Molly Samuel-Leport
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Born | Molly Irene Samuel[1] 12 September 1961 London, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Style | Isshin-ryū karate | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 6th Dan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Molly Irene Samuel-Leport MBE (born 12 September 1961, London, England) is a British karateka,[2] community leader and political candidate. She has a 6th Dan black belt in karate and is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships. Samuel-Leport received the 1989 Sunday Times International Sports Woman of the Year and 1987 Jamaican Jubilee Award for Excellence.[3][4]
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to karate.[5][6]
Achievements[]
- 1986 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1986 World Karate Championships Kumite Silver Medal
- 1987 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1989 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1990 World Karate Championships Kumite Bronze Medal
- 1991 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1992 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1992 World Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1993 World Games Gold Medal
Politics[]
Samuel-Leport was the Conservative PPC for Walthamstow in the 2015 general election. She polled 5,584 votes, which was 13.4% of the overall vote. This was the first time the Conservatives had finished in second place in the constituency since 2001.[7]
At the 2017 general election, she was selected again to contest the seat where she finished in second again, increasing her vote share.
She was selected as the candidate for Brent and Harrow for the 2020 London Assembly election but was unnsuccessful.
References[]
- ^ Sleeman, Elizabeth (2001). The International Who's Who of Women 2002. ISBN 9781857431223. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Thomason in Euro champs". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ "Molly Samuel-Leport, former Sunday Times' International Sports Woman on the Year, will take on Stella Creasy MP for the conservative party next year". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Three women from Waltham Forest have been named in the 2015 New Year's Honours list". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 13 April 2015.
- ^ "No. 61092". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2014. p. N24.
- ^ 2015 New Year Honours List Archived 2 January 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Molly Samuels". Conservatives. Archived from the original on 6 November 2014. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- 1961 births
- Living people
- British female karateka
- Karate coaches
- Isshin-ryū practitioners
- Sportspeople from London
- Black British sportswomen
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- British sportsperson-politicians
- Conservative Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
- Black British women politicians
- English people of Jamaican descent
- World Games gold medalists
- Competitors at the 1993 World Games
- World Games medalists in karate
- British martial arts biography stubs
- European karate biography stubs