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  IG Online: In Our Spotlight
So far in 2001, Urzica has remained dominant on pommels, winning the event at the French Telecom, Cottbus Cup, and the Romanian International.
Urzica, a native of Bucharest, is married to a former handball player, Georgietta.
Urzica enjoys ice hockey, reading and listening to music.
www.intlgymnast.com /spotlight/urzica.html   (116 words)

  
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Marius Urzica was shown on TVR1 tonight, filling his retry request at ROC.
Urzica replied like "they (RGF staff) were young people when they started, too"-of course, but nobody have started directly as the head of the organization.
Unfortunately, the "crying boy" (Urzica stayed locked in his room at Worlds after loosing the Gold medal, crying the whole day-not the best attitude for a not so young male athlete, nor for a possible leader of RGF) has proved, once more, he is not the right person to be in a leading position.
www.romanian-gymnastics.com /news/2005/dec/marius_urzica_think_more.htm   (251 words)

  
 Cronica Romana - Cotidian National de Informatie si Atitudine - Editia On-Line :: Cui ii este frica de Marius Urzica?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Decizie fireasca, Marius Urzica isi indeplinise cu varf si indesat misiunea in gimnastica romaneasca, cucerise tot ceea ce putea visa un sportiv autentic.
Numai ca Marius Urzica nu impartaseste calculele actualului si fostului presedinte al federatiei cu atat mai mult cu cat personalitatea sa nu e dorita nici in viitor in cnoducerea gimnasticii.
Marius Urzica este contrariat si de faptul ca s-a tot amintit de invitarea sa in Sfatul Inteleptilor, initiativa a noilor consilier de stat pentru probleme de sport, Octavian Belu si Mariana Bitang.
www.cronicaromana.ro /cui-ii-este-frica-de-marius-urzica.html   (1135 words)

  
 A Master Class from Marius Urzica
Following his impressive gold medal at the Glasgow Grand Prix yesterday, the Olympic and 3 times World Champion on Pommel Horse, Marius Urzica from Romania spared a few moments to watch the boy’s World Class Start Squad at their training camp at Bellahouston.
The boys were treated to sound advice from the virtuoso, as well as a demonstration of high level skills performed with apparent ease.
A request slot left everybody in awe as Marius performed, without warm up, any element that was called out, including some seventeen Stocklis on 1 handle and a novel variation of the Russian circle.
www.british-gymnastics.org /cms/publish/printer_383.shtml   (478 words)

  
 BUCHAREST DAILY NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Former gymnast Marius Urzica presented his electoral program for the Romanian Gymnastics Federation (FRG) presidency yesterday.
Urzica was proposed for both the president and the vice-president positions but a recent rule of the federation only allows him to run for one of them.
Urzica said he doesn't want to criticize his counter-candidate but mentioned Stoica is too busy to be able to take care of the federation as a president should.
www.daily-news.ro /article_detail.php?idarticle=20048   (210 words)

  
 BUCHAREST DAILY NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Former gymnastics Olympian Marius Urzica lost the run for the Romanian Gymnastics Federation's (FRG) leading position to Adrian Stoica, the organization's former general secretary.
Still, Urzica will be active in the federation as a member of the Executive Committee.
At the end of the decisive meeting on Friday, Urzica didn't want to comment too much about the result of the elections, saying he respects the voters' decisions.
www.daily-news.ro /print_preview.php?idarticle=20235   (226 words)

  
 Their lucky star
On Saturday, October 30th, Mihaela Rãdulescu, host of Romanian television show "Your lucky star," invited the Romanian women's team on her show, as well as Marius Urzicã, recent Olympic champion on pommel horse.
It was a special day for Andreea and Marius, as both of them celebrated their birthday.
Marius Urzicã received a baby stroller, which should be very useful since his wife Georgeta is due to have a baby sometimes next week.
simonamanar.tripod.com /show.htm   (380 words)

