Ștefan Tașnadi Explained

Ștefan Tașnadi
Birth Date:21 March 1953
Birth Place:Cluj, Romania
Sport:Weightlifting
Club:AS Clujana[1]
Height:183 cm
Weight:110 kg
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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. [2]

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.[1] He also served as an international weightlifting referee.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.cosr.ro/sportiv/stefan-tasnadi Ștefan Tașnadi
  2. http://foter.ro/cikk/20180228_elhunyt_tasnadi_istvan_kolozsvari_sulyemelo_olimpikon Elhunyt Tasnádi István kolozsvári súlyemelő olimpikon
  3. https://www.europeana.eu/en/item/621/BJC1860560 Weightlifter from Cluj István Tasnádi, silver medalist at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, 1984