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
Jason Ledgister
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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
2014
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−67 kg Senior European Karate Champion after defeating Aliyev Niyazi from
Azerbaijan
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in the final in
Tampere, Finland.
At the
2016 World Karate Championships in
Linz, Austria
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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
2020 Summer Olympics
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in
Tokyo, Japan
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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
Paris 2024
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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
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