Julia Tolofua

Julia Tolofua
Personal information
Born (1997-06-01) 1 June 1997
Nice, France[1]
OccupationJudoka
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Sport
Country France
SportJudo
Weight class+78 kg
ClubACS Peugeot Mulhouse
Achievements and titles
World Champ. (2023)
European Champ. (2024)
Medal record
Women's judo
Representing  France
World Championships
2021 Budapest Mixed team
2022 Tashkent Mixed team
2023 Doha +78 kg
2022 Tashkent +78 kg
European Championships
2022 Mulhouse Mixed team
2024 Zagreb Mixed team
2024 Zagreb +78 kg
World Masters
2023 Budapest +78 kg
IJF Grand Slam
2022 Tbilisi +78 kg
2024 Antalya +78 kg
2025 Astana +78 kg
2019 Brasilia +78 kg
2021 Paris +78 kg
2022 Paris +78 kg
2022 Tel Aviv +78 kg
2022 Antalya +78 kg
2023 Paris +78 kg
2025 Tashkent +78 kg
2025 Tbilisi +78 kg
IJF Grand Prix
2019 Tbilisi +78 kg
2021 Zagreb +78 kg
European Junior Championships
2016 Málaga +78 kg
Military World Games
2019 Wuhan Women's team
Profile at external databases
IJF22293
JudoInside.com57052
Updated on 11 May 2025

Julia Tolofua (born 1 June 1997) is a French judoka. 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]

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.

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

  1. ^ a b c Dans la famille Tolofua, la judokate… [In the Tolofua family, the judoka…], Le Parisien, 1 November 2019 (in French)
  2. ^ "Japan win mixed team gold as World Judo Championships come to a close". insidethegames.biz. 13 June 2021.
  3. ^ 2021 World Judo Championships results
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "European Judo Championships Senior Mixed Team Mulhouse 2022 — Draw". International Judo Federation. Archived from the original on 13 November 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "+78kg: Sone Secures Superb Second Title". www.ijf.org. Retrieved 15 May 2023.