Toma Nikiforov (born 25 January 1993) is a Belgian judoka who competes in the under 100 kg category. 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.
Nikiforov is of Bulgarian origin.[3] As a child, he lived above a judo club and he accompanied his father, who was a judoka.[4] 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.[5]
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toma, nikiforov, born, january, 1993, belgian, judoka, competes, under, category, 2015, bronze, medals, world, championships, european, games, placed, second, 2016, european, championships, eliminated, second, bout, olympics, gold, medal, 2018, 2021, european,. Toma Nikiforov born 25 January 1993 is a Belgian judoka who competes in the under 100 kg category 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 Toma NikiforovNikiforov at the 2016 OlympicsPersonal informationNationalityBelgianBorn 1993 01 25 January 25 1993 age 30 OccupationJudokaHeight190 cm 6 ft 3 in 1 SportCountry BelgiumSportJudoWeight class 100 kgClubRoyal Crossing Club de Schaerbeek 2 Coached byDamiano Martinuzzi personal Frederic Georgery personal Fabrice Flamand national 2 Achievements and titlesWorld Champ 2017 European Champ 2018 2021 Olympic GamesR16 2016 2020 Medal record Men s judoRepresenting BelgiumWorld Championships2017 Marrakesh Open2015 Astana 100 kgEuropean Games2015 Baku 100 kgEuropean Championships2018 Tel Aviv 100 kg2021 Lisbon 100 kg2016 Kazan 100 kgWorld Masters2015 Rabat 100 kgIJF Grand Slam2021 Tashkent 100 kg2022 Paris 100 kg2017 Abu Dhabi 100 kg2018 Ekaterinburg 100 kg2015 Tyumen 100 kg2015 Abu Dhabi 100 kg2017 Tokyo 100 kg2021 Tbilisi 100 kgIJF Grand Prix2014 Havana 100 kg2017 Dusseldorf 100 kg2014 Tashkent 100 kg2019 Marrakesh 100 kg2014 Jeju 100 kg2019 Antalya 100 kgWorld Juniors Championships2013 Ljubljana 100 kgEuropean Junior Championships2012 Porec 100 kg2011 Lommel 100 kg2013 Sarajevo 100 kgWorld Cadets Championships2009 Budapest 90 kgEuropean Cadet Championships2009 Koper 90 kgYouth Olympic Games2010 Singapore 100 kgProfile at external databasesIJF9520JudoInside com48760Updated on 21 February 2022 Biography EditNikiforov is of Bulgarian origin 3 As a child he lived above a judo club and he accompanied his father who was a judoka 4 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 5 He won the gold medal at the 2018 European Judo Championships in the 100kg class defeating Cyrille Maret in the final with an ippon 6 References Edit Toma Nikiforov Archived 2016 11 26 at the Wayback Machine rio2016 com a b Toma Nikiforov Archived 2016 09 20 at the Wayback Machine nbcolympics Toma Nikiforov stroit olimpijskuyu mechtu Archived 2016 09 17 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 EditToma Nikiforov at the International Judo Federation Toma Nikiforov at JudoInside com Toma Nikiforov at Olympics com Toma Nikiforov at Olympedia Toma Nikiforov at Team Belgium in Dutch Toma Nikiforov at Olympics at Sports Reference com archived Toma Nikiforov at The Sports org Toma Nikiforov on Instagram This biographical article related to Belgian judo is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Toma Nikiforov amp oldid 1151520859, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
