Molly Samuels
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Molly Irene Samuels[1] September 12, 1961 London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | 6th Dan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Molly Irene Samuel-Leport MBE (born 12 September 1961, London, England) is a British karateka.[2] She has a 6th Dan black belt in karate and is the winner of multiple European Karate Championships. Samuel-Leport received the 1989 Sunday Times International Sports Woman of the Year and 1987 Jamaican Jubliee Award for Excellence.[3][4]
Samuel-Leport was the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Walthamstow in the 2015 general election.[5] She was previously an unsuccessful candidate in the Leytonstone ward of Waltham Forest council at the 2014 election.[6]
She was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2015 New Year Honours for services to karate.[7][8]
Achievements
- 1986 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1986 World Karate Championships Kumite Silver Medal
- 1987 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1989 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1990 World Karate Championships Kumite Bronze Medal
- 1991 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1992 European Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1992 World Karate Championships Kumite Gold Medal
- 1993 World Games Gold Medal
References
- ↑ The International Who's Who of Women 2002. Google Books. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ↑ "Thomason in Euro champs". Welwyn Hatfield Times. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ↑ "Molly Samuel-Leport, former Sunday Times' International Sports Woman on the Year, will take on Stella Creasy MP for the conservative party next year". Guardian. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
- ↑ "Three women from Waltham Forest have been named in the 2015 New Year's Honours list". Telegraph & Argus. Retrieved 2015-04-13.
- ↑ "Molly Samuels". Conservatives. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ↑ "Election results for Leytonstone, 22 May 2014". Waltham Forest. Retrieved 2014-11-06.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 61092. p. N24. 31 December 2014.
- ↑ 2015 New Year Honours List
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