Ioan Silviu Suciu (born 24 November 1977 in

Sibiu Sibiu ( , , german: link=no, Hermannstadt , la, Cibinium, Transylvanian Saxon: ''Härmeschtat'', hu, Nagyszeben ) is a city in Romania, in the historical region of Transylvania. Located some north-west of Bucharest, the city straddles the Ci ...

) is a retired

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artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. His best event was the pommel horse. One of his closest rivals was his team mate and pommel horse Olympic champion

Marius Urzică Marius Daniel Urzică (born 30 September 1975 in Toplița, Romania) is a Romanian gymnast. Urzică is an Olympic champion, a three-time world champion and a three-time European champion on pommel horse. He competed at three Olympic Games, medali ...

, who was defeated by Suciu in

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, 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.European Union of Gymnastics
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* * 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Sibiu Romanian male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Romania Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships European champions in gymnastics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade gold medalists for Romania Universiade silver medalists for Romania Universiade bronze medalists for Romania Medalists at the 1997 Summer Universiade {{Romania-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub