Toma Popov

Toma Junior Popov (born 29 September 1998) is a French badminton player. In 2015, he won the bronze medal at the European Junior Championships in the boys' singles event. 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. He competed at the 2018 Mediterranean Games, claim the men's singles bronze medal.

The Sofia borned, Popov came from the badminton family. His father, Thomas, was a former Bulgarian and French national player. His brother, Christo, also plays badminton. Both of them trained at the Fos-sur-Mer club.

Mediterranean Games

Men's singles

Year	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	El Morell Pavilion, Tarragona, Spain	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	Arnaud Merkle	21–14, 21–15	Gold
2015	Regional Sport Centrum Hall, Lubin, Poland	Anders Antonsen	13–21, 9–21	Bronze

Boys' doubles

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

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2019	Bulgarian Open	Abhinav Manota	21–15, 21–10	Winner
2018	Czech Open	Victor Svendsen	21–16, 21–11	Winner
2018	Bulgarian Open	Arnaud Merkle	22–20, 21–12	Winner
2018	Spanish International	Lucas Corvée	21–13, 21–17	Winner
2018	Latvia International	Léo Rossi	21–10, 21–15	Winner
2018	Hellas International	Ondřej Král	21–7, 21–13	Winner
2016	Latvia International	Kasper Lehikoinen	21–14, 21–14	Winner

Men's doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	Bulgarian Open	Christo Popov	Chen Yu-jun Lin Bing-wei	17–21, 21–7, 21–17	Winner
2014	Bulgarian Eurasia Open	Thomas Vallez	Ronan Guéguin Alexandre Hammer	11–10, 11–10, 11–9	Winner

BWF Junior Tournament

Boys' singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Danish Junior	Nhat Nguyen	21–16, 19–21, 24–22	Champion
2016	Belgian Junior	Arnaud Merkle	21–15, 21–12	Champion
2016	Hellas Junior	Nhat Nguyen	21–17, 11–21, 21–14	Champion
2015	Slovenia Junior	Wolfgang Gnedt	21–14, 10–21, 23–21	Champion
2015	Bulgarian Junior	Daniel Nikolov	21–9, 19–21, 13–21	Runner Up
2014	Bulgarian Junior	Alexandre Hammer	11–10, 4–11, 4–11, 11–6, 11–4	Champion

Boys' doubles

Year	Tournament	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2016	Danish Junior	Karl Thor Søndergaard	Rasmus Kjær Pedersen Jesper Toft	14–21, 21–17, 17–21	Runner-up
2016	Belgian Junior	Léo Rossi	Zach Russ Steven Stallwood	21–11, 21–15	Winner
2016	Bulgarian Junior	Léo Rossi	Pakin Kuna-Anuvit Natthapat Trinkajee	13–21, 8–21	Runner Up
2016	Hellas Junior	Thomas Baures	Eloi Adam Samy Corvee	21–18, 21–15	Winner
2015	Slovenia Junior	Gregor Dunikowski	Emre Comert Baran Yuksel	21–16, 21–17	Winner
2015	Hungarian Junior	Thomas Vallez	Aleksander Jablonski Pawel Smilowski	21–17, 20–22, 21–19	Winner
2014	Bulgarian Junior	Thomas Vallez	Ronan Gueguin Alexandre Hammer	10–11, 11–10, 9–11, 11–6, 6–11	Runner Up

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