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Geoff Thompson
StyleWado-ryu Karate[1]
Other information
WebsiteOfficial site
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Karate
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1983 Madrid Kumite Open
Karate
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1982 Tapei Kumite + 80 kg
Silver medal – second place 1986 Sydney Kumite + 80 kg
Karate
World Games
Gold medal – first place 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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