Nationality: | Belgian |
Birth Date: | 25 January 1993 |
Height: | 190 cm[1] |
Weight Class: | –100 kg |
Coach: | Frederic Georgery (personal) Fabrice Flamand (national) |
Club: | Royal Crossing Club de Schaerbeek[2] |
Worlds Rank: | 2 |
Worlds Year: | 2017 |
Worlds Weight: | Men's Open |
Regionals Type: | EU |
Regionals Rank: | 1 |
Regionals Year: | 2018 |
Regionals Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
Regionals Year2: | 2021 |
Regionals Weight2: | Men's 100 kg |
Olympics Rank: | R16 |
Olympics Year: | 2016 |
Olympics Weight: | Men's 100 kg |
Olympics Year2: | 2020 |
Olympics Weight2: | Men's 100 kg |
Updated: | 26 June 2023 |
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]
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]