Geoff Thompson (karateka)

Geoff Thompson MBE DL FRSA
Style	Wado-ryu Karate [1] [ failed verification ]
Other information
Website	Official 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

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

• 1982 World Karate Championships Gold Medal
• 1983 European Karate Championships Silver Medal
• 1985 World Games Kumite Gold Medal
• 1986 World Karate Championships Silver Medal

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.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
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.

External links

• Geoff Thompson at KarateRec.com
• Geoff Thompson at the International World Games Association