Tokey Hill
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| Born |
Terrance Alan Hill[1] Chillicothe, Ohio, United States[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Style | Shotokan Karate[3] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Official site | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Tokey Hill is an American karateka most well known for being the first male American to ever win a WUKO/WKF World Karate Championship which he achieved at the 1980 World Karate Championships in the 80 kg Kumite category.[5][6] He also won a bronze medal in Kumite at the World Games 1981. He would open up his own school in 1983.[7] He has also been a kickboxing coach for Micheal McDonald[3] and later a karate coach for the USA National Karate-do Federation.[7]
Achievements
- First American to win a WKF World Karate Championship
- 6 times AAU/USA National Karate Championships[6]
- World Games 1981 bronze medal
References
- ↑ "LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Just in Case: a Karate Defense for a Hijacking". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
- ↑ Black Belt September 1978. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Black Belt January 2003. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ HILL:4089 "Home > The Games > Results history". World Games. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ↑ "Black Belt". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Black Belt January 1999. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Interview With Tokey Hill". CNN. Retrieved 2014-11-03.