  
 Marius Urzica nu a facut jocurile comuniste de la Federatia Romana de Gimnastica
Marius Urzica a organizat, ieri, la Hotelul "Sport" din Complexul Sportiv "Lia Manoliu", o conferinta de presa in care si-a anuntat mentinerea candidaturii pentru alegerile generale de vineri pentru presedintia Federatiei Romane de Gimnastica.
Pentru a i se valida candidatura, Marius Urzica trebuia sa depuna la Comitetul Olimpic o hartie prin care isi anunta retragerea din activitatea sportiva.
Marius Urzica s-a aratat contrariat de decizia Comitetului Executiv de luni, prin care orice persoana propusa poate candida la o singura functie din structurile FRG.
www.presa-zilei.ro /stire/143/marius-urzica.html   (492 words)

  
 BUCHAREST DAILY NEWS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Top-ranked gymnast Marius Urzica missed the qualifications for the pommel horse finals and parallels in the Melbourne World Championships yesterday.
The pommel horse was the Romanian athlete's favorite event and brought him an Olympic title and three world gold medals.
The FRG official avoided making other comments since he will compete against Urzica for the federation's top position when they return to the country.
www.daily-news.ro /article_detail.php?idarticle=19438   (409 words)

  
 Mama, alinarea lui Marius Urzica | News | VeNoM's WebLog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Cand are putin timp liber la dispozitie, Marius Urzica da o fuga la Bistrita, la baietelul sau, Andrei, si la Targu Mures, unde locuieste mama sportivului, Sabina Urzica.
Intalnirea de marti noaptea, cand Marius a ajuns la Targu Mures, a fost mai trista decat celelalte.
Necajit pentru insuccesele din finalele pe aparate, unde a ratat obtinerea unor medalii, Marius nu a avut prea mult chef de vorba.
www.phprebel.org /weblog/p/ziare/o/news/nid/11450/venom.html   (655 words)

  
 Romanian Register
She, Marius and I took a Senate-supplied car to a small restaurant that was in a back alley.
We talked and it was apparent that she could understand more than 75% percent of what I said but still did not try to speak English.
Then I gave her a smaller, brightly colored pin for Nella and went on to say that no one should be left out so I gave Marius a small pin in the shape of an apple with the US flag in rhinestones.
home.xnet.com /~jkelley/RomRegister.fldr/RomRegister05.html   (1120 words)

  
 Marius Urzica, argint la cal cu manere, la doar 13 sutimi de titlu
Marius Urzica a castigat medalia de argint in finala probei de cal cu manere, cu nota 9,762, in cadrul CE de gimnastica de la Debrecen, dar a fost la doar 13 sutimi de medalia de aur, care a intrat in posesia reprezentantului
Urzica dorea sa recastige titlul european, pierdut in 2004, la Ljubljana, in favoarea coechipierului sau Ioan Suciu, care a ratat finala.
Atunci, Urzica s-a clasat al doilea, dupa un chinez care a fost preferat de arbitri ca invingator, iar la Debrecen, reprezentantul gazdelor a avut castig de cauza.
sport.rol.ro /stiri/2005/06/194466.htm   (368 words)

  
 murzicaBIO   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Marius Urzica was born in Toplita on September 30, 1975.
year for Marius, as he didn't finish in the medals at this Worlds.
As for Marius' personal life, he's married and his wife's name
www.geocities.com /papisgirl_2000/murzicaBIO.html   (230 words)

  
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After the last evening Olympic Delegation Reception at Government, Marius Urzica went back to Danube Delta, where he went for fishing trip after Olympics.He already have caught five catfish (between 2,5 to 14 kilos) and two big carps (12 and 17 kilos) before leaving the camp to attend the reception.
Marius will go this weekend to the Black Sea resorts, and will return to training in Bucharest on September 8.
At a last week reception at the Olympic "Romanian House" in Athens, Tiriac said to Marius Urzica that he deserve such a medal (for his pommel horse evolution) and their (Romanian) feeling are that Urzica was deprived by judges of winning one.
www.romanian-gymnastics.com /news/2004/sept/index_september.htm   (1477 words)

