Ștefan Tașnadi

Ștefan Tașnadi
Tasnadi at the 1984 Olympics
Personal information
Born(1953-03-21)21 March 1953
Cluj, Romania[1]
Died28 February 2018(2018-02-28) (aged 64)
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight110 kg (243 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
ClubAS Clujana[2]
Medal record
Representing  Romania
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles 110 kg

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]

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

  1. ^ a b c "Stefan Tasnadi". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  2. ^ a b Ștefan Tașnadi. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Stefan Tasnadi". chidlovski.net.
  5. ^ Elhunyt Tasnádi István kolozsvári súlyemelő olimpikon (in Hungarian)
  6. ^ Weightlifter from Cluj István Tasnádi, silver medalist at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, 1984