Dan Grecu
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Full name | Dănuț Grecu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Romania | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
- 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)
1909 Marco Torrès (FRA) - 1911: Ferdinand Steiner (TCH)
- 1913: Guido Boni (ITA)
1913 Laurent Grech (FRA)
1913 Marco Torrès (FRA)
1913 Giorgio Zampori (ITA) - 1922: Miroslav Karásek (TCH)
1922 Josef Malý (TCH)
1922 Leon Štukelj (YUG)
1922 Peter 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)
1974 Dănuț Grecu (ROM) - 1978: Nikolai Andrianov (URS)
- 1979: Alexander Dityatin (URS)
- 1981: Alexander Dityatin (URS)
- 1983: Dmitry Bilozerchev (URS)
1983 Kōji Gushiken (JPN) - 1985: Yuri Korolyov (URS)
1985 Li 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)
2003 Yordan 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)