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Billy Higgins
BornWilliam Higgins
(1945-08-14) 14 August 1945 (age 78)
Bootle, England
StyleShotokan Karate
Rank8th Dan
Website/http://www.sei-do-kan-karate.co.uk/

Medal record

Representing  United Kingdom
Karate
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 1972 Brussels Team Kumite
Gold medal – first place 1975 Ostend Kumite −75 kg
Gold medal – first place 1976 Tehran Kumite −75 kg
Karate
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1975 Long Beach Team Kumite[1]

Billy Higgins (born 14 August 1945, in Bootle, England) is a British karateka and former kumite competitor.[2] He holds an 8th-degree black belt from the KUGB, was a winner of multiple European championships, and a gold medalist in men's kumite with the British team at the 1975 World Karate Championships in Long Beach, California.

He is currently a karate instructor for the Karate Union of Great Britain.[3][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media. February 1974. p. 48. Retrieved 8 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. Karate World Championships wuko 1970. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  • ^ "Black Belt". Active Interest Media. February 1974. p. 49. Retrieved 7 November 2014 – via Internet Archive. william higgins karate. {{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help)
  • ^ "A legendary karateka coaches Jeremy Clarke in head butts". Prospect. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  • ^ "Profiles of Senior KUGB Instructors". Karate Union of Great Britain. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

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