Ștefan Tașnadi
Romanian weightlifter / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The native form of this personal name is Tasnádi István. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.
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]
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Born | (1953-03-21)21 March 1953 Cluj, Romania[1] | |||||||||||
Died | 28 February 2018(2018-02-28) (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] | |||||||||||
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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]