Mykyta Filipov

Mykyta Filipov
Mykyta Filipov at the 2023 European Games
Born	Микита (Нікіта) Філіпов (2002-03-12) March 12, 2002 (age 22)[1]
Residence	Kyiv, Ukraine
Nationality	Ukrainian
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Style	Karate Kumite
Team	"Чемпіон ГО СК" Kyiv
Trainer	Maksym Nevmerzhytskyi, Hnat Pak
Medal record Men's karate Representing  Ukraine European Games 2023 Bielsko-Biała 60 kg World U21 Championships 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

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

External links

• Mykyta Filipov's profile at the website of the karate club "Чемпіон"
• Mykyta Filipov's Instagram profile