# Leon Walters

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{{Short description|British karateka (born 1979)}}
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| birth_name = Leon Anthony Walters
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|9 January 1979}}
| birth_place = [Peckham](/source/Peckham), England, UK
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| martial_art = [Karate](/source/Karate)
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{{MedalSport | Men's [karate](/source/karate) }}
{{MedalCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Championship](/source/World_Karate_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold | [2002 Madrid](/source/2002_World_Karate_Championships) | Kumite +80 kg }}
{{MedalSilver | [2004 Monterrey](/source/2004_World_Karate_Championships) | Kumite +80 kg }}
{{MedalBronze | [1998 Rio de Janeiro](/source/1998_World_Karate_Championships) | Kumite open }}
{{MedalCompetition | [European Championship](/source/European_Karate_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold | [2001 Sofia](/source/2001_European_Karate_Championships) | Kumite +80 kg }}
{{MedalSilver | [2002 Tallinn](/source/2002_European_Karate_Championships) | Kumite +80 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Games](/source/Karate_at_the_World_Games) }}
{{MedalGold | [1997 Lathi](/source/World_Games_1997) | Kumite +80 kg }}
{{MedalBronze | [2001 Akita](/source/World_Games_2001) | Kumite +80 kg }}
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'''Leon Walters''' (born 9 January 1979 in [London](/source/London))<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.duisburg.de/worldgames_archiv/en/teilnehmer/teilnehmer.php@id=13833 |title=Leon Walters |publisher=World Games 2005 |accessdate=28 October 2016}}</ref> is a British [karateka](/source/karateka). He is the winner of multiple [European Karate Championships](/source/European_Karate_Championships) and [World Karate Championships](/source/World_Karate_Championships) Karate medals.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://setopen.sportdata.org/wkfranking/ranking_main_country.php |title=WKF Ranking |publisher=Setopen.sportdata.org |accessdate=18 November 2014}}</ref>

==Achievements==
* 1997  [World Games](/source/Karate_at_the_World_Games)  Kumite Gold Medal
* 1998  [World Karate Championships](/source/1998_World_Karate_Championships)  Kumite  Bronze Medal
* 2001  [European Karate Championships](/source/2001_European_Karate_Championships) Silver Medal
* 2002  [European Karate Championships](/source/2002_European_Karate_Championships) Kumite Silver Medal
* 2002  [World Karate Championships](/source/2006_World_Karate_Championships) Kumite Gold Medal
* 2004  [World Karate Championships](/source/2004_World_Karate_Championships) Silver Medal

==References==
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Category:1979 births
Category:Living people
Category:Martial artists from London
Category:English male karateka
Category:English male kickboxers
Category:Black British sportsmen
Category:World Games gold medalists for Great Britain
Category:World Games bronze medalists for Great Britain
Category:Competitors at the 1997 World Games
Category:Medalists at the 2001 World Games

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