  
 ABC News: Japan Leads the Way in Men's Gymnastics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
The two biggest upsets of the individual event qualifiers were the elimination of the top-ranked gymnast on pommel horse, Marius Urzica of Romania, and Olympic champion Igor Cassina of Italy on the high bar.
Urzica, a three-time world champion and 2000 Olympic gold medalist on pommel horse, finished his signature event 23rd after faulting near the end of his routine and scoring just 9.025.
The 30-year-old gymnast, who has said this will be his last international competition, was visibly upset as he left the podium.
abcnews.go.com /Sports/wireStory?id=1337471&page=2   (369 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports > Olympics -- Teng wins pommel horse, ends Urzica's hope of repeating gold
ATHENS, Greece – Teng Haibin of China won the gold medal on pommel horse Sunday night, upsetting three-time world champion Marius Urzica of Romania.
Urzica, the gold medalist on pommel horse at the Sydney Olympics, won silver with 9.825 points.
He was fifth on floor earlier in the night.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/olympics/gym/20040822-1145-oly-pommelhorsegym.html   (124 words)

  
 LEON-Magazin, Portrait Marius Urzica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Marius, keiner wäre überrascht gewesen, wenn Sie nach Ihrem Olympiatriumph vom Spitzensport zurückgetreten wären.
Mir ist die Umstellung auf den neuen Code de Pointage recht leichtgefallen.
Was die Schwierigkeiten betrifft, habe ich mich vor Sydney zur Sicherheit auf einen theoretischen Ausgangswert von 10,1 festgelegt.
www.leon-magazin.de /02_2001/urzica/inhalt.htm   (195 words)

  
 Cetate World Gymnastics - Defending Olympic Champions Fall to New Talent
Defending champions Elena Zamolodchikova (vault), Svetlana Khorkina (uneven bars), Marius Urzica (pommel horse), and 1996 Olympic Champion on rings Yuri Chechi relinquished their titles on their respective events.
Since all seven finalists remained clean, the difference came with the levels of difficulty, and for that, the judges used their knowledge and judging experience, because all athletes posted scores out of 10.
Urzica stated, “I don’t think the judges favored anyone.” He continued, “A competition is a competition.
cetate.com /Gymnastics/Article.asp?id=297   (1123 words)

  
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During a Romanian national television program aired last evening, Ion Tiriac, the President of Romanian Olympic Committee, have revealed that a pure gold medal (Olympics-2004 alike, but pure, real-Gold made), was ordered by him and will be ready next 10 days.
At a last week reception at the Olympic "Romanian House" in Athens, Tiriac said to Marius Urzica that he deserve such a medal (for his pommel horse evolution) and their (Romanian) feeling are that Urzica was deprived by judges of having one.
As a compensation, the Romanian Olympic Committee may give him such a medal, as a special recognition for his achievement.
www.romanian-gymnastics.com /news/2004/august/pure_gold_medal.htm   (212 words)

  
 Worlds 2005
Legendary Marius Urzica of Romania will bid his passionate farewell to the gymnastics arena during the 38th World Championships which begins on Tuesday.
He is among the most successful pommel horse gymnasts in world championships history with three gold medals, equal to the performance of South Koreas’s Pae Gil-Su, Hungarian Zoltan Magyar and Miroslav Cerar from the former Yugoslavia.
In rotation 3 - Marius Urzica (ROM) and Xiao Qin (CHN)- on Pommel Horse.
www.gymnasticsonline.co.uk /html/worlds_2005_.html   (8377 words)

  
 USA Gymnastics Online: 1998 Visa American Cup
Charkov competed for the Russian men's team in the 1996 Olympics, earning a team gold medal.
A veteran Romanian team member, Urzica was unable to compete due to a torn biceps, suffered on rings.
Roethlisberger, who won the 1995 and 1996 American Cup titles, suffered errors on some of his new skills, leading to a 10th place overall finish, leaving him out of Saturday's finals.
www.usa-gymnastics.org /events/1998/american-cup/picture2.html   (212 words)

  
 Inside Gymnastics Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
American Ashley Postell was sixth (9.231) with a laidout Pod and a Yurchenko 1 1/2 that she stumbled out of.
"The "Pommel King," as he's known reigned supreme with Romania's Marius Urzica earning gold with a well deserved 9.787.
Urzica won his first World title in 1994 and has since added three more (00,01,02).
insidegymnastics.com /events/worldchamps02/news/show.asp?show=wcnews9   (958 words)

