- Ticky Donovan
David 'Ticky' Donovan
OBE (born 1947) is a renowned Britishkarate coach and former competitor. He has been the coach and manager of the British national karate team since 1977, winning numerous European and World championship team gold medals.He currently holds an 8th Dan black belt in
Ishinryu karate, and is based in Loughton,Essex .Achievements as competitor
* British champion 1973, 1974, 1975
* World team champion 1976Achievements as British team coach
* Consecutive World championship titles: Taipei 1982, Holland 1984, Australia 1986, Cairo 1988, Mexico 1990
Negative accusations and subsequent acquittal
In February 2006, Donovan was suspended on full pay by
Karate England , the organisation representing the English national squad, pending the results of a police investigation into claims ofracism andchild abuse . Donovan was cleared of the accusations in April 2006 and reinstated as the English national coach.ee also
Karate England External links
* [http://www.sandcat.demon.co.uk/WIKC/ticky_interview.htm Interview transcript from 2003]
* [http://www.btinternet.com/~upminster.ishinryu/ticky_d_main_page.html Front cover of Donovan's book, "Traditional Karate", showing achievements]
* [http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/display.var.725880.0.accusations_of_pure_hate.php Article describing negative accusations in 2006]
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