994 BrisbanePommel horse
2001 GhentPommel horse
2002 DebrecenPommel horse
1999 TianjinPommel horse
1995 SabaeTeam
European Championships
1994 PraguePommel horse
2000 BremenPommel horse
2002 PatrasTeam
2002 PatrasPommel horse
2004 LjublijanaTeam
2000 BremenTeam
2005 DebrecenPommel horse
Universiade
1995 FukuokaPommel horse

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. 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. Two elements in artistic gymnastics, one on pommel horse and one on parallel bars are named after him.

He was the founder of Romanian Golden Team.