Question: Jordan Thomas (age 25) is a British karateka, Jordan is also the first British World Games Finallist in 16 Years, the last being Jason Ledgister World Games Champion, the 2001 World Games, the sixth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Akita, in which country?

Context articles: 1981 World Games
1985 World Games
Jordan Thomas
World Games
Rugby sevens at the World Games
Rugby sevens at the 2009 World Games
2017 World Games
2001 World Games
2013 World Games
2009 World Games

The 1981 World Games were the first World Games, an international multi-sport event, and were held in Santa Clara, California in the United States.
 The games featured sports that were not included in the Olympics, including tug-of-war, racquetball, baseball and softball, artistic roller skating, roller hockey, roller speed skating, finswimming, karate, women's water polo, bowling, bodybuilding, waterskiing, casting, badminton, trampoline, powerlifting and taekwondo.
 Best estimates for attendance figures were that about 80,000 spectators witnessed the first World Games.
The 1985 World Games, the second World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in London, the capital city of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
 Three main venues were used, the main one being the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre.
The opening ceremony was held at the Wembley Conference Centre.
 The master of ceremonies was television commentator Ron Pickering.
 Competitors were addressed by World Games Association President Dr Un Yong Kim,Games Patron Ryoichi Sasakawa and British Olympic Association Chairman Charles Palmer.
 Sports included , field archery, taekwondo, karate, sambo, powerlifting, finswimming, roller sports, casting, korfball, water skiing, speedway, faustball, softball and netball.
 The netball results reversed the results of its recent world cup, with New Zealand winning gold to Australia's silver.
 Similarly, 3rd and 4th places were reversed, with Jamaica winning bronze against England.
Jordan Thomas (age 25) is a British karateka.
 He is the first British World Karate Champion in 12 years taking over from Paul Newby World Karate Champion.
 Jordan is also the first British World Games Finallist in 16 Years, the last being Jason Ledgister World Games Champion.
 His first major title lead him to become the first British European Karate Champion in 8 years, taking over from Leon Walters World Karate Champion.
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 He is the son of British Karate Legend William Thomas World Karate Champion.
The World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that are not contested in the Olympic Games.
 The World Games are organised and governed by the International World Games Association (IWGA), recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
 The World Games are held every four years, one year after the Summer Olympic Games.
 After the World Games in Wrocław, Poland, in July 2017, the next host city will be Birmingham (Alabama), USA.
Rugby sevens was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the 2001 World Games in Akita.
 No women's rugby has been played at the World Games.
Rugby union, specifically in the sevens format, was introduced as a World Games sport for men at the 2001 World Games in Akita.
 Fiji entered the 2009 games as the two time defending Gold Medalists.
 Held on July 24 and 25 of 2009 in Taiwan, Fiji clinched gold for the 3rd time in front of a crowd of 39,000.
 The Fijian win preserves Fiji as the only nation to ever capture gold at the games.
 Represented were South Africa (the reigning IRB Sevens World Series Champions), Portugal (the reigning European Sevens Champions), Argentina (the reigning USA Sevens Champions), Fiji (the reigning World Games Gold Medalists), and Chinese Taipei (the host nation).
 The USA was the biggest disappointment of Day 1 going 0–3 having been expected to compete for a medal.
 The biggest surprise of the event was Portugal finding their way into the Gold Medal Match and coming away with the Silver Medal.
The 2017 World Games, officially called the X World Games and commonly known as Wrocław 2017, was a major international multi-sport event, meant for sports, or disciplines or events within a sport, that were not contested in the Olympic Games, held from 20 to 30 July 2017 in Wrocław, Poland.
 The World Games were organized by the Wrocław Organizing Committee.
 Wrocław was selected as the host city in January 2012 in Lausanne, over Budapest, Hungary.
 It was the first World Games in Poland.
The 2001 World Games, the sixth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Akita, Japan.
The 2013 World Games, the ninth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in the city of Cali, Colombia, from July 25 to August 4.
The 2009 World Games, the eighth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan) (under the name Chinese Taipei) from July 16, 2009 to July 26, 2009.
 The games featured sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games.