Tohar Butbul

Tohar Butbul (; born 24 January 1994) is an Israeli retired He competes in the under 73 kg weight category, where he won silver medals at the 2019 World Masters and the 2021 European Championships, and won bronze medals in the 2017 Paris Grand Slam and 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam. As of March 2018 he was ranked #9 in the world in the 73 kg division. He was a member of the Israeli team that won a bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Butbul represented Israel at the 2024 Paris Olympics in judo in the men's 73 kg event in which he came in ninth, and in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth.

Early life Butbul was born in Tzoran, Israel.

Judo career Butbul started training in judo when he was five years old at Israeli Olympic bronze medalist Oren Smadja's school.

2014–20; European Junior Championships bronze medal On 19 September, Butbul took part in the 2014 European Junior Championships which was held in Bucharest, Romania, and won a bronze medal after defeating Nuno Saraiva of Portugal in the medal match. He won the gold medal in the 2014 European Cup U21 Lignano. On 11 November, Butbul participated in the 2016 European U23 Championships in Tel Aviv and won the silver in the 73 kg weight category after losing to Hidayat Heydarov of Azerbaijan in the final.

On 11 February, Butbul took part at the prestigious 2017 Paris Grand Slam for the first time and won a bronze medal. He also won the 2017 Israeli Championships in Ra'anana. after he defeated Rok Drakšič of Slovenia. Butbul participated in the 2017 European Championships held in Warsaw, Poland, and finished in 5th place after he lost in the semi-final to Russia's Musa Mogushkov and in the bronze medal match to Tommy Macias of Sweden. On June, he won the silver medal at the 2017 Cancún Grand Prix in Mexico. On October, he took part in the 2017 Abu Dhabi Grand Slam in the United Arab Emirates and won a bronze medal. Advancing without a fight to the round of 16, Butbul faced Moldova's Victor Sterpu, the 2020 European champion, and beat him with an ippon. At the quarterfinals, he lost to the South Korean 2018 world champion An Chang-rim, keeping a chance to win bronze through the repechage. Losing in the repechage to the Canadian 2016 Pan American champion Arthur Margelidon, Butbul finished the competition in seventh place.

In the mixed team event, Butbul was a member of the Israeli team that won a bronze medal. He competed three times and won one of his matches.

2021–present; European Championships silver medal Butbul won the silver medal in the 2021 European Championships in Lisbon in Portugal. He also won a bronze medal at the 2021 Tel Aviv Grand Slam in Israel. Butbul also won bronze medals in the 2022 Ulaanbaatar Grand Slam in Mongoloia and in the 2022 Budapest Grand Slam in Hungary. He also competed in the mixed team event, in which Team Israel came in ninth. "