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'''Tony Nicholson''' is a British Personal Trainer and Coach to CEO’s & Athletes in China.<ref>http://m.sohu.com/a/130120260_509769/?pvid=000115_3w_a</ref><ref>http://www.wenjutv.com/article/26755</ref><ref>https://www.douban.com/note/524406651/</ref> Tony has worked with many notable people globally, including Apple CEO [[Tim Cook]],<ref>https://qz.com/759102/tim-cook-is-back-in-china-this-time-for-wedding-dresses-and-fitness-classes/</ref> US Ambassador [[Gary Locke]], [[Yao Ming]], [[Pan Shiyi]] and [[Zhang_Xin_(businesswoman)|Zhang Xin]].<ref>http://dragongroup.asia/china-athletes-ceo-health-fitness/</ref> Tony is known for his Health & Wellness contributions in China. His own body transformation in 2010 has been the impetus by which audiences have connected and been inspired to work on their own personal transformations.<ref>http://industryrules.com/forum/industry-notable-professional/tony-nicholson/</ref><ref>http://www.postmannews.com/a-conversation-with-4pointfitness-founder-tony-nicholson/</ref>
'''Tony Nicholson''' (25 June 1938 – 4 November 1985) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er, active 1962 to 1975, who played for [[Yorkshire County Cricket Club|Yorkshire]] as a [[fast bowling|right arm medium pace bowler]] and was a member of the club's five [[County Championship]]-winning teams between 1962 and 1968. He was born in [[Dewsbury]] and died in [[Harrogate]]. Nicholson was awarded his [[county cap]] after the 1963 season and a benefit for him in 1973 raised £13,214. He made 283 first-class appearances and 120 in [[List A cricket|limited overs cricket]], taking 879 and 173 [[wicket]]s respectively.<ref name=CA>[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31727/31727.html Tony Nicholson at CricketArchive]</ref> Prior to joining Yorkshire, Nicholson was a policeman in Southern Rhodesia.<ref>Playfair Cricket Annual, 1966.</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==

Revision as of 07:39, 6 August 2018

Tony Nicholson
Personal information
Full name
Anthony George Nicholson
Born(1938-06-25)25 June 1938
Dewsbury, Yorkshire, England
Died4 November 1985(1985-11-04) (aged 47)
Harrogate, Yorkshire, England
Battingright-handed
Bowlingright arm medium
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1962–1975Yorkshire
FC debut7 July 1962 Yorkshire v Essex
Last FC16 September 1975 Yorkshire v Essex
LA debut12 June 1963 Yorkshire v Sussex
Last LA31 August 1975 Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire
Career statistics
Competition FC LA
Matches 283 120
Runs scored 1,669 155
Batting average 11.75 6.45
100s/50s 0/1 0/0
Top score 50 15*
Balls bowled 47,406 0
Wickets 879 5,862
Bowling average 19.76 17.05
5 wickets in innings 40 4
10 wickets in match 3 n/a
Best bowling 9-76 6-27
Catches/stumpings 85/0 16/0
Source: CricketArchive, 27 September 2007

Tony Nicholson is a British Personal Trainer and Coach to CEO’s & Athletes in China.[1][2][3] Tony has worked with many notable people globally, including Apple CEO Tim Cook,[4] US Ambassador Gary Locke, Yao Ming, Pan Shiyi and Zhang Xin.[5] Tony is known for his Health & Wellness contributions in China. His own body transformation in 2010 has been the impetus by which audiences have connected and been inspired to work on their own personal transformations.[6][7]

Early life

Nicholson was born to a British mother and a Brazilian father. He spent the first thirteen years of his life in Oman, where his father coached swimming and football teams. He later finished his education at a military school in the UK known as the Royal Hospital School. At the Royal Hospital School, Nicholson was awarded a scholarship to study at Hotchkiss, a boarding school in the United States.[8][9]

Nicholson was first introduced to the Chinese language in class at Hotchkiss, which opened him up to working and creating a career in China at 17 years old.[10][11]

