Dan Grecu
Dănuţ "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]
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Full name | Dănuţ Grecu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Bucharest, Romania[1] | 26 September 1950||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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
- Dan Grecu Archived 2011-05-20 at the Wayback Machine. Sports Reference
- Danut Grecu. Romanian Olympic Committee
- Gymn-Forum Dănuţ Grecu
- Gymn-Forum 1975 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men’s Events Finals
- Gymn-Forum 1973 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men’s Events Finals
- Despre mine. dangrecu.ro
External links
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- Official website (in Romanian)
- Danut Grecu at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Danut Grecu at the International Olympic Committee
- Danut Grecu at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian)
- Dan Grecu at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)