Career
In the 2012 Summer Olympics he competed in the Men"s foil, but was defeated in the second round. Dărăban began fencing at age 9 at his local club, Central Saint Martins Cluj, where he was trained by Mugur Codreanu. He placed fourth in the team event of the 2006 European Championships at İzmir, after Romania were defeated by Russia in the small final.
In 2012 Dărăban reached the final in the Olympic qualification tournament at Bratislava after defeating Alexander Choupenitch of the Czechoslovakian Republic in the quarter-final, then Portugal"s Gael Santos, to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In London, he disposed 15–8 of Choi Nicholas Edward of Hong Kong, then met World silver medal Valerio Aspromonte. He took an early 5–0 lead before Aspromonte came back to 6–6 at the end of the first legal
Dărăban regained the lead, but lost control of the match after receiving a red card on 10–8 and was defeated 15-11. After winning the Romanian Cup in October 2013 Dărăban transferred to Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) Cluj, where he began coaching.
He took part in the 2004 European Championships in Strasbourg.
After making it out of pools, he defeated Turkey"s Tevfik Burak Babaoğlu in the table of 64, but was stopped by Timur Safin of Russia. In the team event, the Romania team he captained was beaten by Number.1 seed Russia, then by Belarus, before winning against Turkey to take the 13th place. In the 2014-2015 season he qualified to the 2015 European Games after winning the Budapest qualifier.
