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Romy Tarangul

Romy Tarangul
Medal record
Representing  Germany
Women's Judo
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Rotterdam –52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Chelyabinsk Team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Lisboa –52 kg
Bronze medal – third place 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).

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 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.

At the 2009 World Judo Championships Tarangul won the Bronze medal in her category, marking her biggest international success so far.

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.


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