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German judoka (born 1987) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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Born | Frankfurt, East Germany | 19 October 1987|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –52 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | 9th (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | (2009) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Champ. | (2008) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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IJF | 534 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
JudoInside.com | 22805 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Updated on 31 August 2023 |
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]
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