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Ilie Daniel Popescu

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Daniel Popescu
Full nameIlie Daniel Popescu
Country represented Romania
Born (1983-06-01) 1 June 1983 (age 41)
Reşiţa, Romania
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)Danuţ Grecu
Assistant coach(es)Stefan Gal
Medal record
Summer Olympics
Bronze medal – third place Athens 2004 Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place Stuttgart 2007 Vault
European Championships
Silver medal – second place Volos 2006 Team
Bronze medal – third place Lausanne 2008 Team
Bronze medal – third place Lausanne 2008 Vault

Ilie Daniel Popescu (born 1 June 1983 in Reşiţa) is a Romanian-born former artistic gymnast.[1] He is an Olympic Team bronze medallist (2004), a world silver medalist (2007/ vault) and a European bronze medalist (2008/ Pommel Horse). He changed his nationality to German. He coaches several teams of the German gymnastics club TV Schwäbisch Gmünd Wetzgau, for which he also starts in the German Gymnastics League.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Daniel Popescu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Popescu bleibt Turner-Trainer in Schwäbisch Gmünd". GYMmedia.de (in German). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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