What is Shinobu Sekine?
[[File:1972 stamp of Ajman Shinobu Sekine.jpg|right|200px]] {{nihongo|'''Shinobu Sekine'''|関根 忍|Sekine Shinobu|extra=September 20, 1943 &ndash; December 18, 2018}} was a Japanese middleweight [[judoka]]. He won a gold medal at his only [[1972 Summer Olympics|Olympics]] in 1972.<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/shinobu-sekine-1.html Shinobu Sekine] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212744/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/se/shinobu-sekine-1.html |date=2020-04-17 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> He was born in [[Oarai, Ibaraki]], Japan. Sekine died on 18 December 2018 at the age of 75.<ref>[https://judoinside.com/news/3087/1972_Olympic_Champion_Shinobu_Sekine_passed_away 1972 Olympic champion Shinobu Sekine passed away]</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Sekine, Shinobu}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Olympic gold medalists for Japan]] [[Category:Japanese judoka]] {{Japan-sports-bio-stub}}