Ion Taranu

Ion Taranu (14 March 1938 – 7 June 2005) was a Romanian Greco-Roman wrestler. He won the bronze medal in the middleweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.

Career/development
Ion Taranu began as a young person with the struggle and developed to a outstanding Ringer in griech. - Rome. Style. 1959 he already became for the first time Romanian master in the middleweight. 1960 it qualified itself for the participation in the olympic plays in Rome. It had international experience before only in two land fights approximately Sweden in Bucharest collected. It struggled thereby against Hans Antonsson twice undecided.

In Rome it surprised the Ringerfachwelt, as it achievements protruding in the middleweight showed and there and. A. also the Turkish world champion Kazim Ayvaz defeated. Against the young Lothar Metz out Rostock, which represented the all-German crew, it struggled undecided. A defeat had ion Taranu of the experienced Dimitar Dobrew out Bulgaria put in. In the final account it was enough for it to the 3. Place and thus to the profit that Bronze medal.

Very well Taranu ion also with the world championship 1961 in Yokohama off. It struggled there again against Lothar Metz undecided, was subject however against the Soviet Russian Wassili Zenin and landed on ungrateful 4. Place. Ion Taranu did not win medals also with the world championships 1962 in Toledo/The USA and 1963 in Helsingborg, finishing 5th. It cut off however there both times respectably and failed with both world championships on Anatoli Kolessow from the USSR.

In the best way prepared ion Taranu drove to the olympic plays 1964 into Tokyo. It struggled there in world-suppl.-yielded and remained in its four fights ungeschlagen. The undecided approximately Matti Laakso out Finland and Anatoli Kolessow let it reach however after two point victories six error points, with which it had to separate from the competition. It occupied in such a way honorable 5. Place.

Taranu managed a 6th place in the 1966 world championship, and achieved a better finish in the European 1967 championship in Minsk, where he placed 2nd.

In the year 1968 ion took Taranu in Mexico city to third time at olympic plays part. It reached there like already before four years good 5. Place. It defeated thereby among other things Peter Nettekoven out Dortmund and struggled approximately Franz Berger out Austria undecided. Defeats had it of Wiktor Igumenow and the Frenchman Daniel Robin accept.

After the olympic plays ion Taranu terminated its active Ringerlaufbahn. It studied ANEFS in Bucharest at the sport university and attained a doctorate there 1971. Subsequently, it there was as a lecturer and later than professor actively. Besides it trained also the Ringermannschaften of “Progresul” and “direct current generator” Bucharest.

International successes
(OS = olympic plays, WM = world championship, EM = European championship, GR = griech. - Rome. Style, incoming goods = world-suppl.-yielded, until 1961 to 73 kg, starting from 1962 to 78 kg body weight, Mi = middleweight, until 1961 to 79 kg, from 1962 to 87 kg body weight)

1960, Bronze medal, OS in Rome, GR, Mi, with victories over Noboru Aomi, Japan, Oddvar Barlie, Norway and. Kazim Ayvaz, Turkey, Undecided against Boleslav Dubicki, Poland and. Lothar Metz, Germany and. a defeat approximately Dimitar Dobrew, Bulgaria;

1961, 4. Place, WM in Yokohama, GR, Mi, with victories over Sadao Kazama, Japan, undecided against Boleslav Dubicki and. Lothar Metz and. a defeat against Wassili Zenin, USSR;

1962, 2. Place, “Iwan Poddubny” - tournament in Moscow, GR, incoming goods, behind Anatoli Kolessow, USSR and. before Marijan Malovic, Yugoslavia;

1962, 7. Place, WM in Toledo/The USA, GR, incoming goods, with a victory over Robert Zingg, Switzerland and. Defeats against Anatoli Kolessow and. Rudy Williams, the USA;

1963, 5. Place, WM in Helsingborg, GR, incoming goods, with victories over Albert Michiels, Belgium, Rene Schiermeyer, France, Harald Barlie, Norway and. Rudolf Vesper, GDR and. Defeats against Anatoli Kolessow and. Dimitar Dobrew;

1964, 5. Place, OS in Tokyo, GR, incoming goods, with victories over Kiril Petkow, Bulgaria and. Asgar Zoughian, Iran and undecided against Anatoli Kolessow and. Matti Laakso, Finland;

1966, 1. Place, Balkans plays in Loaf oh, GR, incoming goods, forwards Milan Nenadic, Yugoslavia and. Dimitrios Savvas, Greece;

1966, 9. Place, EM in Meal, GR, Mi, with victories over Albertus Rosbag, the Netherlands and. Vassilios Papoulios, Greece and. a defeat against Laszlo Sillai, Hungary;

1966, 6. Place, WM in Toledo/USA, GR, incoming goods, with a victory over Daniel NIC, Argentina, Undecided approximately Branislav Simic, Yugoslavia and. Jean Marie Chardonnes, Switzerland and. a defeat against Walentin oil NIC, USSR;

1967, 2. Place, EM in Minsk, GR, incoming goods, with a victory over Jimmy Martinetti, Switzerland and. Undecided approximately Franz Berger, Austria, Sirri Acar, Turkey and. Georgi Werschinin, USSR;

1967, 6. Place, WM in Bucharest, GR, incoming goods, with victories over Marian Czardybon, Poland, Johann Karigl, Austria and. Antal Rizmayer, Hungary, an undecided against Bobe Dorosiev, Bulgaria and. a defeat approximately Wiktor Igumenow, USSR;

1968, 3. Platz, tournament in Klippan/Schweden, GR, incoming goods, behind Harald Barlie, Norway and. Adam Ostrowski, Poland;

1968, 15. Place, EM in Västeras, GR, incoming goods, with an undecided against Franz Berger and. Defeats against Milan Nenadic and. January Kärström, Sweden;

1968, 5. Place, OS in Mexico city, GR, incoming goods, with victories over Brian Heffel, Canada and. Peter Nettekoven, FRG, an undecided against Franz Berger and defeats against Wiktor Igumenow and. Daniel Robin, France

Web left
Ion Taranu in the data base of the institute for applied training sciences of the University of Leipzig