Cheryl Murphy Explained

Cheryl Murphy
Birth Date:17 October 1978
Birth Place:Olympia, Washington
Martial Art:Kumite
Teacher:Herbert Wiles

Cheryl Murphy (born October 17, 1978)[1] is an American martial artist. She is a member of Team USA and a current Shotokan Karate fighter. She is stated to be a world class competition kumite competitor.[2]

Personal life

She was born in Olympia, Washington and resides in Queens, NY.[3] She received her master's degree in Community Health at Long Island University.[4]

Career

She competes in the division. Murphy has been a member of the Senior US Team since 2002. Murphy is ranked by the World Karate Federation[5] She won the national division, US Open, and a gold medal in the 2012 Pan Americans. Murphy competed in the fifth World University Karate Championships in New York.[4] She has held numerous top 5 rankings in Karate[6] In 2011, she finished 9th in the Pan Am games[7] She competed at the Karate at the 2013 World Combat Games, winning a bronze medal.[8] [9]

She is strong advocate of Karate being inducted into the Olympic Games and now works for FNB as a Quartz CFC person[10] [11]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Info System: Athletes / MURPHY Cheryl Kimberly . Worldgames2013.sportresult.com . 1978-10-17 . 2016-10-30 . 2017-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170110104321/http://worldgames2013.sportresult.com/NH/en/-60/Participant/ParticipantInfo/1c0c32de-f23e-490a-8e4b-886f3d751e79 . dead .
  2. Web site: Champion Karate & Fitness : Cheryl Murphy : World Class Competition Kumite Seminar . PDF . Championkarateandfitness.com . 2016-10-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304074434/http://championkarateandfitness.com/uploads/CHERYL_MURPHY_seminar14.pdf . 2016-03-04 . dead .
  3. Web site: Cheryl Murphy. https://web.archive.org/web/20140705062805/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Karate/Features/2014/June/16/Cheryl-Murphy. dead. July 5, 2014. Team USA. 2016-10-30.
  4. Web site: Murphy helping others through karate games. Usatoday30usatoday.com. 2016-10-30.
  5. Web site: WKF Ranking. Setopen.sportdata.org. 2016-10-30.
  6. Web site: Cheryl Murphy. Karate Spartak Hradec Kralove. Karaterec.com. 2016-10-30.
  7. Web site: 2011 Pan American Games -- What's at stake. Espn.go.com. 2016-10-30.
  8. Web site: World Combat Games Schedule. Worldcombatgames.com. 2016-10-30. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131012012934/http://www.worldcombatgames.com/en/page/160/schedule. 2013-10-12.
  9. News: 4 November 2013. SportAccord World Combat Games 2013. World Karate Federation. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190605175515/https://www.wkf.net/news-center-new/sportaccord-world-combat-games/18/. 5 June 2019.
  10. Web site: Queens karate kids need help to compete. Queens Chronicle. 2016-10-30.
  11. News: Jeff Z. Kleinaug . I.O.C. Decision Draws Cheers and Complaints From Athletes . . 2009-08-13 . 2016-10-30.