Ambassador
H.E. DR IVAN TODOROV (BIOGRAPHY)
Born in Belgrade on October 7, 1967.
Married, father of four children.
Speaks English.
Working biography:
1985 - 1995. Professional athlete
1996 - 2000. Ministry of the Interior
2000 - 2013. Sports club "Red Star" Belgrade
2013 - 2018. Security information agency
2018 - Ministry of Foreign Affairs
2018-2023 - Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Hungary
From 2024 - Ambassador of the Republic of Serbia in Bosnia and Herzegovina
From 2020 – Deputy President of the Danube Commission (DK)
Education and training:
1992 - Judo trainer title, obtained at the Vojvodina Institute of Physical Culture in Novi Sad
1992 - Title of first-class trainer for judo, obtained at the Institute for Physical Culture of Vojvodina in Novi Sad
1996 - Graduated from the Faculty of Physical Culture in Belgrade
2010 - Completed master's studies at the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education in Niš
2014 - At the Faculty of Sports and Physical Education in Niš, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the topic "Effects of specific training on the cardiorespiratory endurance and contractile potential of judoka's muscles" and obtained the academic title of Doctor of Physical Education
1998-2008. - Lecturer at the Sports Academy in Belgrade, on the subject "Theory and Methodology of Martial Arts"
2016 - He is a lecturer with the title of assistant professor at the Faculty of Sports of the University "Union - Nikola Tesla" in Belgrade
2016 - Docent at the National Security Academy of the Republic of Serbia
He is the author of a large number of scientific works in sports.
Engagement in sports:
1974-1995. Multiple champion of the SFRY in judo in all age categories and multiple champion of the Balkans, winner of the Mediterranean and European medals in 1988. Participant of the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988. As a team for the clubs he played for, he was national champion seven times (SFRJ and FRY), five times champion of the SFRJ Cup, won fifth place at the European Cup of Champions Clubs. He is a 7th-day black belt.
1994 - 1999. Coach of the men's senior national team
1997 - 2001. Member of the Board of Directors of the Judo Federation of Serbia
1998 - 2008. Lecturer at the sports academy in Belgrade
2000 - 2014 General Secretary of the Sports Association "Red Star"
2001 - 2012. President of the Board of Directors of the Judo Federation of Serbia
Since 2012: President of the Assembly of the Judo Federation of Serbia
2012 - 2016. President of the Balkan Judo Federation
Since 2011: Member of the Sports Commission in the European Judo Federation
Since 2012: Member of the Advisory Board of the President of the European Judo Federation Sergey Soloveitchik
2007 - 2009. President of the Sports Academy in Belgrade
2009 - 2017. Vice President of the Olympic Committee of Serbia
2010 - 2014. Vice President of the Sports Association of Belgrade
2014 - 2018. President of the Board of Directors of the Sports Association "Red Star"
Since 2017, President of the Council for the Development of Olympic Sports in Serbia.
From 2022 - President of the Advisory Board of the President of the European Judo Federation (EJF)
From 2022 - Director of Development of the World Judo Federation (IJF)
From 2024 – Vice president of European Judo Union
Awards and honors
- 1988 - October Award - City of Belgrade
- 2017 - Order of Saint Sava II degree - Serbian Orthodox Church (SPC)
- 2023 - May Lifetime Achievement Award - Sports Association of Serbia
- 2023 - Order of the Diocese of Buda of the First Order (SPC)
- 2023 - Order of the Hungarian State with Commander's Cross
- 2023 - Order of Merit of the European Judo Federation