Ioan Silviu Suciu

Ioan Silviu Suciu (born 24 November 1977 in Sibiu) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast. His best event was the pommel horse. One of his closest rivals was his teammate and pommel horse Olympic champion Marius Urzică, who was defeated by Suciu in Ljubljana, 2004, when the latter won the title while Urzică took 8th place. Suciu is an Olympic bronze medalist with the team, a silver world medalist on pommel horse and a six-time European medalist (pommel horse, vault and team). Suciu was one of the key team members of the Romanian gymnastics team for several years contributing to the 2004 Olympic team bronze medal and three continental team medals (two gold and one silver). He also placed fourth all around at the 2004 Olympic Games.[1]

Ioan Suciu
Full nameIoan Silviu Suciu
Country represented Romania
Born (1977-11-24) 24 November 1977
Sibiu, Romania
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2004 AthensTeam competition
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2005 MelbournePommel Horse
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2000 BremenVault
Gold medal – first place2002 PatrasTeam
Gold medal – first place2004 LjubljanaPommel Horse
Gold medal – first place2004 LjubljanaTeam
Silver medal – second place2000 BremenTeam
Silver medal – second place2002 PatrasPommel Horse

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