Octavian Bellu

Octavian Ioan Atanase Bellu (; born 17 February 1951) is the current head of the Romanian national women's artistic gymnastics team.

He was the main coach, with interruptions, from 1990 to 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, Monica Roșu, Simona Amânar, Gina Gogean, Cătălina Ponor, Sandra Izbașa and Larisa Iordache. During his time as head coach, his teams have combined to win 82 world (59) and Olympic (23) medals. He was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in May 2009. and dedicated 13 years to the sport. Admittedly, he was an average gymnast and had trouble because of his height. He also played volleyball and basketball and took up diving. Bellu reached the 300-medal mark in European, World and Olympic Games after the 2013 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow.

Personal life Bellu has one daughter, Iolanda, born in 1978, with his first wife, Camelia, a nurse. In 2008–2009, he married Mariana Bitang, his coaching partner.