Geoff Thompson (karateka)
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| Style | Wado-ryu Karate[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Geoff Thompson MBE DL FRSA is a British karate fighter. He is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships and World Karate Championships medals.[2] Thompson was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1995 New Year Honours for services to sport, particularly karate.[3][4] He is the founder and executive chair of the Youth Charter, a charity established in 1993.[5][6][7][8]
Thompson has also been appointed a Deputy Lieutenant of Greater Manchester and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[9]
Achievements
[edit]- 1982 World Karate Championships Gold Medal
- 1983 European Karate Championships Silver Medal
- 1985 World Games Kumite Gold Medal
- 1986 World Karate Championships Silver Medal
Video game
[edit]In 1985, Thompson was signed to promote the game Way of the Exploding Fist.
References
[edit]- ^ Robb, Ralph (24 January 2013). Memoirs of a Karate Fighter. ISBN 9781908446152. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
- ^ "Interview: Geoff Thompson – Street-fighting miracle man". Independent. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Geoff Thompson MBE – Personally Speaking Bureau". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 53893". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 December 1994. p. 25.
- ^ "Black youths to get top role models". Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "BIG INTERVIEW: Choosing culture over crime – Geoff Thompson MBE, founder, Youth Charter for Sport, Culture and Arts". CYPN. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Alan Hubbard: Big Geoff Thompson is invisible only to the powers in British sport, it seems". Inside. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ Leadbeater, Charles (1997). The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur. ISBN 9781898309536. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Our Board". Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
External links
[edit]- Geoff Thompson at KarateRec.com
- Geoff Thompson at the International World Games Association
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- English male karateka
- Black British sportsmen
- Wadō-ryū practitioners
- World Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- Deputy lieutenants of Greater Manchester
- Medalists at the 1985 World Games
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