Cheryl Murphy

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Cheryl Murphy
Born (1978-10-17) 17 October 1978 (age 46)
Olympia, Washington Flag of the United States.svg
Style Kumite
Teacher(s)Herbert Wiles
Cheryl Murphy
Medal record
Women's karate
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World Combat Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Saint Petersburg Kumite −68

Cheryl Murphy (born October 17, 1978) [1] is an American martial artist. She is a member of Team USA and a current Shotokan Karate fighter. She is stated to be a world class competition kumite competitor. [2]

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Personal life

She was born in Olympia, Washington and resides in Queens, NY. [3] She received her master's degree in Community Health at Long Island University. [4]

Career

She competes in the 68 kilograms (150 lb) division. Murphy has been a member of the Senior US Team since 2002. [3] Murphy is ranked by the World Karate Federation [5] She won the national division, US Open, and a gold medal in the 2012 Pan Americans. [3] Murphy competed in the fifth World University Karate Championships in New York. [4] She has held numerous top 5 rankings in Karate [6] In 2011, she finished 9th in the Pan Am games [7] She competed at the Karate at the 2013 World Combat Games, winning a bronze medal. [8] [9]

She is strong advocate of Karate being inducted into the Olympic Games and now works for FNB as a Quartz CFC person [10] [11]

References

  1. ↑ "Info System: Athletes / MURPHY Cheryl Kimberly". Worldgames2013.sportresult.com. 1978-10-17. Archived from the original on 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  2. ↑ "Champion Karate & Fitness : Cheryl Murphy : World Class Competition Kumite Seminar" (PDF). Championkarateandfitness.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  3. 1 2 3 "Cheryl Murphy". Team USA. Archived from the original on July 5, 2014. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  4. 1 2 "Murphy helping others through karate games". Usatoday30usatoday.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  5. ↑ "WKF Ranking". Setopen.sportdata.org. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  6. ↑ Karate Spartak Hradec Kralove. "Cheryl Murphy". Karaterec.com. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  7. ↑ "2011 Pan American Games -- What's at stake". Espn.go.com. 13 October 2011. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  8. ↑ "World Combat Games Schedule". Worldcombatgames.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-12. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  9. ↑ "SportAccord World Combat Games 2013". World Karate Federation. 4 November 2013. Archived from the original on 5 June 2019.
  10. ↑ "Queens karate kids need help to compete". Queens Chronicle. 13 August 2009. Retrieved 2016-10-30.
  11. ↑ Jeff Z. Kleinaug (2009-08-13). "I.O.C. Decision Draws Cheers and Complaints From Athletes". The New York Times . Retrieved 2016-10-30.


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