Toma Junior Popov

Toma Junior Popov (born 29 September 1998) is a French badminton player.[1][2] He won the bronze medal at the 2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' singles event.[3] 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. He joined Peter Gade, Jim Laugesen, and Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen as the only men to have ever completed the treble.[4] He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games and claimed the men's singles bronze medal.[5]

Toma Junior Popov
Personal information
CountryFrance
Born (1998-09-29) 29 September 1998
Sofia, Bulgaria
ResidenceFos-sur-Mer, France
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight86 kg (190 lb)
HandednessRight
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking51 (MS 30 April 2019)
80 (MD 17 March 2020)
Current ranking62 (MS), 80 (MD) (17 March 2020)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  France
European Men's Team Championships
2016 Kazan Men's team
2018 Kazan Men's team
2020 Liévin Men's team
Mediterranean Games
2018 Tarragona Men's singles
European Junior Championships
2017 Mulhouse Boys' singles
2017 Mulhouse Boys' doubles
2017 Mulhouse Mixed team
2015 Lubin Boys' singles
2015 Lubin Mixed team
BWF profile

Personal life

Born in Sofia, Popov came from a badminton family. His father, Thomas, is a former Bulgarian and French national player. His brother, Christo Popov, also plays badminton. Both of them trained at the Fos-sur-Mer club.[6]

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Men's singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2018 El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain Muhammed Ali Kurt 21–17, 21–16 Bronze

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

Year Venue Opponent Score Result
2015 Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland Anders Antonsen 13–21, 9–21 Bronze
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace, Mulhouse, France Arnaud Merklé 21–14, 21–15 Gold

Boys' doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Centre Sportif Régional d'Alsace,
Mulhouse, France		 Thom Gicquel Max Flynn
Callum Hemming		 21–17, 21–13 Gold

BWF World Tour (1 title)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[7] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.[8]

Men's singles

Year Tournament Level Opponent Score Result
2020 SaarLorLux Open Super 100 Mark Caljouw 22–20, 19–21, 21–14 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 1 runner-up)

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Latvia International Kasper Lehikoinen 21–14, 21–14 Winner
2018 Hellas International Ondřej Král 21–7, 21–13 Winner
2018 Latvia International Léo Rossi 21–10, 21–15 Winner
2018 Spanish International Lucas Corvée 21–13, 21–17 Winner
2018 Bulgarian Open Arnaud Merklé 22–20, 21–12 Winner
2018 Czech Open Victor Svendsen 21–16, 21–11 Winner
2019 Bulgarian Open Abhinav Manota 21–15, 21–10 Winner
2019 Irish Open Pablo Abián 21–10, 24–22 Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Bulgarian Eurasia Open Thomas Vallez Ronan Guéguin
Alexandre Hammer		 11–10, 11–10, 11–9 Winner
2018 Bulgarian Open Christo Popov Chen Yu-jun
Lin Bing-wei		 17–21, 21–7, 21–17 Winner
2019 Italian International Christo Popov Bjarne Geiss
Jan Colin Völker		 18–21, 16–21 Runner-up

BWF Junior International (9 titles, 4 runners-up)

Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2014 Bulgarian Junior International Alexandre Hammer 11–10, 4–11, 4–11, 11–6, 11–4 Winner
2015 Bulgarian Junior International Daniel Nikolov 21–9, 19–21, 13–21 Runner Up
2015 Slovenia Junior International Wolfgang Gnedt 21–14, 10–21, 23–21 Winner
2016 Hellas Junior International Nhat Nguyen 21–17, 11–21, 21–14 Winner
2016 Belgian Junior International Arnaud Merklé 21–15, 21–12 Winner
2016 Danish Junior Cup Nhat Nguyen 21–16, 19–21, 24–22 Winner

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Bulgarian Junior International Thomas Vallez Ronan Gueguin
Alexandre Hammer		 10–11, 11–10, 9–11, 11–6, 6–11 Runner Up
2015 Hungarian Junior International Thomas Vallez Aleksander Jabłoński
Paweł Śmiłowski		 21–17, 20–22, 21–19 Winner
2015 Slovenia Junior International Gregor Dunikowski Emre Cömert
Baran Yüksel		 21–16, 21–17 Winner
2016 Hellas Junior International Thomas Baures Eloi Adam
Samy Corvée		 21–18, 21–15 Winner
2016 Bulgarian Junior International Léo Rossi Pakin Kuna-Anuvit
Natthapat Trinkajee		 13–21, 8–21 Runner Up
2016 Belgian Junior International Léo Rossi Zach Russ
Steven Stallwood		 21–11, 21–15 Winner
2016 Danish Junior Cup Karl Thor Søndergaard Rasmus Kjær Pedersen
Jesper Toft		 14–21, 21–17, 17–21 Runner-up
  BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
  BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
  BWF Junior International Series tournament
  BWF Junior Future Series tournament

References
  1. "Players: Toma Junior Popov". bwfbadminton.com. Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  2. "Badminton - Toma Junior Popov". www.les-sports.info (in French). Info Média Conseil. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  3. "European Junior Championships, Individuals". badmintoneurope.com. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  4. Phlean, Mark. "Popov does double and creates history". Badminton Europe. Badminton Europe. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
  5. "Athlete Profile: Popov Toma Tomov". Tarragona 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
  6. "The Popov dynasty". www.fz-forza.com. FZ Forza. Retrieved 19 February 2018.
  7. "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. 29 November 2017.
  8. "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. 15 January 2018.
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