Geoff Thompson (karateka)

Geoff Thompson MBE is a British karate fighter. He is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships and World Karate Championships medals.[2] Thompson was honoured in 1995 in the Queen's New Year’s Honours list with an MBE for his services to sport.[3] He is the founder and executive chair of the Youth Charter, a charity established in 1993.[4][5][6][7]

For the English writer, see Geoff Thompson (writer).
Geoff Thompson
StyleWado-ryu Karate[1]
WebsiteOfficial 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

Achievements

Video game

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

gollark: Where do you get bread which ISN'T branded?
gollark: What?
gollark: What's wrong with just having `bytes.push`... functions or whatever, like the io.putchar ones?
gollark: We should just switch entirely to unix timestamps and kilo/mega/gigaseconds.
gollark: Do you REALLY need SYMBOLS for those?

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. "Geoff Thompson MBE – Personally Speaking Bureau". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  4. "Black youths to get top role models". Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  5. "BIG INTERVIEW: Choosing culture over crime – Geoff Thompson MBE, founder, Youth Charter for Sport, Culture and Arts". CYPN. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. "Alan Hubbard: Big Geoff Thompson is invisible only to the powers in British sport, it seems". Inside. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  7. "The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 30 November 2014.


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