Marian Rizan

Marian Rizan
Rizan in 1988
Personal information
Born29 October 1966 (1966-10-29) (age 57)
Craiova, Romania
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
Medal record
Representing  Romania
European championships
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Moscow Pommel horse
Bronze medal – third place 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

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