Jordan Thomas (karateka)
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Born | Jordan Nathaniel Jean Thomas 10 March 1992 Luton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Luton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Style | Kumite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | World Champion (-67kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jordan Thomas (born 10 March 1992) is a British karateka. In 2016, he became the first British Karate World Champion in 12 years, since Paul Newby's gold medal in 2004. Jordan was also the first British World Games Finalist in 16 Years, the last being in 2001. His first major title, in 2014, made him the first British European Karate Champion in 8 years. He is the son of William Thomas who won the 1992 World Karate Championships.
Career[]
Training with the Kaizen Central Karate Federation, Jordan became the 2014 -67 kg Senior European Karate Champion after defeating Aliyev Niyazi from Azerbaijan in the final in Tampere, Finland.[1]
At the 2016 World Karate Championships in Linz, Austria, Thomas took gold in the Kumite -67 kg weight.[2]
In June 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
References[]
- ^ "KARATE: Jordan becomes Euro champion". Dunstable Today. 23 May 2014.
- ^ "Jordan Thomas follows father's success with world karate gold". BBC. 30 October 2016.
External links[]
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Competitors at the 2017 World Games
- English male karateka
- Sportspeople from Luton
- World Games medalists in karate
- World Games silver medalists
- British martial arts biography stubs
- European karate biography stubs