Tohar Butbul Judoka

Tohar Butbul

Country:Israel
Born:24 January 1994 (25 years)
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Tohar Butbul of Israel won bronze at the European Open in Sofia in 2016. In 2014 he won bronze at the European Junior Championships. Butbul is former Israelian champion U73kg. He won bronze at the Grand Slam in Paris in 2017. He took a silver medal at the Grand Prix in Cancun in 2017. He took a bronze medal at the Grand Slam in Düsseldorf in 2018 and bronze at the GP Zagreb. He captured bronze at the Grand Prix in Tel Aviv in 2019. He claimed the silver medal at the Grand Slam in Baku in 2019.

European battle for U73kg European title

20 Jun 2019 10:00

The category that is dominated by the Japanese and Korean fighters Ono, Hashimoto, and An Chang-Rim, is actually quite a European class. With top athletes such as Rustam Orujov, Hidayet Heydarov from Azerbaijan, Lasha Shavdatuashvili (GEO), Tommy Macias (SWE), Akil Gjakova (KOS), Tohar Butbul (ISR) this class is highly interesting who will take the honours. Read more

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Hidayet Heydarov leads trio of Azeri on the podium

11 May 2019 19:15

Hidayat Heydarov of Azerbaijan won his home Grand Slam for the first time as he beat Tel Aviv Grand Prix bronze medallist Tohar Butbul (ISR) in a nervy U73kg final. The former European Championships gold medallist and World bronze medallist won his first IJF World Judo Tour medal in ideal fashion as he used the home advantage and encouragement of the crowd to fuel his charge to victory in Baku. Read more

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Vadzim Shoka wins his first IJF title for Belarus

25 Jan 2019 18:00

Vadzim Shoka (BLR) won his first IJF final as he beat Italian youngster Giovanni Esposito with a late flurry in the last 30 seconds of their U73kg gold medal contest. Both Esposito brothers were good today but it was this time Esposito who reached the podium. World number 47 Shoka made a slow start as Esposito looked composed and set about controlling his opponent with his superior kumi-kata and ashi-waza. Read more

Akil Gjakova first man to win Grand Prix for Kosovo

28 Jul 2018 21:00

The men’s categories were also hotly-contested as Kosovo’s first and only male representative on the IJF World Judo Tour won more silverware than his female counterparts for the first time in history. Read more

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Shohei Ono back to his best in Düsseldorf

24 Feb 2018 19:15

Olympic champion Ono Shohei of Japan was back to his brilliant best as he won all six contests in Germany to return to the medal podium for the first time since Rio 2016. Ono was matched against silver medallist Rustam Orujov (AZE) in a rematch of the Olympic final and the outcome was the same as the Japanese superstar was back with vengeance after a short-lived comeback at the Tokyo Grand Slam in December. Read more