Tokey Hill

Tokey Hill
BornTerrance Alan Hill[1]
1957[2]
Chillicothe, Ohio, United States[3]
StyleShotokan Karate[4]
Websitetokeyhill.com
Medal record
Men's karate
Representing the  United States
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1980 Madrid Kumite −80 kg
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Santa Clara Kumite −80 kg[5]

Terrance Alan "Tokey" Hill is an American karateka most well known for being the first male American to ever win a WUKO/WKF World Karate Championship which he achieved at the 1980 World Karate Championships in the 80 kg Kumite category.[6][7] He also won a bronze medal in Kumite at the World Games 1981 He would open up his own school in 1983.[8] He has also been a kickboxing coach for Michael McDonald and later a karate coach for the USA National Karate-do Federation[9] Coach Hill traveled to Argentina as the Assistant Coach for the 1995 USA Karate Team during the debut of Karate at the Pan American Games.

Hill appeared in one film, the 1991 martial arts film American Shaolin. He appears in the film's opening as the coach of the film's villain, Trevor Gottitall, played by Trent Bushey.

Achievements

References

  1. ^ Fischler, Marcelle S. (3 March 2002). "LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Just in Case: a Karate Defense for a Hijacking". The New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
  2. ^ "Terrance 'Tokey' Hill". Finding Karate. August 16, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2024.
  3. ^ Black Belt September 1978. September 1978. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  4. ^ Black Belt January 2003. January 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Home > The Games > Results history". World Games. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
  6. ^ "Black Belt". Black Belt Magazine. Active Interest Media. February 1974. p. 56. Retrieved 21 December 2014 – via Internet Archive. wuko championship.
  7. ^ Tokey Hill, Former World Karate Champion. Active Interest Media. January 1999. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
  8. ^ "Interview With Tokey Hill". Edition.cnn.com. October 27, 2001. Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  9. ^ "Welcome to the spectacular world of karate". Olympic.org. 31 August 2017. Retrieved 19 January 2018.


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