Mykyta Filipov

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Mykyta Filipov
Mykyta Filipov at the 2023 European Games
BornМикита (Нікіта) Філіпов
(2002-03-12) March 12, 2002 (age 22)[1]
ResidenceKyiv, Ukraine
NationalityUkrainian
Height1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
StyleKarate Kumite
Team"Чемпіон ГО СК" Kyiv
TrainerMaksym Nevmerzhytskyi, Hnat Pak
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  Ukraine
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bielsko-Biała 60 kg
World U21 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Konya 60 kg

Mykyta Filipov (also Nikita Filipov, Ukrainian: Микита (Нікіта) Сергійович Філіпов; born 12 March 2002) is a Ukrainian karateka competing in the kumite 60 kg division. He is 2023 European Games bronze medallist.[2][3][4]

Filipov represented Ukraine at the 2021 World Karate Championships in Dubai where he lost in the second round to Amir Khani. 2023 European Karate Championships was more successful for him: there he reached quarterfinals where he lost to the eventual silver medallist Christos-Stefanos Xenos from Greece. At the 2023 World Karate Championships in Budapest, Filipov again lost in the second round, this time to Algerian Alaeddine Salmi.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ukrainian team at the 2023 European Games, National Olympic Committee of Ukraine (in Ukrainian).
  2. ^ "Український каратист Філіпов здобув бронзову нагороду Європейських ігор". Укрінформ. 22 June 2023.
  3. ^ "НІКІТА ФІЛІПОВ – БРОНЗОВИЙ ПРИЗЕР ЄВРОПЕЙСЬКИХ ІГОР-2023". XSPORT. 22 June 2023.
  4. ^ "Нікіта Філіпов: "Хотілося поборотися за золото"". National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. 22 June 2023.

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