Ștefan Ardeleanu (born 1940) is a Romanian fencer and coach.

Career

Ardeleanu took up fencing with coach Alexandru Csipler at local clubs Unio, then Olimpia Satu Mare, before transferring to

CSA Steaua București Clubul Sportiv al Armatei Steaua București, commonly known as CSA Steaua București () or simply Steaua, is a major multi-sports club based in Bucharest and run by the Ministry of National Defence. It is one of the most successful clubs in Roma ...

under coach Vasile Chelaru. He won the 1965 junior national championship in sabre, then switched to foil. With

Ion Drîmbă Ionel Alexandru "Ion" Drîmbă (also Drâmbă, March 18, 1942 – February 20, 2006) was a Romanian fencer. he competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and won the first ever Olympic gold medal in fencing for Romania in 1968. Biography Dr ...

, Iuliu Falb,

Tănase Mureșanu Tănase Mureșanu (22 May 1940 – 6 March 2007) is a Romanian foil fencer. Career Mureșanu took up fencing when he was 11 years old under coach Angelo Pellegrini at CS Progresul in Bucharest. He won the junior national championship in 195 ...

and

Mihai Țiu Mihai Țiu (born 25 January 1946) is a Romanian fencer. He competed in the individual and team foil events at the 1968, 1972, 1976 Events January * January 3 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights en ...

, he earned Romania's first team world title in fencing at the 1967 World Fencing Championships in Montreal. After his retirement as a fencer, he began a fencing coach career at CS Triumful in Bucharest. He assisted Ștefan Haukler as coach of the national woman's foil team from 1978 to 1980, before becoming principal coach. In 1992 he settled in Kuwait, then came back in 1998 to CS Satu Mare. Ardeleanu is married to foil fencer

Suzana Ardeleanu Suzana Ardeleanu ( 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. Career Ardeleanu learnt fencing at a local club under coach Alexandru Csipler. S ...

References

Bibliography

* Ștefan Stahl, ''Scrima sătmăreană. Miracol al sportului românesc'', EuroPrint, Satu Mare, 2014 1940 births Living people Romanian female foil fencers Romanian male sabre fencers Sportspeople from Satu Mare {{Romania-fencing-bio-stub