Shinobu Sekine
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| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Judo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | –80 kg, Open | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Games |  (1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Champ. | 
(1971) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Asian Champ. | 
(1966) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Profile at external databases | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| IJF | 54522 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| JudoInside.com | 5476 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Updated on 22 June 2023. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Shinobu Sekine (関根 忍, Sekine Shinobu, 20 September 1943 – 18 December 2018) was a Japanese middleweight
Biography
Sekine was born in
Tai Otoshi which put his opponent down onto the mat. The two assistant referees were split on the outcome, but the main referee from the Netherlands ruled in favor of Sekine to award him an extremely close decision win.[2] Oh had been leading in points for most of the match. Sekine retired shortly after winning the Olympic gold medal, and served as a coach and advisor for the All-Japan Judo Federation, and as a referee during the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also worked as an instructor for the Tokyo Police Department, and Heisei International University.[3]
Sekine died on 18 December 2018 at the age of 75.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Shinobu Sekine. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b c "関根忍－薄氷の思いで手にした金". Sankei Sports. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
- ^ "平成国際大学柔道部". Heisei International University.
- ^ 1972 Olympic champion Shinobu Sekine passed away
External links
- Shinobu Sekine at the International Judo Federation
- Shinobu Sekine at JudoInside.com
- Shinobu Sekine at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Shinobu Sekine at Olympics.com
- Shinobu Sekine at Olympedia
- Shinobu Sekine at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Shinobu Sekine at The-Sports.org
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