Mykyta Filipov Explained

Mykyta Filipov
Birth Name:Микита (Нікіта) Філіпов
Birth Date:12 March 2002[1]
Residence:Kyiv, Ukraine
Nationality:Ukrainian
Height:1.71 m
Weight:62 kg
Style:Karate Kumite
Team:"Чемпіон ГО СК" Kyiv
Trainer:Maksym Nevmerzhytskyi, Hnat Pak

Mykyta Filipov (also Nikita Filipov, Ukrainian: Микита (Нікіта) Сергійович Філіпов; born 12 March 2002) is a Ukrainian karateka competing in the kumite 60 kg division. He is 2023 European Games bronze medallist.[2] [3] [4]

Filipov represented Ukraine at the 2021 World Karate Championships in Dubai where he lost in the second round to Amir Khani. 2023 European Karate Championships was more successful for him: there he reached quarterfinals where he lost to the eventual silver medallist Christos-Stefanos Xenos from Greece. At the 2023 World Karate Championships in Budapest, Filipov again lost in the second round, this time to Algerian Alaeddine Salmi.

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Notes and References

  1. https://noc-ukr.org/olympic/european-games/krakiv-2023/dovidnik-komandi-krakiv/dovidnik-komandi/karate/ Ukrainian team at the 2023 European Games
  2. Web site: 22 June 2023 . Український каратист Філіпов здобув бронзову нагороду Європейських ігор . Укрінформ.
  3. Web site: 22 June 2023 . НІКІТА ФІЛІПОВ – БРОНЗОВИЙ ПРИЗЕР ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКИХ ІГОР-2023 . XSPORT.
  4. Web site: 22 June 2023 . Нікіта Філіпов: "Хотілося поборотися за золото" . National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.