Thabo Motsieloa is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 television news presenter

News presenter

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 and former actor

Actor

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In 1983 he founded the martial arts sports club Södermalms shaolin kung fu

Shaolin kung fu

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Motsieloa has also founded Thabo Motsieloa Masters Cup a mixed martial arts competition using Allstyle, a combat sport

Combat sport

A Combat sport, also known as a Fighting sport, is a competitive contact sport where two combatants fight against each other using certain rules of engagement , typically with the aim of simulating parts of real hand to hand combat...

 set of rules that uses wide variety of fighting techniques and skills. The rules and regulations were designed by Motsieloa. This event is one of the biggest Martial Arts competitions in Scandinavia

Scandinavia

Scandinavia is a cultural, historical and ethno-linguistic region in northern Europe that includes the three kingdoms of Denmark, Norway and Sweden, characterized by their common ethno-cultural heritage and language. Modern Norway and Sweden proper are situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula,...

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Motsieloa wrote columns for newspaper Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet

Aftonbladet is a Swedish tabloid founded by Lars Johan Hierta in 1830 during the modernization of Sweden. It is one of the larger daily newspapers in the Nordic countries. Aftonbladet is owned by the Swedish Trade Union Confederation and Norwegian media group Schibsted, and its editorial page...

 in the early 1990s, before he went on to television, where he led TV shows such as current affairs debate program Black or White, Cold Case Sweden and investigative journalism program Drevet. During the summers of 2005 and 2006 he worked as a news broadcaster for TV 4 and in 2008 he was a sports commentator during the Olympic games

Olympic Games

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As an actor he has appeared in Speranza at Uppsala

Uppsala

- Economy :Today Uppsala is well established in medical research and recognized for its leading position in biotechnology.*Abbott Medical Optics *GE Healthcare*Pfizer *Phadia, an offshoot of Pharmacia*Fresenius*Q-Med...

 City Theater (1992), and some other plays.

Personal life

He was born November 17, 1961 in London

London

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, England

England

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. His parents are from South Africa

South Africa

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 and met while attending university in the UK. In 1962 they moved to Sweden

Sweden

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. His mother was a nurse, therapist and international aid worker. His father a medical doctor and jazz musician. Motsieloa grew up in the Solna

Solna Municipality

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, Vallentuna

Vallentuna

Vallentuna is a bimunicipal locality and the seat of Vallentuna Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden with 26,500 inhabitants in 2005. It stretches over two municipalities in Stockholm County, in the Roslagen region. Vallentuna is also a suburb of Stockholm...

 and Sollentuna municipality

Municipalities of Sweden

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 in Stockholm County

Stockholm County

Stockholm County is a county or län on the Baltic sea coast of Sweden. It borders Uppsala County and Södermanland County. It also borders Mälaren and the Baltic Sea. The city of Stockholm is the capital of Sweden. Stockholm County is divided by the historic provinces of Uppland and Södermanland...