Romy Tarangul
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World Championships | ||
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2009 Rotterdam | –52 kg |
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2014 Chelyabinsk | Team |
European Championships | ||
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2008 Lisboa | –52 kg |
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2012 Chelyabinsk | –52 kg |
Romy Tarangul (born 19 October 1987 in Frankfurt (Oder)) is a German judoka. She currently competes 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. After winning her first bout against Uzbek 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 the 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]
References[]
- ^ "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.
External links[]
- Romy Tarangul at JudoInside.com
- Romy Tarangul at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Romy Tarangul at Olympics.com
- Romy Tarangul at the German Olympic Committee (in German)
- Romy Tarangul at Olympedia
- 1987 births
- Living people
- German female judoka
- Olympic judoka of Germany
- Judoka at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- German people of Romanian descent
- Universiade medalists in judo
- Universiade bronze medalists for Germany
- Medalists at the 2013 Summer Universiade
- German judo biography stubs