Amalia Tătăran

Amalia Tătăran (born 15 July 1994 in Satu Mare) is a Romanian épée fencer, team silver medallist at the 2013 European Fencing Championships and team gold medallist at the 2015 European Games.

Amalia Tătăran
Full nameAmalia Alexandra Tătăran
Nickname(s)Ama
Born (1994-07-15) 15 July 1994
Satu Mare, România
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
CountryRomania
SportFencing
WeaponÉpée
HandRight-handed
National coachDan Podeanu, Gheorghe Epurescu
ClubCS Dinamo București
Head coachPetrică Ungureanu
FIE rankingcurrent ranking
Medal record
Women's épée fencing
Representing  Romania
European Games
Gold medal – first place2015 BakuTeam épée
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2013 ZagrebTeam épée
Bronze medal – third place2017 TbilisiTeam épée

Career

Tătăran took up fencing at the age of 9 in Satu Mare, a Romanian fencing stronghold, under the guidance of coach Francisc Csiszar. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Cadet World Championships in Baku.[1] She also represented Romania at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics, finishing fifth.[2]

In 2012, she became the youngest member of the Romanian national team. The same year she won the Romanian Cup after defeating in the final Olympic silver medallist Ana Maria Brânză.[3] Tătăran won in 2013 a silver medal at the Junior European Championships in Budapest,[4] followed by a team silver medal at the senior European Championships in Zagreb. For this performance she was named athlete opf the year of Satu Mare County for the third time, after 2010 and 2011.[5] In 2014, she transferred from CS Satu Mare to CS Dinamo București.

In the 2014–15 season she won a bronze medal at the U23 European Championships in Vincenza.[6] She was named a reserve for Romania at the 2015 European Games. In the individual event, she was eliminated in the table of 32 by Great Britain's Corinna Lawrence.[7] In the team event, no.2 seeded Romania accessed directly the semi-finals, where they saw off Russia. They overcame Estonia in the final to earn the gold medal.[8]

References
  1. ""România are șansă!" – Scrimera Amalia Tătăran: bronz la Mondiale, mult aur la Naționale". Gandul. 3 June 2010.
  2. "Amalia Tătăran – Drumul spre vârful scrimei mondiale, îngreunat din lipsă de bani". Adevărul Satu Mare. 9 September 2011.
  3. Daniel Remeș (8 January 2013). "Spadasina viitorului! Amalia Tătăran este cea mai tânără membră a lotului olimpic de spadă". ProSport.
  4. Roxana Fleșeru (6 March 2013). "Spadă de argint " Amalia Tătăran a terminat pe locul doi la Campionatelor Europene de Juniori de la Budapesta". Gazeta Sporturilor.
  5. Daniel Remeș (13 December 2013). "Spadasina Amalia Tătăran, cea mai bună sportivă a Județului Satu Mare în 2013". ProSport.
  6. Mihai Țenea (26 April 2015). "Scrimă: Amalia Tătăran, medaliată cu bronz în proba individuală de spadă, la Europenele Under-23". Agerpres.
  7. "Plymouth Fencing Club's Lawrence takes heart from European Games efforts". The Plymouth Herald. 23 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  8. "Italian team shows its sabre teeth". Baku2015.com. 26 June 2015. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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