Nils Stump

Nils Stump (born 12 April 1997) is a Swiss judoka.[4] He won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[5] He is a bronze medalist at the 2021 European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal. He also competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

Nils Stump
Personal information
Born (1997-04-12) 12 April 1997 (age 27)
OccupationJudoka
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)[2]
Sport
CountrySwitzerland
SportJudo
Weight class‍–‍73 kg
Rank     2nd dan black belt[1]
ClubJudo Club Uster[3]
Achievements and titles
Olympic GamesR32 (2020)
World Champ.Gold(2023)
European Champ.Bronze(2021)
Medal record
Men's judo
Representing  Switzerland
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Doha ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍73 kg
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Lisbon ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Slam
Gold medal – first place 2022 Abu Dhabi ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Tel Aviv ‍–‍73 kg
Gold medal – first place 2024 Dushanbe ‍–‍73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2020 Budapest ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Tashkent ‍–‍73 kg
IJF Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Tbilisi ‍–‍73 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tel Aviv ‍–‍73 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Tel Aviv ‍–‍66 kg
European Junior Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Málaga ‍–‍66 kg
Profile at external databases
IJF19854
JudoInside.com86217
Updated on 20 May 2024

Career

In 2021, Stump won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 kg event at the European Judo Championships held in Lisbon, Portugal.[6][7] He defeated Giovanni Esposito of Italy in his bronze medal match.[8]

Stump also competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2021 World Judo Championships held in Budapest, Hungary. In July 2021, he competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan where he was eliminated in his first match.[9]

In October 2022, Stump won the 2022 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam and he became the first Swiss judoka to win a Grand Slam tournament in the IJF World Tour.[10][11]

Stump won the gold medal in the men's 73 kg event at the 2023 World Judo Championships held in Doha, Qatar.[5] He defeated Manuel Lombardo of Italy in his gold medal match.[5] He became the first Swiss judoka to win gold at the World Judo Championships.[5]

He won one of the bronze medals in the men's 73 kg event at the 2024 World Judo Championships held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[12] He defeated Igor Wandtke of Germany in his bronze medal match.

Achievements

YearTournamentPlaceWeight class
2021European Championships3rd−73 kg
2023World Championships1st−73 kg
2024World Championships3rd−73 kg

References