| Marcel Roșca | |
| Birth Date: | 18 October 1943 |
| Birth Place: | Bucharest, Romania[1] |
| Height: | 181 cm |
| Weight: | 78 kg |
| Sport: | Sports shooting |
| Event: | 25 rapid-fire pistol |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Marcel Roșca (in Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan pronounced as /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 (Tokyo) and 1968 (Mexico) Olympics and won a silver medal in 1968, placing sixth at the former.[1] He also won three team medals at the World Championships in 1966, 1970, and 1974. In 1969 he won the silver medal at the European Championships in Plzen, Czechoslovakia, at 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Men.
Roșca was born in a family of singers and always wanted to become one. In 1968, he graduated from the Theatrical Arts Academy, but instead of pursuing a theatrical career, he became chief officer of the Traffic Division of the Bucharest Police.[2]
In 1970, he was a winner of the X Factor TV show "Star without name".[3] After that he sang as a bass with the Romanian National Opera before defecting to West Germany in 1984.[2] [4]