Tohar Butbul

Tohar Butbul (Hebrew: טוהר בוטבול‎; born 24 January 1994) is an Israeli judoka.[1] He competes in the under 73 kg weight category, and won bronze medals in the 2017 Paris Grand Slam[2] and 2017 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi.[3] As of March 2018 he is ranked #9 in the world in the U73 kg division.[4]

Tohar Butbul
Personal information
NationalityIsraeli
Born (1994-01-24) 24 January 1994
Israel
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
SportJudo
Weight classLightweight
Coached byOren Smadja

Judo career

Butbul started training in judo when he was five years old at Oren Smadja's school. On September 19, 2014, Butbul took part in the under 21 european championship which was held in Bucharest and won the bronze medal after defeating Nuno Saraiva of Portugal on the medal match.[5]

Butbul's first medal at a senior competition came at the 'European Open Sofia' in January 2016 as he won the bronze after he defeated Sam Van't Westende of the Netherlands.[6] On November 11, 2016, he participated in the under 23 european championship in Tel Aviv and won the silver in the 73 kg weight category after losing to Hidayet Heydarov of Azerbaijan in the final.[6]

On February 11, 2017, Butbul took part at the prestigious Grand Slam Paris for the first time and won a bronze medal.[2] In the quarter-final match he defeated local French Loïc Korval but lost in the semi-final to Japan's Soichi Hashimoto. He then battled for the bronze against Giyosjon Boboev of Uzbekistan and won after he got a Waza-ari in golden score time.[7]

In April 2017, Butbul won the bronze medal at the Antalya Grand Prix[8] after he defeated Rok Drakšič of Slovenia. Butbul participated in the 2017 european championships held in Warsaw and finished 5th place after he lost in the semi-final to Russia's Musa Mogushkov and in the bronze medal match to Tommy Macias of Sweden.[6] On June 17, he won the silver medal at the Cancún Grand Prix.[9] On October 27, he took part at the Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and won the bronze medal.[3][6]

Titles

Source:[10][1]

YearTournamentPlaceRef.
2017 Grand Slam Paris[2]
Grand Prix Antalya[8]
Grand Prix Cancún[9]
Grand Slam Abu Dhabi[3]
2018 Grand Slam Düsseldorf[11]
Grand Prix Zagreb[12]
2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv[13]
Grand Slam Baku[14]
Grand Prix Zagreb[15]
World Masters[16]

References
  1. "Tohar Butbul, Judoka, JudoInside". Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  2. "2017 Grand Slam Paris". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  3. "2017 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. World Ranking, March 2018, IJF Document. p' 12
  5. Results - European U21 Championship 2014: U73 weight category, at JudoInside.com
  6. "Judoka's career results at the IJF website". Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  7. Results - Grand Slam Paris 2017: U73 weight category, at JudoInside.com
  8. "2017 Grand Prix Antalya". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  9. "2017 Grand Prix Cancún". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  10. "Tohar Butbul - Tournament results". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  11. "2018 Grand Slam Dusseldorf". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  12. "2018 Grand Prix Zagreb". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  13. "2019 Grand Prix Tel Aviv". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  14. "2019 Grand Slam Baku". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  15. "2019 Grand Prix Zagreb". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  16. "2019 World Masters". ijf.org. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
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