Toma Junior Popov (born 29 September 1998) is a French
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...
player. He won the bronze medal at the
2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. Popov made history as the first non-Danish male player to win a
European Junior team gold as well as the men's singles and doubles in
2017
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. He joined
,
Jim Laugesen
Jim Laugesen (born 10 November 1974) is a former Danish badminton player. He was the 1992 World Junior Champion in the mixed doubles event partnered with Rikke Olsen. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia partnered with M ...
, and
Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen
Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen (born 29 April 1971) is a Danish badminton player.
Career
Stuer-Lauridsen won bronze in the 1992 Olympic Games. He also played at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI ...
as the only men to have ever completed the treble. He competed at the
2018 Mediterranean Games
The 2018 Mediterranean Games ( es, Juegos Mediterráneos de 2018), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games ( es, XVIII Juegos Mediterráneos) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 Jun ...
and claimed the men's singles bronze medal.
Personal life
Born in
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
, Popov came from a badminton family. His father, Thomas, is a former Bulgarian and French national player. His brother,
Christo Popov
Christo Popov (born 8 March 2002) is a French badminton player who affiliate with Fos club. He was the boys' doubles European U15 and U17 Junior Champions, also won the boys' singles silver medals at the 2018 European and 2019 World Junior Ch ...
, also plays badminton. Both of them trained at the
Fos-sur-Mer
Fos-sur-Mer (, literally ''Fos on Sea''; Provençal: ''Fòs'') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
Geography
Fos-sur-Mer is situated about north west of Marseille, on the Mediterranean coast, and to the west ...
club.
Achievements
European Championships
''Men's singles''
Mediterranean Games
''Men's singles''
European Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
''Boys' doubles''
BWF World Tour (4 titles)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation (BWF) is the international governing body for the sport of badminton recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It was founded in 1934 as the International Badminton Federation (IBF) with nine member ...
(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the BWF World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
''Men's singles''
BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 1 runner-up)
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
BWF Junior International (9 titles, 4 runners-up)
''Boys' singles''
''Boys' doubles''
: BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
: BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
: BWF Junior International Series tournament
: BWF Junior Future Series tournament
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sofia
French male badminton players
Competitors at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in badminton