Ștefan Tașnadi (Hungarian: István Tasnádi, 21 March 1953 – 28 February 2018) was a Romanian heavyweight weightlifter who competed in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics winning a silver medal in 1984. [1][3][4][5]
 Tasnadi at the 1984 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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| Born | 21 March 1953 Cluj, Romania[1] | |||||||||||
| Died | 28 February 2018 (aged 64) | |||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Weight | 110 kg (243 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||
| Club | AS Clujana[2] | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Tașnadi took up lifting in 1970 at a sports school and from 1976 to 1984 was a member of the national team. He retired in 1984 to become a weightlifting coach at AS Clujana and CS Universitatea Cluj.[2] He also served as an international weightlifting referee.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Stefan Tasnadi". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ a b Ștefan Tașnadi. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ John Nauright; Charles Parrish (2012). Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice. ABC-CLIO. p. 207. ISBN 978-1-59884-300-2. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
- ^ "Stefan Tasnadi". chidlovski.net.
- ^ Elhunyt Tasnádi István kolozsvári súlyemelő olimpikon (in Hungarian)
- ^ Weightlifter from Cluj István Tasnádi, silver medalist at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, 1984
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- Ștefan Tașnadi at the Comitetul Olimpic și Sportiv Român (in Romanian) (English translation)
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