Hobbies
Art, golf, cars, cats. (Facebook page, 08 Sep 2019)
Occupation
Athlete
Education
Business Administration - Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
Spoken languages
English, German
Club
TSV Unterhaching [Germany]
Coach
Andreas Hirsch [national], GER; Valeri Belenki [personal], GER (augsburger-allgemeine.de, 12 Aug 2018; rp-online.de, 12 Aug 2018)
International senior debut
2005 for Germany (dtb.de, 01 Jan 2018)
Injuries
He tore ligaments in the middle finger of his left hand right before the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. The injury ruled him out of the all-around competition at the event. (spox.com, 14 Oct 2015)
In July 2015 he was knocked off his bicycle by a motorist opening a car door. He suffered a concussion, which stopped him training for 10 days, as well as a thumb contusion and bruises. His thumb gave him problems for three months. (t-online.de, 11 Aug 2015)
In 2014 he tore the anterior cruciate ligament [ACL] in his knee. He returned to training seven months later. (handelsblatt.com, 20 Apr 2015; olympictalk.nbcsports.com, 04 Oct 2014)
In 2010 he broke the fibula in his right leg at a friendly meet between Germany, Switzerland and Romania. (examiner.com, 26 Sep 2010)
Start sporting career
He took up the sport at age four. (marcel-nguyen.com, 29 Jul 2008)
Reason for taking up the sport
His mother introduced him to the sport. "I always tried to do splits and stuff in our living room at home and my mum was a gymnast too when she was young. That's why she took me to the gym." (gymandnews.com, 13 Jul 2016; marcel-nguyen.com, 29 Jul 2008)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (swr.de, 28 Nov 2017)
Philosophy / Motto
"Pain is temporary, pride is forever." (stuttgarter-zeitung.de, 03 Mar 2015)
Awards
He received the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt [Silver Laurel Leaf] in Germany in recognition of his performance at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (marcel-nguyen.com, 01 Oct 2013)
Additional information
General
NAMED ELEMENT
In August 2016 the International Gymnastics Federation [FIG] announced that an element on the parallel bars had been named after him in the FIG Official Code of Points. The move [The Nguyen] is executed by a free hip circle mount from the side of the bars with three quarter turn to handstand position. The naming of the element came after he performed it at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (fig-gymnastics.com, 30 Aug 2016)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
In 2017 he was named as one of the contestants on the German reality television show, 'Dance, dance, dance'. (freiepresse.de, 20 Jul 2017)
Last update : 2019-09-21
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