Tohar Butbul is an Israeli retired Olympic judoka.
22 Facts About Tohar Butbul
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Tohar Butbul was a member of the Israeli team that won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics.
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Tohar Butbul started training in judo when he was five years old at Israeli Olympic bronze medalist Oren Smadja's school.
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On 19 September, Tohar Butbul took part in the 2014 European Junior Championships which was held in Bucharest, Romania, and won a bronze medal after defeating Nuno Saraiva of Portugal in the medal match.
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Tohar Butbul won the gold medal in the 2014 European Cup U21 Lignano.
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Tohar Butbul won the 2014 Israeli U21 Championships and the Israeli Championships in Ra'anana.
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On 11 February, Tohar Butbul took part at the prestigious 2017 Paris Grand Slam for the first time and won a bronze medal.
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Tohar Butbul then battled for the bronze against Giyosjon Boboev of Uzbekistan and won after he got a waza-ari in golden score time.
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Tohar Butbul participated in the 2017 European Championships held in Warsaw, Poland, and finished in 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.
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Tohar Butbul won bronze medals at the 2018 Zagreb Grand Prix in Croatia and in the 2018 Dusseldorf Grand Slam in Germany.
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Tohar Butbul won the gold medal at the 2019 Zagreb Grand Prix, silver medals at the 2019 World Masters in Qingdao in China and the 2019 Baku Grand Slam in Azerbaijan, and a bronze medal at the 2019 Tel Aviv Grand Prix.
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Tohar Butbul won a silver medal at the 2019 New York Open Team Championships.
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Tohar Butbul won the 2019 Israeli Championships in Tel Aviv.
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Tohar Butbul competed three times and one won of his matches.
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Tohar Butbul won the silver medal in the 2021 European Championships in Lisbon in Portugal.
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Tohar Butbul won a bronze medal at the 2021 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel.
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Tohar Butbul won one of the bronze medals in his event at the 2022 Tel Aviv Grand Slam held in Israel.
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Tohar Butbul won bronze medals in the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongoloia and in the 2022 Budapest Grand Slam in Hungary.
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Tohar Butbul won the gold medal in the 2023 Linz Grand Prix in Austria in May.
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Tohar Butbul won a bronze medal at the 2024 Tbilisi Grand Slam in Georgia in March.
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Tohar Butbul represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the men's 73 kg event, where he won his first match against Messaoud Dris of Algeria who was disqualified, lost his second match to world champion Hidayat Heydarov of Azerbaijan who went on to win the gold medal, and came in ninth.
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Tohar Butbul competed in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.