  
 Marius Urzica ramine pe cai mari   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Desi dupa sedinta Comitetului Executiv al Federatiei Romane de Gimnastica parea sa bata in retragere, Marius Urzica nu a renuntat la candidatura sa pentru functia de presedinte al acestui for.
Dinsul este membru in forul international si are multe probleme de rezolvat la acest nivel", a afirmat Urzica.
In cazul in care nu va fi ales, campionul olimpic la cal cu minere este decis sa se indrepte spre antrenorat.
www.presaonline.com /stiri/Marius-Urzica-ramine-17883.html   (237 words)

  
 Untitled Document
Daniel Marius Urzica of Romania got the crowd going with his fast moving flairs and impressive form.
Haibin Teng of China, a three-time World Champion on pommel horse, was the final performer and nailed his routine for a score of 9.837.
Urzica finished strong for Romania, performing a layout full twisting yaeger and a nailed layout double double (9.775).
www.usa-gymnasticsolympics.com /2004/news/archive.html   (11266 words)

  
 Nine O'Clock
Various personalities including the Speaker of the House of Deputies, Bogdan Olteanu, attended, on Friday night, the gymnastics show ‘Romanian Golden Team’, organised at the initiative of former Olympic, world and European champion Marius Urzica.
The protagonists of the show, that lasted approximately 70 minutes, were Marius Urzica, Sabina Cojocar, Silvia Stroescu, Oana Ban, Alxandra Eremia, Floarea Leonida, Andreea Isarescu and Corina Ungureanu.
Marius Urzica, the initiator of the show, stated that he had chosen the name of ‘Romanian Golden Team’ ‘because the event was going to bring together acclaimed champions of Romania who came back with medals from Olympic Games, European and world championships’.
www.nineoclock.ro /index.php?page=detalii&categorie=sports&id=20060813-15687   (488 words)

  
 Romania's Marius Urzica flies through his routine on the pommel horse
Romania's Marius Urzica flies through his routine on the pommel horse - Sydney 2000 Olympics - Gymnastics - Men's Team event - EMPICS Sports Photo Library
Romania's Marius Urzica flies through his routine on the pommel horse
Romania's Marius Urzica flies through his routine on the pommel horse is just one of over 400,000 photographs available online from the EMPICS Sports Photo Library
photos.empics.com /g76/p85/379249.htm   (153 words)

  
 IOC10
With clenched teeth she competed at the World Championships, winning a gold medal with the team.
Stroescu: "In December, when 'Gazeta Sporturilor' reported that Marius Urzica and Sabina Cojocar were leaving for Germany to be examined, I phoned Mariana Bitang and asked why Silvia couldn't go to Germany too, because she had the same medical problems as Marius.
She phoned the Federation and that's how Silvia went to Germany." It would have been a more normal procedure if the Federation would have realized this by themselves and not after Silvia's parents asked the question.
www.worldgymrank.com /IOC10.html   (1061 words)

  
 WireImage: Listings
Marius Daniel Urzica of Romania (silver), Haibin Teng of China (gold) and Takehiro Kashima of...
Marius Daniel Urzica of Romania performs his routine on the Men's Pommel Horse during the...
Paul Hamm of the United States performs his routine on the Men's Pommel Horse during the...
www.wireimage.com /GalleryListing.asp?navtyp=gls=2=23=444=73331&nbc1=1   (596 words)

  
 EsMas | Sydney 2000
El aparato que para muchos gimnastas es el más difícil, el caballo con arzonez, fue dominado por el rumano Maruis Urzica.
El rumano Marius Urzica ganó la medalla de oro en la final de caballo con arzones varonil, con lo cual desquitó la derrota sufrida en Atlanta 1996, cuando tuvo que conformarse con la plata.
Urzica consiguó en esta ocasión el campeonato que se le escapó hace cuatro años ante el suizo de origen chino Donghua Li, al conseguir calificación de 9.862 en su rutina.
www.esmas.com /sydney/notas/0/nota_0_1750.html   (155 words)

  
 Inside Gymnastics Magazine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-04)
Defending Olympic Champ Marius Urzica (pictured right) capped off a near-perfect team performance on horse with a stellar set that earned a 9.812.
Urzica was also impressive on p-bars with an intricate one-bar handstand, Healy, Makuts combo (9.7).
On vault, Romania dazzled with a flurry of 9.9 and 10.0 Start Value efforts.
www.insidegymnastics.com /events/04olympics/updates/show.asp?show=qm1   (827 words)

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