Robert Stănescu
| Robert Stănescu | |||||||
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| — Gymnast — | |||||||
| Full name | George Robert Stănescu | ||||||
| Country represented |
 Romania | ||||||
| Born |
January 17, 1985 Bucharest | ||||||
| Hometown | Bucharest | ||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||
| Club | CS Dinamo | ||||||
| Former coach(es) | Danuţ Grecu, Nicuşor Pascu | ||||||
| Retired | 2010 | ||||||
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Robert Stănescu (born January 17, 1985 in Bucharest, Romania) is a Romanian artistic gymnast[1] who specialized in still rings. He is a European bronze medallist with the team[2] and was one of the still rings finalists at the 2008 Olympic Games.[3] He also placed fourth in the still rings final at the 2009 World Championships.[4] After failing to make the national team for the 2010 World Championships, he emigrated to Canada where he works as a gymnastics coach at Alpha gymnastics club in Windsor, Canada.[5] January 2013, Robert Stanescu and his wife Ruxandra ( former Romanian gymnast ) opened this new club "Alpha Gymnastics Academy" in Windsor, ON, Canada . [5] [5] August 2014 , Robert Stanescu became canadian citizen and part of canadian national team .
References
- ↑ Sports Reference George Stănescu
- ↑ European Union of Gymnastics 28th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships
- ↑ Gymnastics Results 2008 Olympic Games Results
- ↑ Gymnastics Results 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- 1 2 3 The Windsor star Olympian Stanescu trains gymnasts at Winstars, Mary Caton, March 27, 2012
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/romanian-olympian-in-windsor-now-wants-to-represent-canada-1.2550771 http://blogs.windsorstar.com/open-newsroom/windsor-star-news-cafe/video-former-olympic-gymnast-at-windsor-star-news-cafe