Toma Junior Popov

Toma Junior Popov
Personal information
Country  France
Born (1998-09-29) 29 September 1998
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Handedness Right
Men's singles & doubles
Highest ranking 81 (MS 6 September 2018)
184 (MD 6 September 2018)
Current ranking 81 (MS), 185 (MD) (27 September 2018)
Medal record
Men's badminton
Representing  France
European Men's Team Championships
2016 Kazan Men's team
2018 Kazan 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

Toma Junior Popov (born 29 September 1998) is a French badminton player.[1][2] In 2015, he won the bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in the boys' singles event.[3] In 2017, he 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. He joined Peter Gade, Jim Laugesen, and Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen as the only men to ever complete the treble.[4] He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, claim the men's singles bronze medal.[5]

Personal life

The Sofia borned, Popov came from the badminton family. His father, Thomas, was a former Bulgarian and French national player. His brother, Christo, also played badminton and the brothers trained at the Fos Sur Mar club.[6]

Achievements

Mediterranean Games

Men's singles

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

European Junior Championships

Boys' singles

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

Boys' doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2018 Czech Open Denmark Victor Svendsen 21–16, 21–11 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Eurasia Bulgarian Open France Arnaud Merkle 22–20, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Spanish International France Lucas Corvée 21–13, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Latvia International France Léo Rossi 21–10, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Hellas International Czech Republic Ondřej Král 21–7, 21–13 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Latvia International Finland Kasper Lehikoinen 21–14, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

Men's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Eurasia Bulgarian Open France Christo Popov Chinese Taipei Chen Yu-jun
Chinese Taipei Lin Bing-wei		 17–21, 21–7, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Bulgarian International France Thomas Vallez France Ronan Guéguin
France Alexandre Hammer		 11–10, 11–10, 11–9 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Junior Tournament

Boys' singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Danish Junior Republic of Ireland Nhat Nguyen 21–16, 19–21, 24–22 1st, gold medalist(s) Champion
2016 Belgian Junior France Arnaud Merkle 21–15, 21–12 1st, gold medalist(s) Champion
2016 Hellas Junior Republic of Ireland Nhat Nguyen 21–17, 11–21, 21–14 1st, gold medalist(s) Champion
2015 Slovenia Junior Austria Wolfgang Gnedt 21–14, 10–21, 23–21 1st, gold medalist(s) Champion
2015 Bulgarian Junior Bulgaria Daniel Nikolov 21–9, 19–21, 13–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner Up
2014 Bulgarian Junior France Alexandre Hammer 11–10, 4–11, 4–11, 11–6, 11–4 1st, gold medalist(s) Champion

Boys' doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2016 Danish Junior Denmark Karl Thor Søndergaard Denmark Rasmus Kjær Pedersen
Denmark Jesper Toft		 14–21, 21–17, 17–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2016 Belgian Junior France Léo Rossi England Zach Russ
England Steven Stallwood		 21–11, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2016 Bulgarian Junior France Léo Rossi Thailand Pakin Kuna-Anuvit
Thailand Natthapat Trinkajee		 13–21, 8–21 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner Up
2016 Hellas Junior France Thomas Baures France Eloi Adam
France Samy Corvee		 21–18, 21–15 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Slovenia Junior France Gregor Dunikowski Turkey Emre Comert
Turkey Baran Yuksel		 21–16, 21–17 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Hungarian Junior France Thomas Vallez Poland Aleksander Jablonski
Poland Pawel Smilowski		 21–17, 20–22, 21–19 1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Bulgarian Junior France Thomas Vallez France Ronan Gueguin
France Alexandre Hammer		 10–11, 11–10, 9–11, 11–6, 6–11 2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner Up
     BWF International Challenge tournament
     BWF International Series tournament
     BWF 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.


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