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. Thomas was also the first British World Games Finalist in 16 Years, the last being

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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, Thomas became the

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−67 kg Senior European Karate Champion after defeating Aliyev Niyazi from

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in the final in Tampere, Finland. At the 2016 World Karate Championships in

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, Thomas took gold in the Kumite −67 kg weight. In June 2021, he competed at the World Olympic Qualification Tournament held in Paris, France hoping to qualify for the

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. On 24 January 2022, GB Taekwondo announced that in a new bid to become an Olympian, Thomas had been selected for and joined the GB Taekwondo World Class Performance program, and is now "looking to make his mark in taekwondo" as part of the

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cycle. He is expected to compete in the −68 kg category.

References

External links

English Karate Federation
* 1992 births Living people English male karateka Sportspeople from Luton World Games medalists in karate World Games silver medalists Competitors at the 2017 World Games {{UK-karate-bio-stub