Tănase Mureșanu (22 May 1940 – 6 March 2007) is a Romanian

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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 1956 and 1957, then the senior championship in 1957, 1958 and 1963. He took a bronze medal in the 1958 Junior World Criterium in Bucharest and in the 1959 edition in Paris, both in foil and sabre. In 1964 he transferred to

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with coach

Vasile Chelaru Vasile Chelaru (13 June 1921 – 1 March 1999) was a Romanian fencer. Career Chelaru was born in Șerbești (now Ștefan cel Mare) in Neamț County. He went to military school in 1941, then followed the three-year course of the Military Institu ...

. Along with

Iuliu Falb Iuliu Falb (14 December 1942 – 2009) was a Romanian fencer. He competed in the team foil events at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. Career Falb took up fencing under the coaching of Andrei Altman at the local club "Flacăra Ro� ...

, Ion Drîmbă,

Ștefan Ardeleanu Ștefan Ardeleanu (born 1940) is a Romanian fencing, 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 under coach Vasile Ch ...

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 and 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad () ...

, he earned Romania's first team world title in fencing at the 1967 World Championships in Montreal. He competed at four Olympic Games from 1960 to 1972. For his accomplishments he was named "honoured master of sports" (''maestru emerit al sportului'') in 1968. In parallel to his career as an athlete Mureșanu became a fencing coach at CS Viitorul. He was a federal coach for the Romanian Fencing Federation from 1974 to 2000 and served as international referee for the

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. He moved to Switzerland to pursue his coaching career. He died there on 6 March 2007.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Muresanu, Tanase 1940 births 2007 deaths Romanian male foil fencers Olympic fencers for Romania Fencers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Fencers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Fencers from Bucharest 20th-century Romanian sportsmen