RRI Live!

Listen to Radio Romania International Live

Athlete of the week on RRI: Gymnast Marian Dragulescu

Marian Dragulescu is Romanias best gymnast in the new millennium.

Athlete of the week on RRI: Gymnast Marian Dragulescu
Athlete of the week on RRI: Gymnast Marian Dragulescu

, 28.03.2017, 13:13

Marian Dragulescu is Romania’s best gymnast in the new millennium. There is only one Romanian athlete who won better results than Dragulescu. His name is Marius Urzica the only one to have reaped gold in a men’s Olympic contest. Aged 36, Marian Dragulescu does not seize to amaze us as he still is among the world’s elite in the floor and vault events.



At the end of last week, this remarkable Romanian athlete attended the World Cup in Doha, Qatar, where he managed to come third in the floor event and eighth in the vault contest. For doing so well in Qatar, Radio Romania International has designated Dragulescu the Athlete of the Week.



Marian Dragulescu was born on December 18th 1980 in Bucharest. He won his first important result at the European Junior Contest in Saint Petersburg in 1998, when he came first in the pommel horse event. His prize closet, which includes 8 world titles and two European ones, still lacks an Olympic gold, although he came close enough to the first position in the ranking. He walked away with three medals from Athens Olympics — silver in the floor contest and bronze with the team and in the vault event. In the floor contest he got the same mark as Olympic champion Kyle Shewfelt of Canada and lost through a referee decision. However, he missed the second vault after getting the highest mark in the contest. In 2005 and 2009 he was designated the best Romanian athlete of the year.



He withdrew from competitions twice, in 2005 and 2012 but returned every time. His latest performance was at the European championships in Bern last year, when he reaped silver in the floor and vault events. An exercise in the vault event is bearing his name.

Photo: pixabay.com
Sport Thursday, 21 November 2024

Sports Flash

The Romanian national football team was awarded a 3-0 win by default from UEFA in the match against Kosovo. The announcement came on Wednesday after...

Sports Flash
Photo: pixabay.com
Sport Wednesday, 20 November 2024

Radio Romania International Sports club

Matches counting towards the final round as part of this year’s edition of the Champions League in women’s handball were played late last week....

Radio Romania International Sports club
Photo: pixabay.com
Sport Tuesday, 19 November 2024

Athlete of the Week – Footballer Florin Niţă

The Romanian national football team concluded its campaign in Nations League this year with a win. On Monday, in front a 45-thousand-strong crowd on...

Athlete of the Week – Footballer Florin Niţă
Sports Roundup
Sport Monday, 18 November 2024

Sports roundup

Romania’s national rugby team on Saturday grabbed their second consecutive win this fall. In a test-match hosted by the Triumphant Arch stadium in...

Sports roundup
Sport Tuesday, 12 November 2024

Olympic Profiles 2024

At the Olympics in Paris Romania’s rowers claimed the first gold medals after a break of 32 years. The last rowers to step onto the first step of...

Olympic Profiles 2024
Sport Monday, 11 November 2024

2024 Olympic Profiles

  Before the Olympic Games in Paris, David Popovici was the athlete on whom the vast majority of Romanians’ hopes were pinned. And he did not...

2024 Olympic Profiles
Sport Friday, 08 November 2024

Sports weekend

Romanian football team FCSB has succeeded yet another win in UEFA Europa League. On Thursday, holders FCSB grabbed a 2-nil home win against Danish...

Sports weekend
Sport Thursday, 07 November 2024

Sports flash

Attention-grabbing, for starters, are results in men’s basketball. In EuroCup, Group B, U-BT Cluj-Napoca sustained a 80-99 away defat by Turk...

Sports flash

Partners

Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român Muzeul Național al Țăranului Român
Liga Studentilor Romani din Strainatate - LSRS Liga Studentilor Romani din Strainatate - LSRS
Modernism | The Leading Romanian Art Magazine Online Modernism | The Leading Romanian Art Magazine Online
Institului European din România Institului European din România
Institutul Francez din România – Bucureşti Institutul Francez din România – Bucureşti
Muzeul Național de Artă al României Muzeul Național de Artă al României
Le petit Journal Le petit Journal
Radio Prague International Radio Prague International
Muzeul Național de Istorie a României Muzeul Național de Istorie a României
ARCUB ARCUB
Radio Canada International Radio Canada International
Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti” Muzeul Național al Satului „Dimitrie Gusti”
SWI swissinfo.ch SWI swissinfo.ch
UBB Radio ONLINE UBB Radio ONLINE
Strona główna - English Section - polskieradio.pl Strona główna - English Section - polskieradio.pl
creart - Centrul de Creație Artă și Tradiție al Municipiului Bucuresti creart - Centrul de Creație Artă și Tradiție al Municipiului Bucuresti
italradio italradio
Institutul Confucius Institutul Confucius
BUCPRESS - știri din Cernăuți BUCPRESS - știri din Cernăuți

Affiliates

Euranet Plus Euranet Plus
AIB | the trade association for international broadcasters AIB | the trade association for international broadcasters
Digital Radio Mondiale Digital Radio Mondiale
News and current affairs from Germany and around the world News and current affairs from Germany and around the world
Comunità radiotelevisiva italofona Comunità radiotelevisiva italofona

Providers

RADIOCOM RADIOCOM
Zeno Media - The Everything Audio Company Zeno Media - The Everything Audio Company