Geoff Thompson (karateka)

For the English writer, see Geoff Thompson (writer).
Geoff Thompson
Style Wado-ryu Karate[1]
Website Official site
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  United Kingdom
European Championship
1983 Madrid Kumite open
World Championship
1982 Tapei Kumite +80 kg
1986 Sydney Kumite +80 kg
World Games
1985 London Kumite +80 kg

Geoff Thompson is a British karateka. He is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships and World Karate Championships medals.[2] Geoff was honoured in 1995 in the Queens New Year’s Honours list with an MBE for his services to sport. He is Founder and Executive Chair of the Youth Charter a UK based charity established in 1993.[3][4][5][6]

Achievements

References

  1. ↑ "Memoirs of a Karate Fighter". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "Interview: Geoff Thompson – Street-fighting miracle man". Independent. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "Black youths to get top role models". Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "BIG INTERVIEW: Choosing culture over crime – Geoff Thompson MBE, founder, Youth Charter for Sport, Culture and Arts". CYPN. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Alan Hubbard: Big Geoff Thompson is invisible only to the powers in British sport, it seems". Inside. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2014.


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