Marius Gherman

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Marius Gherman
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Gherman in 2009
Personal information
Full nameMarius Costel Gherman
Country representedFlag of Romania.svg  Romania
Born (1967-07-14) 14 July 1967 (age 54)
Sibiu, Romania [1]
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in) [1]
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es) Dănuț Grecu [2]
Assistant coach(es)Ioan Albu, Stefan Hargalas, Virgil Achim [2]
Former coach(es)Horst Stolz, Adrian Stan [2]

Marius Costel Gherman (born 14 July 1967) is a Romanian artistic gymnast who represented Romania at the 1988 Olympic Games and at the 1992 Olympic Games. [1] His best event was the horizontal bar for which he medaled bronze at the 1988 Olympic Games and silver at the 1993 World Championships. He is also a bronze continental medalist on vault [3] and on horizontal bar. [4]

After retiring from competitions Gherman worked in United Kingdom as a gymnastics coach. [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Marius Gherman. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. Gymn-Forum 1989 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men’s Events Finals
  4. Gymn-Forum 1985 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men’s Events Finals