Mihai Bagiu

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Mihai Bagiu
Full nameMihai Florin Bagiu
Born (1971-04-10) April 10, 1971 (age 54)
Timișoara, Socialist Republic of Romania
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm) [1]
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 United States
(1993–1997)
Gym
  • Gold Cup Gymnastics School
  • SCATS Gymnastics
Head coach(es) Ed Burch
Assistant coach(es)Ron Howard
Retiredc. 1996
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Event1st2nd3rd
Pan American Games 110
Total110
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata Pommel horse

Mihai Florin Bagiu (born April 10, 1971) is an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in six events at the 1996 Summer Olympics. [2]

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Early life and education

Bagiu was born on April 10, 1971, in Timișoara, Socialist Republic of Romania. Bagiu and family moved to Los Angeles in 1979 when he was eight years old. [3] [4] He became a United States citizen in 1989 at 18 years old. [4]

Bagiu began competing in gymnastics in Romania at 5 years old. [4] [1] In Huntington Beach, California, he trained at SCATS Gymnastics and attended Marina High School. [5] [6] He left for Albuquerque, New Mexico, in September 1992 to train at Gold Cup Gymnastics School under Ed Burch, who previously coached Lance Ringnald and Trent Dimas, and his previous club coach from Southern California, Ron Howard. [3] [4] [7] Like others who trained at Gold Cup, Bagiu did not attend college to focus on his gymnastics training. [8]

References

  1. 1 2 Maese, Rick (July 2, 1994). "Road to Olympics starts here". The Albuquerque Tribune . Vol. 72, no. 310. p. B1. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  2. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Mihai Bagiu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Rickerd, Brian (July 21, 1993). "Gymnasts Take Different Paths". Albuquerque Journal . Vol. 113, no. 202. pp. D1, D5. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Garcia, Michael J. (June 26, 1996). "A man grasps at his dream". The Albuquerque Tribune . Vol. 74, no. 296. pp. B1, B4. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Scoreboard Gymnastics". Kalamazoo Gazette . Vol. 158, no. 232. June 7, 1991. p. D5. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  6. ↑ Penner, Mike (July 17, 1996). "U.S. Will Get Good Ride From Bagiu". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  7. ↑ Wright, Rick (February 5, 1993). "Winter Nationals Initial Stop On Road to Atlanta?". Albuquerque Journal . Vol. 113, no. 36. p. C1. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
  8. ↑ Wright, Rick (June 2, 1999). "Axing Gymnastics at UNM Clouds Gold Cup Future". Albuquerque Journal . Vol. 119, no. 153. p. C5. Retrieved June 9, 2025.
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