Shinobu Sekine

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Japanese middleweight judoka Shinobu Sekine was born on September 20, 1943, in Ōarai, Ibaraki and died on December 18, 2018.

In 1972, Sekine won a gold medal at his only Olympics.

He retired soon 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.

Sekine also worked as an instructor for the Tokyo Police Department, and Heisei International University.

Shinobu Sekine passed away at 75 years old.

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