Marcel Nguyen

Marcel Nguyen
Nguyen in 2014
Personal information
Full nameMarcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen
Country represented Germany
Born (1987-09-08) 8 September 1987 (age 37)
Munich, West Germany (now Munich, Germany)
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2002–22 (GER)
ClubKTV Straubenhardt/TSV Unterhaching
Head coach(es)Valery Belenky
Retired14 March 2023
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London All-Around
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Parallel Bars
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Stuttgart Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Birmingham Team
Gold medal – first place 2011 Berlin Parallel Bars
Gold medal – first place 2012 Montpellier Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 2008 Lausanne Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Birmingham Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Berlin Horizontal Bar
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bern Parallel Bars
FIG World Cup
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
All-Around World Cup 2 1 2
Apparatus World Cup 2 1 2
Total 4 2 4
Vietnamese alphabetNguyễn Văn Minh Phúc Long
Chữ Hán阮文明福龍

Marcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen (born 8 September 1987) is a retired German artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian, having represented Germany at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Olympic Games. He is the 2012 Olympic silver medalist in the all-around and on parallel bars as well as the 2011 and 2012 European Champion on the latter. He has been a soldier in the Bundeswehr (German military) since July 2007, beginning when he was training in the Bundeswehr Sports Development Group (Sportfördergruppe der Bundeswehr) in Munich.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Marcel Nguyen wechselt zum MTV Stuttgart". News article. Stuttgart, Germany. Stuttgarter Zeitung. 21 December 2012. Archived from the original on 18 April 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2014.
  2. ^ "Turnen: MTV kämpft um Marcel Nguyen - Sportmix - Stuttgarter Nachrichten". Stuttgarter-nachrichten.de. Archived from the original on 23 November 2015. Retrieved 10 September 2016.