Marcel Roșca

Marcel Roșca
Personal information
Born	18 October 1943 (age 77); Bucharest, Romania
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Sport
Sport	Sports shooting
Event(s)	25 rapid-fire pistol
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Representing Romania
Olympic Games
World Championships

Marcel Roșca (Romanian pronunciation: [marˈt͡ʃel ˈroʃka]; born 18 October 1943) is a retired Romanian pistol shooter. He competed in the individual 25 m rapid-fire event at the 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968, placing sixth in 1964.^[1] He also won three team medals at the world championships in 1966, 1970 and 1974.

Biography[]

Roșca was born in a family of singers and always wanted to become one.^[2] In 1968, he graduated from the Theatrical Arts Academy, but instead of pursuing a theatrical career became an officer for the Traffic Division of the Bucharest Police.^[3]

In 1970, he was a winner of the X Factor TV show "Star without name".^[4] After that he sang as a bass with the Romanian National Opera before defecting to West Germany in 1984.^[3]^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Marcel Roșca". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Marcel Rosca. Romanian Olympic Committee
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "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 13 April 2014.
^ "Povestea romanului medaliat cu argint olimpic la tir si ajuns interpret al Operei din Essen" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

External links[]

Personal website

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[sr-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c "Marcel Roșca". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2012.

[cosr-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b Marcel Rosca. Romanian Olympic Committee

[gsp-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b "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 13 April 2014.

[4] "Povestea romanului medaliat cu argint olimpic la tir si ajuns interpret al Operei din Essen" (in Romanian). Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

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