Toma Nikiforov Explained

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.

Biography

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]

Notes and References

  1. https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/toma-nikiforov Toma Nikiforov
  2. http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=nikiforov-toma-1221379/index.html Toma Nikiforov
  3. http://asnta.ru/rus/news/16187 Тома Никифоров «строит» олимпийскую мечту
  4. Web site: Road to Rio–Toma Nikiforov: BEL2016-BR2016. European Judo Union. 8 August 2016. 21 August 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821025600/http://www.eju.net/road-to-riotoma-nikiforov-bel2016-br2016-4439. live.
  5. Web site: Toma Nifikorov. Team Belgium. 8 August 2016. French. 27 July 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160727185658/http://teambelgium.be/fr/athlete/toma-nikiforov. live.
  6. News: Vande Weyer. Philippe. Judo: le chef-d'œuvre de Toma Nikiforov, champion d'Europe des -100kg. 2 May 2018. Le Soir. 28 April 2018. French. 2 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180502212950/http://www.lesoir.be/153895/article/2018-04-28/judo-le-chef-doeuvre-de-toma-nikiforov-champion-deurope-des-100kg. live.