Marilena Neacșu (born 15 August 1961 in Sibiu, Romania) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast.[1] She won a silver medal with the Romanian team at the 1978 World Championships[2] and was an alternate for the 1976 Summer Olympics.[3]

Marilena Neacșu
Country represented Romania
Born (1961-08-15) 15 August 1961 (age 63)
Sibiu
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es)Béla Károlyi
Assistant coach(es)Marta Károlyi
Former coach(es)Nicolae Buzoianu, Cristl Voiciulescu
ChoreographerGeza Pozar
Medal record
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 1978 Strasbourg Team

Neacșu appeared in the 1990 Romanian/Canadian movie Campioana ("Reach for the Sky", or "La championne" in French).[4] While shooting for the movie, she met her future husband, who was part of the crew. She then moved with him to Montreal, where they married and had three children.

Neacșu currently works at the "Club de gymnastique artistique Gadbois" in Montreal as a gymnastics coach. Her stepfather is Canadian film producer Rock Demers.

References

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  1. ^ Gymn Forum Bios Marilena Neacşu
  2. ^ Gymn Forum Results 1978 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Women’s Team
  3. ^ Gymnastics Greats Alternates
  4. ^ IMDB Campioana 1990
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