Romy Tarangul

{{Short description|German judoka (born 1987)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

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| birth_place = Frankfurt, East Germany

| country = Germany

| weight_class = {{nbnd}}52 kg

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| worlds_rank = 3

| worlds_year = 2009

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| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 2

| regionals_year = 2008

| regionals_weight = Women's 52 kg

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| olympics_rank = 9

| olympics_year = 2008

| olympics_weight = Women's 52 kg

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{{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{GER}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|B| 2009 Rotterdam | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2014 Chelyabinsk |Women's team }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}

{{Medal|S| 2008 Lisbon | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2012 Chelyabinsk | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}

{{Medal|B| 2009 Moscow | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2010 Rio de Janeiro | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}

{{Medal|S| 2013 Qingdao | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2009 Tunis | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2014 Samsun | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Summer Universiade }}

{{Medal|B| 2013 Kazan | {{nbnd}}52 kg }}

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Romy Tarangul (born 19 October 1987 in Frankfurt (Oder), East Germany) is a German judoka. She competed in the {{nbnd}}52 kg category for the JC 90 Frankfurt (Oder).{{cite web|title=Romy Tarangul Biography and Olympic Results|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/romy-tarangul-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417221629/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/romy-tarangul-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 April 2020|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=27 August 2012}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/2564361/German-Olympic-women-pose-nude-for-Playboy.html|title=German Olympic women pose nude for Playboy|publisher=The Daily Telegraph|date=15 August 2008|accessdate=4 September 2016}}

At the 2009 World Judo Championships Tarangul won a bronze medal in her category, marking her biggest international success so far.{{cite web|title=Romy Tarangul (GER) |url=http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/view/22805/romy_tarangul/ |publisher=JudoInside |accessdate=27 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110220042451/http://www.judoinside.com/judoka/view/22805/romy_tarangul/ |archivedate=20 February 2011 }}

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.{{cite web|title=Romy Tarangul - Judo - Events and results|url=http://www.london2012.com/athlete/tarangul-romy-1103835/events/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120805193344/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/tarangul-romy-1103835/events/|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 August 2012|publisher=LOCOG|accessdate=27 August 2012}}

Tarangul married in 2016.{{cite web|access-date=2023-07-09|language=de|title=Romy Tarangul - Partner meines Lebens gefunden|url=https://www.facebook.com/Romy.Tarangul.Fanseite/photos/a.393868874009112/1184144564981535/}}