Marian Rizan

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Marian Rizan
Marian Rizan 1988.jpg
Rizan in 1988
Personal information
Born (1966-10-29) 29 October 1966 (age 58)
Craiova, Socialist Republic of Romania
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
Flag of Romania.svg Romania
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Moscow Pommel horse
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1987 Moscow Parallel bars

Marian Rizan (born 29 October 1966) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. He competed at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics with the best individual result of 9th place on the pommel horse in 1988. [1] He placed third in this event at the 1987 European and fourth at the 1989 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. [2]

Rizan retired from competitions around 1991 to become a gymnastics coach and trained the Romanian national team from 1994 to 1996. After that he worked as a national coach in Denmark. [3]

References

  1. Marian Rizan. sports-reference.com
  2. Turnen – Europameisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
  3. Marian Rizan. gymnast.dk