Marcel Roșca

Marcel Roșca

Personal information
Born	18 October 1943 Bucharest, Romania
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Medal record Men's shooting Representing  Romania Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City rapid fire pistol

Marcel Roşca (born 18 October 1943) is a Romanian former sport shooter who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics where he was forced to give his place from Olympic team to another fellow, a rumanian greater officer.^[1]

He has also worked with the team in the 25-meter rapid fire pistol at the 1965 gold medal won at the European Championships in Bucharest, the silver medals at the Wiesbaden World Championships in 1966 and at the 1970 World Championships in Phoenix, USA and the bronze medals at the 1974 World Championships in the Switzerland. He won the silver medals individually mushrooms European Championships in 1969 in Plzen.

Life

In 1968, Roşca graduated from the Theatrical Arts Academy, but did not become an actor. He was forced to become a superior officer at police police force, working for the Traffic Division of the Bucharest Police for about ten years.^[2]

In 1970, he was the first winner of a X Factor - the TV show, "" Star without name "" ("The Nameless Star"), receiving only high note.^[3]

In 1975, he was the winner the first place at "Crisantema de Aur" Targoviste at Romanian "Romance".

A bass, he was engaged by the Romanian National Opera before defecting to West Germany in 1984.^[2] For his activity at the Aalto Theater in Essen he was awarded the title "Kammersänger".

References

1. "Olympics". sports-reference. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
2. "Partea a II-a a poveştii românului medaliat cu argint olimpic la tir şi ajuns interpret de Operă: "Băi Roşca, cine eşti tu să crezi în Dumnezeu?"" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 13, 2014.
3. "Povestea romanului medaliat cu argint olimpic la tir si ajuns interpret al Operei din Essen" (in Romanian). Retrieved April 13, 2014.

External links

• His own website