Toma Nikiforov (born 25 January 1993) is a Belgian

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who competes in the under 100 kg category. In 2015, he won bronze medals at the

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and

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. He placed second at the 2016 European championships, but was eliminated in the second bout at the

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. He won the gold medal at the

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and

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European Championships.

Biography

Nikiforov is of Bulgarian origin. As a child, he lived above a judo club and he accompanied his father, who was a judoka. He won the silver medal at the

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. 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. He won the gold medal at the 2018 European Judo Championships in the -100kg class, defeating

Cyrille Maret Cyrille Maret (born 11 August 1987) is a French judoka. He won a bronze medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same na ...

in the final with an

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* * * * 1993 births Living people Olympic judoka for Belgium Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Brussels Judoka at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics Belgian male judoka Belgian people of Bulgarian descent Judoka at the 2015 European Games European Games medalists in judo European Games bronze medalists for Belgium Judoka at the 2019 European Games Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century Belgian people {{Belgium-judo-bio-stub