Toma Junior Popov (born 29 September 1998) is a French
badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racket (sports equipment), racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net (device), net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per s ...
player. Partnered with his brother
Christo Popov, he won the men's doubles gold at the
2025 European Championships. He competed at the
2018 Mediterranean Games
The 2018 Mediterranean Games (, ), officially known as the XVIII Mediterranean Games (, ) and commonly known as Tarragona 2018, was an international multi-sport event held from 22 June to 1 July 2018 in Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. Tarragona was ...
and claimed the men's singles bronze medal.
In the juniors, Popov won the bronze medal at the
2015 European Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. 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
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Events January
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. He joined
,
Jim Laugesen, and
Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen as the only men to have ever completed the treble.
Early and personal life
Born in
Sofia
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, Popov came from a badminton family. His father, Thomas, is a former Bulgarian and French national player. His brother,
Christo Popov, also plays badminton. He started to play when he was 8 with neighbour and won his school championship at age of 9. Both of them trained at the
Fos-sur-Mer
Fos-sur-Mer (, literally ''Fos on Sea''; Provençal: ''Fòs'') is a commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in southern France.
Geography
Fos-sur-Mer is situated about north west of Marseille, on the Mediterranean coast, and to the w ...
club.
Achievements
European Games
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
European Championships
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
Mediterranean Games
''Men's singles''
European Junior Championships
''Boys' singles''
''Boys' doubles''
BWF World Tour (4 titles, 3 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the
Badminton World Federation
The Badminton World Federation, aka BWF, is the international governing body for the sport of badminton approved by the International Olympic Committee. It was founded on 5 July 1934 as the International Badminton Federation with nine member ...
(BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the BWF World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
BWF International Challenge/Series (10 titles, 1 runner-up)
''Men's singles''
''Men's doubles''
BWF Junior International (9 titles, 4 runners-up)
''Boys' singles''
''Boys' doubles''
: BWF Junior International Grand Prix tournament
: BWF Junior International Challenge tournament
: BWF Junior International Series tournament
: BWF Junior Future Series tournament
References
External links
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1998 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Sofia
Bulgarian emigrants to France
Sportspeople from Bouches-du-Rhône
French male badminton players
Badminton players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic badminton players for France
Badminton players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for France
Mediterranean Games medalists in badminton
Badminton players at the 2023 European Games
European Games bronze medalists for France
European Games medalists in badminton
21st-century French sportsmen