Ion Țăranu

Ion Țăranu

Ion Țăranu (born March 14, 1938 in Turnu Măgurele ) is a former Romanian wrestler . He won the bronze medal in Greco-Roman at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome . Middleweight style .

Career

Ion Țăranu began wrestling as a teenager and developed into an excellent wrestler in Greco-Roman. Style. In 1959 he was the first Romanian middleweight champion. In 1960 he qualified for participation in the Olympic Games in Rome . He had only gained international experience in two international matches against Sweden in Bucharest . He fought twice against Hans Antonsson .

In Rome he surprised the wrestling world when he showed excellent performance in the middleweight division and there defeated the Turkish world champion Kazim Ayvaz . Against the young Lothar Metz from Rostock , who represented the all-German team, he wrestled in a draw. Ion Țăranu suffered a defeat from the experienced Dimitar Dobrew from Bulgaria . In the final bill it was enough for him to get 3rd place and thus to win the bronze medal .

Ion Țăranu also did very well at the 1961 World Cup in Yokohama . There he again fought against Lothar Metz, but lost to the Soviet athlete Wassili Zenin and landed on the ungrateful 4th place. Ion Țăranu won no medals at the World Championships in 1962 in Toledo / USA and in 1963 in Helsingborg . But he cut both times there from respectable and failed at both World Championships to Anatoly Kolessow from the USSR.

Well prepared, Ion Țăranu drove to the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo . He wrestled there in the welterweight division and remained undefeated in his four fights. However, the draw against Matti Laakso from Finland and Anatoli Kolessow let him reach six fault points after two point wins, with which he had to be eliminated from the competition. He finished 5th.

Ion Țăranu then achieved a great success at the European Championship in 1967 in Minsk . There he became vice European welterweight champion. The rules of the time made it possible for him to do so with just one win and three draws. At this year's World Cup in Bucharest , he got three wins and one draw. A defeat against Viktor Igumenow from the USSR forced him to retire, after which he ended up on the 6th place.

In 1968 Ion Țăranu took part in Mexico City for the third time in the Olympic Games . Like four years ago, he reached 5th place. He defeated u. a. Peter Nettekoven from Dortmund and fought against Franz Berger from Austria in a draw. He suffered defeats from Viktor Igumenow and the French Daniel Robin .

After the Olympic Games, Ion Țăranu ended his active wrestling career. He studied at the sports university ANEFS in Bucharest and received his doctorate there in 1971. He then worked there himself as a lecturer and later as a professor. In addition, he also trained the wrestling teams of Progresul Bucharest and Dinamo Bucharest .

International success

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, EM = European Championship, GR = Greek-Roman style, We = welterweight, up to 1961 up to 73 kg, from 1962 up to 78 kg body weight, Mi = middle weight, up to 1961 up to 79 kg, from 1962 up to 87 kg body weight)

• 1960, bronze medal , OS in Rome , GR, Wed, with victories over Noboru Aomi, Japan , Oddvar Barlie, Norway a . Kazim Ayvaz , Turkey , draw against Bolesław Dubicki , Poland a . Lothar Metz , Germany a . a loss to Dimitar Dobrew , Bulgaria ;
• 1961, 4th place , World Championships in Yokohama , GR, Wed, with victories over Sadao Kazama, Japan, draw against Bolesław Dubicki u. Lothar Metz u. a loss to Vasily Zenin , USSR ;
• 1962, 2nd place , "Iwan-Poddubny" tournament in Moscow , GR, We, behind Anatoli Kolessow , USSR a. before Marijan Malovic, Yugoslavia ;
• 1962, 7th place , World Championship in Toledo , Ohio , USA , GR, We, with a victory over Robert Zingg, Switzerland a . Defeats against Anatoli Kolessow u. Rudy Williams, USA;
• 1963, 5th place , World Championship in Helsingborg , GR, We, with victories over Albert Michiels, Belgium , René Schiermeyer , France , Harald Barlie , Norway a. Rudolf Vesper , GDR a . Defeats against Anatoli Kolessow u. Dimitar Dobrew;
• 1964, 5th place , OS in Tokyo , GR, We, with victories over Kiril Petkow, Bulgaria a. Asgar Zoughian, Iran and a tie against Anatoli Kolessow u. Matti Laakso , Finland ;
• 1966, 1st place , Balkan Games in Laibach , GR, We, ahead of Milan Nenadić , Yugoslavia a. Dimitrios Savvas, Greece ;
• 1966, 9th place , EM in Essen , GR, Wed, with victories over Albertus Rosbag, Netherlands a. Vassilios Papoulios, Greece a. a loss to László Sillai , Hungary ;
• 1966, 6th place , World Cup in Toledo / USA, GR, We, with a victory over Daniel Vernik, Argentina , draw against Branislav Simić , Yugoslavia a. Jean-Marie Chardonnes, Switzerland a. a loss to Valentin Olenik , USSR;
• 1967, 2nd place , EM in Minsk , GR, We, with a victory over Jimmy Martinetti , Switzerland a. Draw against Franz Berger , Austria , Sırrı Acar , Turkey u. Georgi Vershinin, USSR;
• 1967, 6th place , World Cup in Bucharest , GR, We, with victories over Marian Czardybon, Poland, Johann Karigl, Austria a. Antal Rizmayer , Hungary, a tie against Bobe Dorosiev, Bulgaria u. a loss to Viktor Igumenov , USSR;
• 1968, 3rd place , tournament in Klippan / Sweden, GR, We, behind Harald Barlie, Norway a. Adam Ostrowski, Poland;
• 1968, 15th place , EM in Västerås , GR, We, with a draw against Franz Berger u. Defeats against Milan Nenadic u. Jan Kårström , Sweden;
• 1968, 5th place , OS in Mexico City , GR, We, with victories over Brian Heffel, Canada u. Peter Nettekoven , FRG , a draw against Franz Berger and defeats against Wiktor Igumenow u. Daniel Robin , France

swell

• Athletics magazine from 1960 to 1968,
• Documentation of International Wrestling Championships of the FILA , 1968, pages O-61, W.42, W-47, W-55, O-75, E-50, W-72, E-53, W-75, E-60 , O-94,
• International Wrestling Database of the Institute for Applied Training Sciences at the University of Leipzig ,
• Information from Eduard Hemar, Zagreb

Web links

• Profile of Ion Țăranu at the Institute of Applied Exercise Science