Thomas Born

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Thomas "Karate-Tommy" Born (born October 23, 1951 in Hamburg ; † May 1, 2015 there ) was a German martial artist , pimp and actor .

Life

At 13, the son of a professional officer joined the Police Sports Club Berlin in order judo to learn. After moving to Hamburg he acquired the black belt in judo at the age of 19 and was part of the Olympic squad for a time. Later the black belt in karate was added. Both in judo (2nd Dan) and in karate (5th Dan) he was German champion. In karate, Born was 1.86 meters tall and was a member of the national team for three years, where he was temporarily team captain. In 1976 and 1977 he became European champion in this sport. He also has two European championship titles in kickboxing .

After graduating from high school in 1970 at Eppendorf , Born joined the paratrooper troops of the Bundeswehr . In 1976 he opened a martial arts school and was married to pop singer Elke Best from 1977 to the early 80s .

As a martial artist he became a “board member” of the “ Nutella gang ”, a Hamburg pimp group, led by Klaus Barkowsky . Within this he was head of the "Stress Department". He became known nationwide after a shooting on October 22, 1982, in which two members of the Nutella gang were killed and Born was seriously injured in the abdomen and forearm area. He also headed a group of debt collectors from St. Pauli .

After his retirement from the red light district , Born appeared in public mainly on TV talk shows.

Thomas Born died on May 1, 2015 as a result of a heart attack in the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf .

Filmography

Born played in the following television and cinema productions:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Vita on actorsagency-hamburg.de, accessed on May 4, 2015
  2. ↑ Personal data on nordchat-galerie.de, accessed on May 3, 2015
  3. ↑ biography on nordchat-galerie.de, accessed on May 3, 2015
  4. ^ "Window of Violence" by Lothar Berg, p. 222ff, accessed on May 4, 2015
  5. ^ First love, then music , Hamburger Abendblatt, March 3, 1979
  6. ↑ Best sung , Hamburger Abendblatt dated August 21, 1982
  7. ↑ “Karate-Tommy” is dead on st.pauli-news.de on May 2nd, 2015, accessed on May 2nd, 2015
  8. ↑ St. Pauli-Milieu in court: The sharp shots in the Salon Bel Ami. Zeit Online GmbH, May 20, 1983, accessed on February 9, 2018 .
  9. ^ Sheep's head in front of the door , Der Spiegel, 50/1998, December 7, 1998. Accessed April 8, 2014.
  10. ↑ “Karate-Tommy” is dead. St. Pauli News, May 2, 2015
  11. ↑ Sedcard at Nordchat-Galerie
personal data
SURNAME Born, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Karate Tommy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German martial artist, pimp and actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 1, 2015
Place of death Hamburg