Marius Negrea

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Marius Negrea
Personal information
Full nameMarius Cristian Negrea
Country represented Romania
Born (1964-10-27) 27 October 1964 (age 57)
Braşov, Romania
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Retired1997

Marius Cristian Negrea (born 27 October 1964) is a Romanian former competitive figure skater. He represented Romania at the 1992 Winter Olympics and the 1994 Winter Olympics, placing 27th in 1992 (failing to qualify for the free skate) and 19th in 1994. [1] His best result at an ISU Championship was 15th at the 1992 European Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Negrea is the 1995 Swiss national champion but did not compete for Switzerland internationally.

Following his competitive retirement, Negrea began working as a coach. His current and former students include Gheorghe Chiper, [2] Adrian Matei, [3] Roxana Luca [4] [5] and Julia Sauter. [6] In 2018, he worked as a Winter Olympics commentator for Romanian Television. [7]

Competitive highlights

International [8]
Event91–9292–9393–9494–9595–9696–97
Winter Olympics 27th19th
World Champ. 27th
European Champ. 15th25th
Int. de Paris 11th
Piruetten 8th
Skate Israel 9th
National [8]
Romanian Champ. 1st
Swiss Champ. 1st

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