Romy Tarangul (born 19 October 1987 in

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) is a German

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. She competed in the 52 kg category for the JC 90 Frankfurt (Oder). In 2008, Tarangul won the silver medal at the

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. 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

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in the round of 16 and then to

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in the repechage round. Tarangul posed nude in the German edition of ''

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'' in August 2008, alongside compatriots Nicole Reinhardt, Katharina Scholz and

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. At the

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Tarangul won a bronze medal in her category, marking her biggest international success so far. At the

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Tarangul won her first round fight against Natalia Kuziutina. She was eliminated in the quarterfinals after being defeated by Rosalba Forciniti of

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who later won the bronze medal. Tarangul married in 2016.

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* * 1987 births Living people 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 {{Germany-judo-bio-stub