Matvey Kanikovskiy

Matvey Gennadievich Kanikovskiy (Матвей Геннадиевич Каниковский, born 11 November 2001 ) is a Russian judoka and sambist. 2022 Russian national champion. 2024 European champion.

Background
Kanikovskiy was born in Moscow, Russia. He started judo and sambo at the age of 5. in Sambo-70 club.

Career
In 2021, Kanikovskiy claimed the junior European title in Luxembourg. He was runner-up at the grand slam Abu Dhabi.

In 2022, he won the senior Russian national championships held in Yekaterinburg at 100 kg and earned the gold medal at the grand slam Ulaanbaatar.

In 2023, Matvey won the grand prix in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, two grand slam tournaments in Astana, Kazakhstan and Tokyo, Japan and came third at the European Championships.

In 2024, he won the grand prix Odivelas, in the final match he over 2x world champion Nikoloz Sherazadishvili of Spain. In March 2024, he became a finalist at the Grand Slam Tashkent. In April 2024, he won the European championships.