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If you're the kind who only feels entirely pleased with hooning a sportscar when doing so with the help of an athletic body, Porsches are the cars for you.
We've lost count of how many times we started day-dreaming about the connection between a fit body and one of Zuffenhausen's sportscars, but now we have an official example for you. This comes from Porsche brand ambassador Marcel Nguyen, who has recently been offered the keys to a Cayman GT4.
The 28-year-old gymnastics champion is proud of his track-savvy, manual Cayman. Asked to describe the machine, Nguyen simply said the GT4 is "A real athlete - just like me."
As for how the German automaker described the athlete, here's what Porsche had to say about the gymnast: "Nguyen is known as an all-rounder - he took part in the combined competition at the DTB Cup and is particularly strong on the rings, the floor and the parallel bars. Here he masters the difficult "Tsukahara" dismount like no other. It was just something he tried out in training one day. Within a week, he'd got the gymnastics move right."
And while you might be tempted to question the man's modesty, you shouldn't. After all, Nguyen has been Germany's champion seventeen times, while earning two silver medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
As for those wondering about the origins of the 1.62-meter gymnast's full name, Marcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen, you should know he is the son of a Vietnamese father and a Bavarian mother.
However, while the athlete was raised in Munich and has been sharpening up his skills at the Stuttgart's Olympic Training Centre since 2007, he has a massive fanbase in Asia. With China having kept its Porsche leading market status last year, it's no wonder this collaboration works as well as the GT4 itself.
Nguyen has "Pain is Temporary Pride is Forever" tattooed on his chest and we expect him to enjoy the second part of that message while behind the wheel of the GT4.
The 28-year-old gymnastics champion is proud of his track-savvy, manual Cayman. Asked to describe the machine, Nguyen simply said the GT4 is "A real athlete - just like me."
As for how the German automaker described the athlete, here's what Porsche had to say about the gymnast: "Nguyen is known as an all-rounder - he took part in the combined competition at the DTB Cup and is particularly strong on the rings, the floor and the parallel bars. Here he masters the difficult "Tsukahara" dismount like no other. It was just something he tried out in training one day. Within a week, he'd got the gymnastics move right."
And while you might be tempted to question the man's modesty, you shouldn't. After all, Nguyen has been Germany's champion seventeen times, while earning two silver medals at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
As for those wondering about the origins of the 1.62-meter gymnast's full name, Marcel Van Minh Phuc Long Nguyen, you should know he is the son of a Vietnamese father and a Bavarian mother.
However, while the athlete was raised in Munich and has been sharpening up his skills at the Stuttgart's Olympic Training Centre since 2007, he has a massive fanbase in Asia. With China having kept its Porsche leading market status last year, it's no wonder this collaboration works as well as the GT4 itself.
Nguyen has "Pain is Temporary Pride is Forever" tattooed on his chest and we expect him to enjoy the second part of that message while behind the wheel of the GT4.
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