Romy Tarangul

Romy Tarangul
Personal information
Born (1987-10-19) 19 October 1987
OccupationJudoka
Sport
CountryGermany
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍52 kg
Achievements and titles
Olympic Games9th (2008)
World Champ. (2009)
European Champ. (2008)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  Germany
World Championships
2009 Rotterdam ‍–‍52 kg
2014 Chelyabinsk Women's team
European Championships
2008 Lisbon ‍–‍52 kg
2012 Chelyabinsk ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2009 Moscow ‍–‍52 kg
2010 Rio de Janeiro ‍–‍52 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2013 Qingdao ‍–‍52 kg
2009 Tunis ‍–‍52 kg
2014 Samsun ‍–‍52 kg
Summer Universiade
2013 Kazan ‍–‍52 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF534
JudoInside.com22805
Updated on 31 August 2023

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).

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.

At the 2009 World Judo Championships Tarangul won a 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.

Tarangul married in 2016.