Romy Tarangul (born 19 October 1987 in
Frankfurt (Oder)
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) is a German
judoka
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. She currently competes in the -52 kg category for the JC 90 Frankfurt (Oder).
In 2008, Tarangul won the silver medal at the
European Championships
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. With this result Tarangul qualified for the
Beijing Olympics, where she reached a 9th place overall. After winning her first bout against
Uzbek Sinura Djuraeva she lost narrowly to
Misato Nakamura
is a Japanese judoka. She won the bronze medal in the -52 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same weight class at the 2009 World Judo Championships
The 2009 World Judo Championsh ...
of
Japan in the round of 16 and then to
Ilse Heylen
Ilse Heylen (born 21 March 1977, Edegem) is a Belgian judoka. She won the bronze medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Heylen competed in the Half-lightweight (52 kg). She won her first t ...
of
Belgium
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in the repechage round.
Tarangul posed nude in the German edition of ''
Playboy
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K ...
'' in August 2008, alongside compatriots
Nicole Reinhardt,
Katharina Scholz and
Petra Niemann.
At the
2009 World Judo Championships
The 2009 World Judo Championships was held in the Ahoy indoor sporting arena in Rotterdam, the Netherlands on 26 to 30 August.
Women's heavyweight champion Tong Wen was stripped of her gold medal because of a doping offence, but was later reins ...
Tarangul won the Bronze medal in her category, marking her biggest international success so far.
At the
2012 Summer Olympics in
London
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Tarangul won her first round fight against
Natalia Kuziutina
Natalia Yuryevna Kuziutina (russian: Наталья Юрьевна Кузютина; born 8 May 1989) is a Russian judoka who competes in the women's 52 kg category. She won a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Career
At the 2012 Summe ...
. She was eliminated in the quarterfinals after being defeated by
Rosalba Forciniti of
Italy
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who later won the bronze medal.
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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
Sportspeople from Frankfurt (Oder)
21st-century German women
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