Keith Remfry
Appearance
Personal information | |
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Born | 17 November 1947 |
Died | 16 September 2015 | (aged 67)
Occupation | Judoka |
Sport | |
Country | Great Britain |
Sport | Judo |
Weight class | +93 kg, Open |
Achievements and titles | |
Olympic Games | (1976) |
World Champ. | (1971, 1973) |
European Champ. | (1973) |
Medal record | |
Profile at external databases | |
IJF | 54430 |
JudoInside.com | 4987 |
Updated on 21 June 2023 |
Keith Remfry (17 November 1947 – 16 September 2015) was a judoka from the United Kingdom, who won the silver medal in the Open class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He lost to Japan's Haruki Uemura, the reigning world openweight champion, in the final of the Olympic tournament.[1]
Remfry died at the age of 67, on 16 September 2015, following a series of prolonged illnesses.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Keith Remfry". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 September 2010. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ "British judo mourns the loss of Keith Remfry". British Judo Association. 16 September 2015. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
External links
[edit]- Keith Remfry at the International Judo Federation
- Keith Remfry at JudoInside.com
- Keith Remfry at AllJudo.net (in French)
- Keith Remfry at Olympics.com
- Keith Remfry at Olympedia
- Keith Remfry at The-Sports.org
Categories:
- 1947 births
- 2015 deaths
- British male judoka
- Olympic judoka for Great Britain
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Judoka at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Judoka at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in judo
- Medalists at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century British sportsmen
- 21st-century British sportsmen
- British Olympic medallist stubs
- British judo biography stubs