Romy Tarangul
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| Born | 19 October 1987 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| –52 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 9th (2008) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Updated on 31 August 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Romy Tarangul (born 19 October 1987 in Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany) is a German judoka. She competed in the –52 kg category for the JC 90 Frankfurt (Oder).[1]
In 2008, Tarangul won the silver medal at the European Championships. With this result Tarangul qualified for the Beijing Olympics, where she reached a 9th place overall in the women's 52 kg event. After winning her first bout against Uzbek Sinura Djuraeva she lost narrowly to Misato Nakamura of Japan in the round of 16 and then to Ilse Heylen of Belgium in the repechage round.
Tarangul posed nude in the German edition of Playboy in August 2008, alongside compatriots Nicole Reinhardt, Katharina Scholz and Petra Niemann.[2]
At the 2009 World Judo Championships Tarangul won a bronze medal in her category, marking her biggest international success so far.[3]
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London Tarangul won her first round fight against Natalia Kuziutina. She was eliminated in the quarterfinals after being defeated by Rosalba Forciniti of Italy who later won the bronze medal.[4]
Tarangul married in 2016.[5]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Romy Tarangul Biography and Olympic Results". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ "German Olympic women pose nude for Playboy". The Daily Telegraph. 15 August 2008. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ↑ "Romy Tarangul (GER)". JudoInside. Archived from the original on 20 February 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ "Romy Tarangul - Judo - Events and results". LOCOG. Archived from the original on 5 August 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
- ↑ "Romy Tarangul - Partner meines Lebens gefunden" (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Romy Tarangul at the International Judo Federation
- Romy Tarangul at JudoInside.com
- Romy Tarangul at Olympics.com
- Romy Tarangul at the German Olympic Sports Confederation (in German)
- Romy Tarangul at Olympedia
- Romy Tarangul at InterSportStats
- Romy Tarangul at The-Sports.org
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- German female judoka
- Olympic judoka for Germany
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- German people of Romanian descent
- Summer World University Games medalists in judo
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- Sportspeople from Frankfurt (Oder)
- 21st-century German sportswomen
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