Julia Tolofua (born 1 June 1997) is a French judoka.
She won a medal at the 2021 World Judo Championships.[2][3]
She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Paris held in Paris, France. She also won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Tel Aviv held in Tel Aviv, Israel.[4] She won one of the bronze medals in her event at the 2022 Judo Grand Slam Antalya held in Antalya, Turkey.
She lived in several different places as a child as her father served in the French Foreign Legion. Two of her cousins and an uncle played rugby union at the highest level.[1]
On 12 November 2022 she won a gold medal at the 2022 European Mixed Team Judo Championships as part of team France.[5][6]
In May 2023, she won the silver medal at the 2023 World Judo Championships. [7]
References
- ^ a b c Dans la famille Tolofua, la judokate… [In the Tolofua family, the judoka…], Le Parisien, 1 November 2019 (in French)
- ^ "Japan win mixed team gold as World Judo Championships come to a close". insidethegames.biz. 13 June 2021.
- ^ 2021 World Judo Championships results
- ^ Lloyd, Owen (19 February 2022). "Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "European Judo Championships Senior Mixed Team Mulhouse 2022 — Draw". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "European Judo Championships Senior Mixed Team Mulhouse 2022 — Nations — France". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "+78kg: Sone Secures Superb Second Title". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 15 May 2023.
External links
- Julia Tolofua at the International Judo Federation
- Julia Tolofua at JudoInside.com
- Julia Tolofua at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Julia Tolofua at the French Olympic and Sports Committee (archived) (in French)
- Julia Tolofua at The-Sports.org
- Julia Tolofua on Instagram
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