Ivan Vitaliyevich Nifontov (Russian: Иван Витальевич Нифонтов; born 5 June 1987, in Pavlodar[1]) is a Russian judoka.

He won the bronze at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the category men's –81 kg.

He carried the Winter Olympic torch before the Sochi Games.

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