Suzana Ardeleanu

Suzana Ardeleanu (née Suzana Tași; born 8 March 1946) is a Romanian fencer. She competed in the women's individual and team foil events at the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

Suzana Ardeleanu
Full nameSuzana Clara Tași-Ardeleanu
Born (1946-03-08) 8 March 1946
Satu Mare, Romania
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Sport
SportFencing
Weaponfoil
Handright-handed
ClubCSA Steaua București
Retired1980

Career

Ardeleanu learnt fencing at a local club under coach Alexandru Csipler.[2] She transferred in 1964 along with Ecaterina Iencic and Ileana Gyulai to CSA Steaua București, which are related to the football team Steaua Bucharest, where she was trained by Andrei Vâlcea. Along with Olga Szabo, Maria Vicol, Ana Ene-Derșidan and Ileana Gyulai, she became team world champion at the 1969 World Fencing Championships in Havana.

She retired as an athlete after the 1980 Summer Olympics and became a fencing coach in Satu Mare along with her husband, foil fencer Ștefan Ardeleanu.[2]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Suzana Ardeleanu". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  2. Nicu, Alexe, ed. (2002), "Federația Română de Scrimă", Educației Fizice și Sportului din România (pdf) (in Romanian), 1, Bucharest: Aramis, pp. 1036–37
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