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

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, Quebec, Canada. He lost to Japan's

Haruki Uemura is a judoka from Japan, who won the gold medal in the Open class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. In the final of the Olympic tournament in Canada he defeated Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic ...

, the reigning world openweight champion, in the final of the Olympic tournament. Remfry died at the age of 67, on 16 September 2015, following a series of prolonged illnesses.

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* * * * 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 people 21st-century British people {{UK-judo-bio-stub