Marius Tobă

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Marius Eugen Tobă (born 9 January 1968) is a retired Romanian-born German artistic gymnast, who competed for Romania at the 1988 Olympics and for Germany at the 1996 and 2000 Games. His best individual result in an olympics or worlds was sixth place on rings in 2000.[2] At the European championships he won two medals for Germany in 1994–1996.[1][3] He is the 1988 Gold medalist in the All Around at the American Cup.

Marius Tobă
Tobă in 1988
Personal information
NicknameMister Powerman[1]
Born9 January 1968 (1968-01-09) (age 56)
Reșița, Romania
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics
ClubSC Reșița
TKH, Hannover
Coached byIoan Albu[1]
Medal record
Representing  Germany
European championships
Silver medal – second place 1996 Broendby Rings
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Prague Team

Tobă never considered himself a brilliant gymnast, but was known for his consistency and reliability.[1] He has a daughter Sabrina and son Andreas Toba from his past marriage, which ended in divorce in 2006. Andreas also took up gymnastics, coached by his father, and competed at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d Marius Toba. Munzinger Online/Sport – Internationales Sportarchiv (16 July 2001)
  2. ^ Marius Tobă. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Turnen – Europameisterschaften Herren. sport-komplett.de
  4. ^ wie geht s eigentlich... Marius Toba in Rekonvaleszenz. gymmedia.de (11 January 2011)