Julia Tolofua

{{Short description|French judoka (born 1997)}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|6|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Nice, France

| height = 1.86 m

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| country = {{FRA}}

| weight_class = +78 kg

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| club = ACS Peugeot Mulhouse

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| worlds_rank = 2

| worlds_year = 2023

| worlds_weight = Women's +78 kg

| regionals_type = EU

| regionals_rank = 2

| regionals_year = 2024

| regionals_weight = Women's +78 kg

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{{Medal|Sport| Women's judo }}

{{Medal|Country| {{FRA}} }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Championships }}

{{Medal|S| 2021 Budapest | Mixed team }}

{{Medal|S| 2022 Tashkent | Mixed team }}

{{Medal|S| 2023 Doha | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Tashkent | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 2022 Mulhouse | Mixed team }}

{{Medal|G| 2024 Zagreb | Mixed team }}

{{Medal|S| 2024 Zagreb | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| World Masters }}

{{Medal|S| 2023 Budapest | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Slam }}

{{Medal|G| 2022 Tbilisi | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2024 Antalya | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2019 Brasilia | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2021 Paris | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Paris | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Tel Aviv | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2022 Antalya | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2023 Paris | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2025 Tashkent | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|B| 2025 Tbilisi | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| IJF Grand Prix }}

{{Medal|G| 2019 Tbilisi | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|G| 2021 Zagreb | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| European Junior Championships }}

{{Medal|G| 2016 Málaga | +78 kg }}

{{Medal|Competition| Military World Games }}

{{Medal|S| 2019 Wuhan | Women's team }}

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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.[https://www.leparisien.fr/sports/ile-de-france/dans-la-famille-tolofua-la-judokate-01-11-2019-8184669.php Dans la famille Tolofua, la judokate…] [In the Tolofua family, the judoka…], Le Parisien, 1 November 2019 (in French)

She won a medal at the 2021 World Judo Championships.{{cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1109009/world-judo-championships-day-8|title=Japan win mixed team gold as World Judo Championships come to a close|website=insidethegames.biz|date=13 June 2021}}[http://judolive01.lb.judobase.org/www.judo-world.net/ijf/world/wc_sen_teams2021/tta.php?tta_mode=team&aktion=pdf_sheet&klasse=m&sprache=english 2021 World Judo Championships results]

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.{{Cite news|last=Lloyd|first=Owen|date=19 February 2022|title=Dicko cements France's place at top of Tel Aviv Grand Slam medals table|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1119527/romane-dicko-ijf-grand-slam-tel-aviv|access-date=20 February 2022}} 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.{{cite web |title=European Judo Championships Senior Mixed Team Mulhouse 2022 — Draw |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2308/draw |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221113024130/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2308/draw |archive-date=13 November 2022}}{{cite web |title=European Judo Championships Senior Mixed Team Mulhouse 2022 — Nations — France |url=https://www.ijf.org/competition/2308/judoka_nations?nation=fra |website=International Judo Federation |access-date=13 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221112163859/https://www.ijf.org/competition/2308/judoka_nations?nation=fra |archive-date=12 November 2022}}

In May 2023, she won the silver medal at the 2023 World Judo Championships. {{Cite web |title=+78kg: Sone Secures Superb Second Title |url=https://www.ijf.org/index.php/news/show/78kg-sone-secures-superb-second-title |access-date=2023-05-15 |website=www.ijf.org |language=en}}