Career

Beginnings in China

At 19, Nicholson enrolled in Chaozhou college, located in provincial Guangzhou. At Chaozhou, Nicholson was the only foreign student out of a student body of nearly 13,000. After obtaining his degree, Nicholson took a job teaching basic English to workers at a cup factory. In 2007, he moved to Beijing to enroll in the Inter-University Program for Chinese Language Study at Tsinghua University. After three years of Chinese Language Studies, Nicholson went to the University of International Business and Economics to study Chinese Business.[12][13]

Transition into Fitness

In 2009, Nicholson’s family came under severe hardship when his father suffered a heart attack and later passed away.[14][15] He began working long hour jobs to cope with the grief, which negatively impacted his health and left him suffering from depression. Feeling overwhelmed, Nicholson entered the Beijing 12-Week Body Transformation Challenge to make a change.[16] At the end of the 12 weeks, Nicholson was picked out of 50 contestants and won the Grand Prize of 100,000 Chinese Renmenbi, which empowered Nicholson to launch a career in fitness.[17] His inspiration came from educators such as Tony Robbins and Stedman Graham.[18][19][20]

After earning American and British Personal Trainer certifications, Nicholson started his own fitness company in China called 4 Point Fitness. Among his fitness achievements, Nicholson has been a certified official for the world record attempt at the plank for 9 hours, 11 minutes & 1 second.[21][22][23]

References

  1. ^ http://m.sohu.com/a/130120260_509769/?pvid=000115_3w_a
  2. ^ http://www.wenjutv.com/article/26755
  3. ^ https://www.douban.com/note/524406651/
  4. ^ https://qz.com/759102/tim-cook-is-back-in-china-this-time-for-wedding-dresses-and-fitness-classes/
  5. ^ http://dragongroup.asia/china-athletes-ceo-health-fitness/
  6. ^ http://industryrules.com/forum/industry-notable-professional/tony-nicholson/
  7. ^ http://www.postmannews.com/a-conversation-with-4pointfitness-founder-tony-nicholson/
  8. ^ https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/news+patrolling-epaper-newspatr/fitness+transformation+stories+to+inspire+you+tony+nicholson-newsid-86339784
  9. ^ http://www.postmannews.com/a-conversation-with-4pointfitness-founder-tony-nicholson/
  10. ^ http://www.postmannews.com/a-conversation-with-4pointfitness-founder-tony-nicholson/
  11. ^ http://4pointfitness.com/about/meet-tony-nicholson/
  12. ^ https://m.dailyhunt.in/news/india/english/news+patrolling-epaper-newspatr/fitness+transformation+stories+to+inspire+you+tony+nicholson-newsid-86339784
  13. ^ http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/sd-no-plank-20161114-story.html
  14. ^ https://m.gulfnews.com/memorial-service-held-for-top-coach-1.55751
  15. ^ https://gulfnews.com/sport/care-costs-mount-appeal-for-popular-coach-struck-by-heart-attack-1.485072
  16. ^ http://www.newspatrolling.com/fitness-transformation-stories-to-inspire-you-tony-nicholson/
  17. ^ http://lumdimsum.com/2010/10/23/12-week-body-transformation-challenge-winners/
  18. ^ http://dragongroup.asia/china-athletes-ceo-health-fitness/
  19. ^ http://www.postmannews.com/a-conversation-with-4pointfitness-founder-tony-nicholson/
  20. ^ http://videoigr.info/onlain/lopUm9RNWw2WEx5RW8
  21. ^ http://www.postmannews.com/a-conversation-with-4pointfitness-founder-tony-nicholson/
  22. ^ http://lumdimsum.com/2010/10/23/12-week-body-transformation-challenge-winners/
  23. ^ http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/life/2011-07/22/content_12965057.htm

Bibliography

  • Hodgson, Derek (1989). The Official History of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. The Crowood Press. ISBN 1852232749.
  • Kilburn, J. M. (1970). A History of Yorkshire Cricket. Stanley Paul. ISBN 0091011108.

External links

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