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.