Geoff Thompson (karateka)

Geoff Thompson
MBE DL FRSA
StyleWado-ryu Karate[1][failed verification]
Other information
WebsiteOfficial site
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing  United Kingdom
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1983 Madrid Kumite open
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Tapei Kumite +80 kg
Silver medal – second place 1986 Sydney Kumite +80 kg
World Games
Gold medal – first place 1985 London Kumite +80 kg

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

Video game

In 1985, Thompson was signed to promote the game The Way of the Exploding Fist.

References

  1. ^ Robb, Ralph (24 January 2013). Memoirs of a Karate Fighter. HopeRoad. ISBN 9781908446152. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Interview: Geoff Thompson – Street-fighting miracle man". Independent. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Geoff Thompson MBE – Personally Speaking Bureau". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 53893". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 December 1994. p. 25.
  5. ^ "Black youths to get top role models". Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. ^ "BIG INTERVIEW: Choosing culture over crime – Geoff Thompson MBE, founder, Youth Charter for Sport, Culture and Arts". CYPN. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  7. ^ "Alan Hubbard: Big Geoff Thompson is invisible only to the powers in British sport, it seems". Inside. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  8. ^ Leadbeater, Charles (1997). The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur. Demos. ISBN 9781898309536. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  9. ^ "Our Board". Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Retrieved 17 November 2022.


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