Marilena Neacșu

Marilena Neacşu
 Gymnast 
Country represented  Romania
Born (1961-08-15) August 15, 1961
Sibiu
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Head coach(es) Béla Károlyi
Assistant coach(es) Marta Károlyi
Former coach(es) Nicolae Buzoianu, Cristl Voiciulescu
Choreographer Geza Pozar

Marilena Neacşu (born August 15, 1961, in Sibiu, Romania) is a retired Romanian artistic gymnast who is now a gymnastics coach.[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] She 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 to Montreal, Canada, with him. They married and had three children. Neacsu currently works at the "Club de gymnastique artistique Gadbois" in Montreal as a gymnastics coach. Her stepfather is Canadian film producer Rock Demers.

References

  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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