Tokey Hill

Tokey Hill
Born	Terrance Alan Hill[1] Chillicothe, Ohio, United States[2]
Style	Shotokan Karate[3]
Website	Official site
Medal record Competitor for  United States Karate World Championship 1980 Madrid Kumite −80 kg Karate World Games 1981 Santa Clara Kumite −80 kg[4]

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 Michael 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

1. "LONG ISLAND JOURNAL; Just in Case: a Karate Defense for a Hijacking". New York Times. Retrieved 2014-11-20.
2. Black Belt September 1978. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
3. Black Belt January 2003. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
4. HILL:4089 "Home > The Games > Results history" Check |url= value (help). World Games. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
5. "Black Belt". Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
6. Black Belt January 1999. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 3 November 2014.
7. "Interview With Tokey Hill". CNN. Retrieved 2014-11-03.