Tohar Butbul
Tohar Butbul is an Israeli judoka. He competes in the under 73 kg weight category, and won bronze medals in the 2017 Grand Slam Paris and 2017 Grand Slam Abu Dhabi. As of March 2018 he is ranked #9 in the world in the U73 kg division.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.
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. 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.
On February 11, 2017, Butbul took part at the prestigious Grand Slam Paris for the first time and won a bronze medal. 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.
In April 2017, Butbul won the bronze medal at the Grand Prix Antalya 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. On June 17, he won the silver medal at the Grand Prix Cancun. On October 27, he took part at the Grand Slam Abu Dhabi and won the bronze medal.Titles
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