1) The document summarizes the biography and accomplishments of Russian judoka Ivan Nifontov. It details that he was born in Kazakhstan in 1987 and began studying judo at a young age after moving to Barnaul. 2) As a competitive judoka, Nifontov has won gold medals at the 2009 European Championships and World Championships, as well as a bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. 3) At the 2012 Olympics, Nifontov lost in the semifinals but went on to defeat a Japanese opponent to win the bronze medal match.

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Ryazan 2013

4. Ivan Nifontov was born in June
5, 1987 in Kazakhstan and
decided to do a very early dzyudo.
When Ivan was 9 years old, his
family moved to Barnaul, where he
continued his studies judo. The
young athlete has to train with
Igor G. Votyakova. Now Nifontov
engaged to Ryazan in the junior
team coach- Dmitry N. Sergeyev.
Since 2008 Ivan performs as part
of the Russian national judo
training with the Olympic
champion in 1980 the Italian Ezio
Gamba. Ivan Nifontov is a master
of sports of international class in
Russian judo.

5. judo. Weight category up to 81 kg.
 European Championships 2009 – Gold
 World Championship 2009 – Gold
 Olympic Games 2012 – Bronze
 World Masters 2013 - Gold

6. Nifotnov could not get through to the final of
the competition, the road to the "gold" he
barred the Korean Kim Jae-Bum. But Ivan did
not lose heart and won the bronze medal in
the Olympics, won in the fight for the
"bronze" TKO over an athlete from Japan
Takahiro Nakai.