Octavian Bellu

Who is Octavian Bellu?

Octavian Ioan Atanase Bellu is the current head of the Romanian national women's artistic gymnastics team. He was the main coach with interruptions, between 1990 and 2005 and returned as head of the national team in 2010. Highly successful, Bellu led the team to five world and two Olympic titles, as well as coaching numerous individual gold medalists - since 1990, Romania has been the most successful women's gymnastics power. He also coached such accomplished gymnasts as Lavinia Miloșovici, Andreea Răducan, Simona Amânar, Gina Gogean, Cătălina Ponor and Sandra Izbașa. During his time as head coach, his teams combined to win 82 World and Olympic medals. Octavian Bellu was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, May 2009.