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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 LieutenantofGreater Manchester and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[9]
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In 1985, Thompson was signed to promote the game Way of the Exploding Fist.
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^ "Geoff Thompson MBE – Personally Speaking Bureau". Retrieved 9 February 2017.
^ United Kingdom list: "No. 53893". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 December 1994. p. 25.
^ "Black youths to get top role models". Guardian. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ "BIG INTERVIEW: Choosing culture over crime – Geoff Thompson MBE, founder, Youth Charter for Sport, Culture and Arts". CYPN. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ "Alan Hubbard: Big Geoff Thompson is invisible only to the powers in British sport, it seems". Inside. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ Leadbeater, Charles (1997). The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur. ISBN 9781898309536. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ "Our Board". Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Retrieved 17 November 2022.
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