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Birth name | Persian: تارا بابالفتح | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Pippi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Swedish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 3 January 2006|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Judoka | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | –48 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 1st dan black belt [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Stockholms Judoklubb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turned pro | 2023–present | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Jane Bridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic Games | (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World Champ. | (2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
European Champ. | 7th (2023) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 16 November 2024 |
Tara Babulfath (born 3 January 2006) is a Swedish judoka. [2] She is an Olympic and World Championships bronze medalist in the women's 48 kg division. [3] [4]
Babulfath is also a European Cadet and IJF Grand Slam champion, having won the 48 kg events at the 2022 European Cadet Championships in Poreč and the 2024 Judo Grand Slam in Baku. She also earned silver and bronze medals at the World Cadets Championships. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]
Babulfath placed third at the 2024 World Championships and won a bronze medal in the women's 48 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, becoming the first Swedish judoka to win an Olympic medal. [3] [4] She was also one of the Swedish flag bearers at the 2024 Summer Olympics closing ceremony. [10] Babulfath is coached by Jane Bridge. [3]
Tara Babulfath is the daughter of Iranian-born Swedish wrestler Mohammad Babulfath, who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and wrestler Ida Hellström , a four-time World Championship medalist. [11]
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