Toma Nikiforov (born 25 January 1993) is a Belgian judoka who competes in the under 100 kg category.[3] In 2015, he won bronze medals at the world championships and European Games. He placed second at the 2016 European championships, but was eliminated in the second bout at the Rio Olympics. He won the gold medal at the 2018 and 2021 European Championships.
Biography edit
Nikiforov is of Bulgarian origin.[4] As a child, he lived above a judo club and he accompanied his father, who was a judoka.[5] He won the silver medal at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. In 2015, he won the bronze medal at the European Championships and at the World Championships. In 2016, he won the silver medal at the European Championships.[6]
He won the gold medal at the 2018 European Judo Championships in the -100kg class, defeating Cyrille Maret in the final with an ippon.[7]
References edit
- ^ Toma Nikiforov Archived 26 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b Toma Nikiforov Archived 20 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Toma Nikiforov". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ Тома Никифоров «строит» олимпийскую мечту Archived 17 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. asnta.ru
- ^ "Road to Rio–Toma Nikiforov: BEL2016-BR2016". European Judo Union. Archived from the original on 21 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ "Toma Nifikorov" (in French). Team Belgium. Archived from the original on 27 July 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
- ^ Vande Weyer, Philippe (28 April 2018). "Judo: le chef-d'œuvre de Toma Nikiforov, champion d'Europe des -100kg". Le Soir (in French). Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
External links edit
- Toma Nikiforov at the International Judo Federation
- Toma Nikiforov at JudoInside.com
- Toma Nikiforov at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Toma Nikiforov at Olympics.com
- Toma Nikiforov at Olympedia
- Toma Nikiforov at Team Belgium (in Dutch)
- Toma Nikiforov at The-Sports.org
- Toma Nikiforov on Instagram
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